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STATE
PROFILE
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania’s CRN goals and program emphases are: 1) to enhance the delivery of occupational and educational information which increases student's knowledge, focus and success for postsecondary options and employment; 2) to build the capacity to offer continued professional training programs and products; and 3) to network and link career development activities between state agencies, workforce development, economic development and business communities throughout the state. |
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Major industries include steel, mining, electronics equipment, cars and pharmaceuticals. Pennsylvania has moved from predominantly goods-producing to a service economy. Occupationally, sales and related jobs are expected to grow the fastest, followed closely by food preparation and serving and office and administrative support.
The January 2006 unemployment rate was 4.3%, as compared to 4.9% in April 2005.
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• Government
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Leisure & Hospitality
• Manufacturing
• Professional & Business Services
• Retail Trade
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• Six separate parent pamphlets were developed and distributed to all school districts.
• Pennsylvania sponsored ten- $2,000 mini grants for innovative career guidance programs.
• Pennsylvania reaches a wide range of clients through publishing and distributing Pennsylvania Career Guides to all community colleges, state libraries, career link centers, and correctional facilities.
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Pennsylvania has conducted the following activities and trainings:
• Academic Standards For Career Education and Work
• Career Clusters
• Career Development Portfolios-- Individual school, portfolios
• Career Development: Turning Dreams Into Reality
• Facilitating Career Development
• Mid-Atlantic Career Development Conference
• National Career Development Guidelines
• Real Game
• Workforces in Transition
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CIDS are computer-based systems providing local, state, and
national information about careers and employment opportunities. State sites
for CIDS include:
Elementary Schools | 0 | Middle Schools | 0 | High Schools | 0 | Community Colleges | 0 | 4-Year Colleges/Universities | 0 | Other | 0 | |
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Pennsylvania has published the following resources:
• Career Tabloids
• Facilitating Career Development
• The Real Game Series
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| Year | Amount | 2005 | $213,001 | 2004 | $215,997 | 2003 | $217,279 | 2002 | $225,655 | 2001 | $198,000 | Cumulative | $1,069,932 |
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The program does not report any additional funding sources. |
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• Pennsylvania Department of Labor
• State Chamber
• State Higher Education Assistance Agency
• State Workforce Development Program
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Project Director | Jay Cannon | Pennsylvania Department of Education | Bureau Of Career and Technical Education | 333 Market Street, 6TH Floor | Harrisburg, PA 17126 | Phone: (717) 772-4857 | Fax: (717) 783-6672 | e-mail: jcannon@state.pa.us | |
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Bureau of Vocational Technical Education, Pennsylvania Department of EducationRegional Contact Information |
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