Career and Tech Courses Prepare Students For Great Careers!
Invest Wisely
You didn't spend years getting an education
only to lose your livelihood to foreign work-
ers. The monthly wages they earn wouldn't
pay your cable bill here in the U.S. That's
why it's imperative that you carefully re-
search your chosen degree area prior to
investing loads of time and money.
It Doesn't Matter What Color Your
Collar Is
Blue collar, white collar -- Nearly all indus-
tries can be affected by outsourcing. Any
company looking to save money is likely to
investigate what savings can be had by
moving some (or all) of their labor needs to
a foreign country.
Is Your Career Choice Vulnerable?
When outsourcing first began, most college
students and recent grads weren't con-
cerned with whether or not their chosen
industry would remain based in the U.S.
Today, many workers realize they have
equally educated and skilled workers com-
peting for the same jobs overseas. To be-
come more competitive, many now choose
a career path that is firmly planted on our
home turf.
Jobs That Are Here to Stay
Here are nine jobs that are not likely to be
shipped oceans away (source: U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor):
Dental Assistant
It's tough to clean teeth from across the
world. A career as a dental assistant usu-
ally begins with an associate's degree from
an accredited college or university.
Pharmacy Technician
People take their health seriously -- that's
why a certification as a pharmacy tech is
not likely to be outsourced.
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C A R E E R A N D T E C H N I C A L E D U C A T I O N
S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N -T E R E S T :
CTE Courses Prepare Students
Tuskegee Airmen Annual Visit
50th Annul FFA Livestock Show and Country Fair
A Word From The Director
Hospitality Students Visit
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Internships, A Winner For Students and Companies!
Fitness Professional
It's hard enough to be motivated in-person.
Offshore encouragement won't cut it. A career
in fitness can begin with a certificate program.
Teacher Aide
Teachers need live help to care for kids. An
anonymous, off-site representative just won't
cut it when it comes to educating our kids.
Auto Repair Technician
Most car troubles can't be repaired with simple,
over-the-phone instructions. An auto tech stud-
ies anywhere from 6 months to 2 or more years,
and will always have a steady stream of live
customers.
Pet Groomer
Along the lines of a dog trainer, pet grooming
just must be done in person. This is usually
only a certificate program.
Plumber
This career depends fully on local workers --
plumbers definitely won't be phoning in from
overseas to unclog your toilet.
Veterinary Assistant
A pet's health and happiness is of serious im-
portance to most owners, and they won't be
putting it in the hands of foreign workers. You
can become a vet assistant by completing a cer-
tificate program.
Electrician
This highly technical and hands-on job simply
can't be done any other way, except live and in-
person.
Information taken from Yahoojobs.com
Five members of the Tuske-
gee Airmen visited Aldine
students again this year bringing
a message of hope, tenacity, and
believing in your dreams. Lt. Col.
Robert Ashby, Corp. Don Elder,
2nd Lt. Thurston Gaines, M.D.,
Capt. Claude Platte, and 2nd Lt. Ed
Tillman spoke to students at Eisen-
hower and Nimitz high schools
during the week of Oct. 17th thru
21st. The Airmen encouraged the
students to stay in school and be-
come involved in new and emerging
careers. We look forward to the
Airmen visiting our students again
during the 2009-20010 school
The following program ar-eas in the CTE department had students earn industry standard licenses in the spring of 2008. The follow-ing is a partial list of the program area and numbers of students gaining certifi-cations/licensures. (Not all program areas have taken their particular certifica-tion exams. Some exams require that students not be tested until after their 18th birthday.)
Agriculture—NCCER Weld-ing
Building Trades—NCCER Carpentry
Cosmetology—Licensed Cosmetologist-19
BCIS II— Microsoft Of-fice Spec.
MOS-
HVAC— NCCER HVAC
OSHA-
Health Science Tech-nology III-Nurse Aid- CAN-52
Health Science Technology III-EMT -
EMT - 4
Food Production, Mgt, & Services I — ServSafe- 11
Hospitality Services-
American Hotel Lodg-ing Management
LMP-
Computer Mainte-nance I or II— A+
Health Science Tech-nology III- Pharmacy- Pharmacy Technician
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A G R I C U L T U R E T E C H N O L O G Y ’ S 5 0 T H A G S H O W !
