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College and Career Planning: Community

Community Partners

Our community partners play a vital role in the career planning for our students. They contribute time and resources while working to make the transition from school to productive employment a reality.

• Northern Virginia Technology Council - The Voice of Technology
  • Provides leadership to address the current and future workforce/education requirements for the companies in our region
• Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
  • Works to bring together representatives from all types of business to create support for economic development and to ensure the prosperity of our community
• Office of Business and Community Partnerships
  • Develops, promotes, and coordinates collaborative efforts between the business community and the schools to create and foster relationships beneficial to the school division and total community

Assisting Students

There are many opportunities available within the greater Northern Virginia community to provide students with a variety of ways to enhance their skills, contribute to the community, and gain valuable work experience.

• Internships
  • Opportunity to gain early experience in areas of potential interest for future employment
• Job Opportunities (planned)
  • Valuable work experience for a salary
• Volunteer Opportunities
  • Making a difference in the community by giving back while gaining valuable experience
• MentorWorks
  • A program to connect every Fairfax County Public Schools student with a caring, responsible adult

Web Resources

Our community partners play a vital role in the career planning for our students. The resources listed below provide opportunities for businesses and industry to explore.

• Committee for Economic Development - CED - The Employer's Role in Linking School and Work
  • Discusses the employer's role in linking school and work (pdf format)
• CTE Resource Center
  • A program supporting vocational and occupational-technical preparation programs by providing resources for curriculum development, design, and implementation
• ETA Resources for Employers
  • Information for employers from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
• Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
  • The official web site of Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
• Fairfax County Virginia Area Guide
  • The official web site of Fairfax County
• Information Technology Association of America Website
  • Participates in the Techforce Initiative to highlight and expand IT employer involvement in School-to-Work (STW) or School-to-Careers (STC) nationwide
• Inroads
  • An organization that works to increase minority representation in business and other disciplines by matching undergraduate student interns with employers
• Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science
  • Promotion of integrating women into nontraditional careers by providing training and technical assistance and publications to the educational system and employers
• Leadership Education and Development (LEAD)
  • A program for preparing minority high school students to become business leaders
• NAB/NELC School-To-Careers Initiatives
  • Information for employer participation in the school to career initiative
• NVTC - The Northern Virginia Technology Council - The Voice of Technology Business
  • Includes information on the Technology Workforce: The Workforce Committee of NVTC which helps member companies recruit, educate and retain a world class workforce; also contains international press reports on life and work in the new world economy
• NELC Home Page
  • Site of the National Employer Leadership Council which outlines a vision for the nation's workforce
• NET Gain No. 26: Twenty-first Century Skills Summit
  • Information about and resources from this summit convened by former Vice President Al Gore in April 1999
• Project Career Aware
  • Information to help businesses connect with public schools for heightened career awareness
• Table of Contents: A Compact for Learning
  • A booklet from the U.S. Department of Education devoted to helping develop a partnership among families, the community, and educators
• TECH CORPS Home Page
  • A project to involve information technology businesses in school-to-work and school-to-career initiatives
• Techforce: Building IT-STW Partnerships
  • Technology professionals volunteering to help schools integrate technology into the teaching and the learning process; archived information
• Welfare to Work Partnership
  • Designed to help companies reach a new workforce to help fill the shortage of potential employees in the job market