InVINCIble Enterprises

At Educating for Careers, the statewide conference for K-12 & Community College educators in California, join this interactive panel presentation on nurturing the talent Pipeline K-8 to Careers. Educating for Careers Conference March 3rd, 2019 from 1 PM - 3 PM Venue: Sacramento Convention Center| Room: 314... Presenters: Cari Lyn Vinci, Founder, InVINCIble Enterprises & STE@M Mentoring Program will invite you to peek into the future to get an understanding of why & how the workplace is changing. You will discover what students need to know to compete successfully in the unknown, global World of Work. Jeff Davis, Executive Director, CA Afterschool Network, will discuss WHY the After-School Network is concerned about students earning a living as adults. Jeff will explain what is being done in After School to help students think about their future & to connect After School - K-8 students to future Careers. Charles Eason, Sector Navigator, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, California Community Colleges will explain WHY an educated workforce is important to business in California. He will show HOW the Community Colleges are bridging the skills & jobs mismatch to prepare students for the California 21st Century workforce. A representative from JFF will discuss WHY Apprenticeships are making a BIG comeback and WHAT is being done to successfully nurture & connect Apprenticeships to CA schools and to work opportunities. Learn HOW this type of education (workplace learning) is creating opportunities for ALL students to be workers, leaders & business owners in STE@M Careers. The Educating for Careers Conference is an annual three-day professional development event surrounding career technical education (CTE). The overarching goal of this conference is to offer high-quality, cost-effective professional development for all stakeholders with broad general breakout session themes such as: Assessment & Accountability; California Partnership Academies Model; Career Pathways/Industry Sectors; Curriculum & Instructional Strategies; Employer & Community Partnerships; Mentor & Internship Programs; Middle School Connections; Perkins Policy & Programs; Secondary-Postsecondary Connections; and Work-Based Learning.

How the chapters in the story of our lives unfold is based on choices. Our education & career choices are determined by: - Our influencers. They could be parents, teachers, relatives, role models, mentors, movie stars, athletes and (based on where we grow up) drug dealers or gang leaders. These influencers determine the education & career options we see & choose.... - Our options. Children of parents who are knowledgeable about the 21st Century world of work see different options than children of uneducated or uninvolved parents. Our goal is to help educators be influencers who provide thoughtful options to ALL students. The outcome is students design their life with education & career options beyond what they see every day. We do this with our Award-Winning Professional Development Program on the STE@M Mentoring Program. FIVE Reasons to Book STE@M Mentoring Professional Development Trainings by March 31 1. Immediate & Impactful Student outcomes 2. Head start for High School - Implement Program in your classrooms before Summer 3. Motivated 8th graders excited for success in High School 4. Rave Reviews from Educators 5. 10 FREE Playbooks If your school’s goal is for ALL students to have the opportunity for positive, life enhancing choices in education, let’s talk about scheduling a PD Training at your district (or County) before March 31.

To warm your heart on Valentine’s Day! When a story makes me smile, I can’t resist sharing with friends. As we celebrate with chocolates and flowers, the girl in the story below is opening her heart & making a generous impact in her community. Thank you to Anjelica Valencia, the Freeman Elementary ASES Site Coordinator for sending me this lovely story. I met Anjelica last summer when she attended a Professional Development Training to bring the STE@M Mentoring Program to he...r students. Well done, Anjelica! The Freeman 5th & 6th grade girls worked on a science experiment as part of the ASES STE@M Mentoring Program. It entailed working with plastic ornaments, crayons, a cheese grater, and a hair blow dryer. The activity directed students to grate crayons creating crayon shavings, then pouring the shavings into the plastic ornament, and blow-drying the exterior of the ornament in a circular motion thus creating a beautiful combination of colors and designs inside the ornament. This activity touched on both Science and Art, which are two STEAM components. One of our fifth-grade students, Jurnee Brewer, loved the experiment and was excited she had the opportunity to design two different ornaments in one day. Later that day, Jurnee showed her Mom the amazing work of art she had created during the ASES STE@M Mentoring Program. The following day, I received a picture from Mrs. Brewer informing me that Jurnee had decided to start her own business. This new business would consist of Jurnee reaching out to family members, friends, and neighbors, personally and via social media, and promoting her product, taking orders, and donating all profits to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. In less than one month, Jurnee donated $300 and received a shirt from St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital as a token of their appreciation for her generous donation. Jurnee continues to take orders allowing her customers to choose one to two colors per ornament and offers three different sizes of ornaments with prices ranging from three to eight dollars. The Freeman ASES program is very proud of Jurnee Brewer’s talents and her generous contributions to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Congratulations to Jurnee! I believe this young girl has the initiative, the heart & follow through to be a future STE@M Super Star! Wishing you a Valentine’s Day filled with delightful surprises, Cari --- Our goal is to help students design their life with education & career options beyond what they see every day. We do this with our Award-Winning STE@M Mentoring Program. For more information: https://bit.ly/2Goj8Ft

Most of these students fail because they don’t have a clear career path or understand how they can translate their education into a career. According to Bill Gates, of 2 Million American students who start college, less than 55% will get a degree. As STEAM advocates we have a problem to solve. We all know that STEAM careers are the need of the future and those entering a STEAM workforce will enjoy higher than average wages. ... We can make a difference in the lives of these students. One key to increase student completion rate is to educate our future college students about STEAM as early as possible to give them the motivation, tools, knowledge and direction they need to succeed in school & upon entering the workforce. There are two ways you can be involved to support this effort - Get Involved - https://bit.ly/2GumEgH

Attendees at the JSPAC conference in Sacramento learned a formula to introduce more girls into CTE & STE@MTM Careers. #JSPAC #mentoring #education #careerdevelopment

"Building an equitable 21st-century workforce - Starting Early & Nurturing the Pipeline from K 12 to Careers. #JSPAC

CK Price Girls in STE@M visited Christine Mac Shane's Studio 561 in Chico to meet local artist Christine MacShane to talk about careers in art and to paint a chickadee to take home.

Parsons Junior High's (small but mighty) Mastermind group presenting at their Celebration.

Dunsmuir Elementary Mastermind team

The Mistletoe School Mastermind Group learned a lot from the Society of Women Engineer mentor guest speakers!

Educator thoughts on the Professional Development Training.

Gayla Jurevich, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship DSN with the CA Community College STRONG Workforce hosted a STE@M Mentoring Program PD Training for educators from Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties. Jeff Hamlin, the STEAM Hub Lead for Expanded Learning at the Ventura County STEM Network hosted the training. The Training includes how to motivate young women (6-9th grade) to be our future business owners, leaders & workers in STEM careers. The Prog...ram uniquely combines education and business best practices for students to build confidence, be inspired into action to do research, meet, interview & be mentored by STEM professionals, experience team building, learn about 21st Century POWER skills & write their own STE@M career planning Playbook for Success. Training was implemented by Cari Lyn Vinci, co-author of PLAYBOOK for Teens & developer of the STE@M Mentoring Program. Vinci concluded the training by thanking everyone for helping students answer the 2 BIG questions: Why do I have to learn that? & What am I going to do with my life?

Professional Development Training Promo Video at Woodland Joint Unified School District.