Explore Vital Link Careers by Choice, Not Chance Vital Link is a Non profit organization that is dedicated to preparing all students to select a Career by Choice, Not Chance.

Career Exploration Experiences Careers by Choice, Not Chance Agenda Explore 21 years VL delivering Student Career Exploration programs Professional development activities for CTE educators Take students out into the field Environmental TV Production Mock Surgeries Back lot tours to learn the Disney process for developing new productions Building Historically serves 4,500 students each year Delivering Career Exploration Experiences

Mobile Career Exhibits Careers by Choice, Not Chance Mobile Career Exhibits Agenda Discover Added the school based Career Exploration Mobile Exhibits 2010-11 school year we expanded to 10,000 reach We still have a waiting list. Programs fill up within days of publicizing There is a large demand and hunger for programs that provide students: Connections to industry Opportunities to try out the technology and work based activities

Industry Insights Agenda Educators Connecting with Industry Careers by Choice, Not Chance Educators Connecting with Industry Agenda Industry Insights Facilitate trainings Workshops Example - Robotics Connect industry representatives with the CTE instructors Regional Industry Sector Advisory Board meetings 2010-11 (7 different industry sectors) The number will be growing in future years as the regional approach is being promoted by the state as a viable model

Careers by Choice, Not Chance Agenda Connect 1) How Can we meet the demand and bring the career exploration experience to more students? 2) How can we connect educators with more industry professionals? The questions that we are now facing

Career Exploration Program Connectivity Careers by Choice, Not Chance Career Exploration Program Connectivity Agenda Connect Push content out to schools that can’t attend the live event Live connectivity to existing programs

Connect with Professionals Careers by Choice, Not Chance Connect with Professionals from a remote location Agenda Connect Bring industry professionals into the career program from the outside to speak with the students

Expand the Industry Connection Careers by Choice, Not Chance Expand the Industry Connection Agenda Connect Set up remote access to industry professionals to expand the connections to the industry experts.

Forward Moving Agenda Expand the Reach Through Technology Careers by Choice, Not Chance Expand the Reach Through Technology Agenda Forward Moving Leverage existing programs and expand delivery capacity Expand the connection to available industry professionals Record and Archive content

Imagine What Vital Link Can Do Careers by Choice, Not Chance Agenda Action We are exploring al opportunities to integrate the Tandberg equipment to support the expansion of our programs and to better support your CTE programs. Imagine What Vital Link Can Do in The Next 21 Years!