This year marks a milestone in the Aldine Independent School District’s
FFA Livestock Show and FCCLA Country Fair.
This is the 50th Anniversary of the FFA Livestock Show and Coun-
try Fair will be held on January 28-30 2009 with The Sale of Champions
taking place on January 30, 2009 at 7:00pm. Several special events will be
held to commemorate this grand occasion. Events scheduled include an
Alumni Gala and an Old fashioned street festival.
The Alumni Gala (held on Friday, January 16th, 2009) invites all who have
been involved with the FFA Livestock show to participate in a night of
dancing, singing and a down-home dinner. On Saturday, January 24, 2009
a Community Street Festival is scheduled sponsored by the North Houston
Greenspoint Chamber of Commerce to encourage the entire community to
come out and experience a time of nostalgia as they relive the old-fashioned
street festival.
“We just can’t thank our Aldine community enough for the strong support
they showed our Students’ projects,” said Franklin Higgins, AISD Director
of Career and Technical Education. “Every year our community steps up to
the plate and exceeds in what they have contributed in the years before.
This year’s results are just remarkable. We had another successful
show because so many people and groups made a special effort to sup-
port our students and buyers.”
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2008-2009 Grand Champion
Laura Reyes- Nimitz HS
Reserve Grand Champion
Maria Rucoba- Eisenhower HS
Aldine ISD Hospital-ity Students!
A total of 7 students re-cently visited the Conti-nental Airlines Reserva-tions Center located on Sam Houston Parkway and Ella Blvd.
Fran Osten-Snowden of Continental Airlines gave the students a tour of the facility and talked to them about possible employment after graduation. Students were allowed to see the different areas inside the facility and were in-formed of the need for special language speak-ers, Disney Vacation re-servationists, the lounge and resting areas where employees are encour-aged to rest during long shifts.
The students enrolled in Ms. Milsaps class also saw the state of the art cafeteria for employees, and talked to an em-
ployee who won a Ford Explorer for his perfect attendance. Employees who do not miss work have an opportunity to enter their names into a drawing to reward their punctuality and produc-tivity. A highlight for the students was visiting the area that solves irate customer issues, the students marveled at the fact that the employees were in a secure area only accessible by entering a pass code and I.D. card scan.
Mrs. Osten-Snowden encouraged the students to apply for positions as soon as they graduated from high school in May and she further relayed to the students that the reservations group was a great place to start in the travel and tourism in-dustry.
ing sought after careers. In a recent symposium of construction profes-sional the need for craft workers is increasing while the number of public school that offer training programs is in decline. It is estimated that Houston will need an additional 10,000 new hires in engineering and construction related careers thru the year
Aldine ISD continues to stay abreast of the needs of our community by of-fering courses that lead to high-skills, high-wages and the opportunity to at-tend post-secondary edu-cation. Aldine still offers classes to students inter-ested in construction re-lated careers. Courses such as building trades, HVAC, and welding lead to opportunities for high pay-
2012. This number is what will be needed just to complete the contracts for con-struction of projects currently approved, hiring managers are fearful they will be forced to turn down projects because of a shortage of employ-ees.
Hospitality Students Visit Continental!
C A R E E R S I N C O N S T R U C T I O N S T I L L I N H I G H D E M A N D !
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Careers In Air Cargo In
Demand!
According to Delta Farley ,
Human Resources Di-
rector of CEVA, more en-
try level employees are nec-
essary in the Air Cargo in-
dustry because of an aging
workforce. As baby-
boomers retire more work-
ers are needed in all aspects
of the industry. CEVA em-
ploys 54,000 people and
runs an extensive global
network with facilities in
over 100 countries. Follow-
ing the merger with EGL in
August 2007, the new com-
bined company had pro
forma sales of more than
$ 5 billion dollars.
For more information on
Air cargo careers make
plans to attend the Janu-
ary 22, 2009 Advisory
Council meeting.
W H A T ’ S N E W A T B R I D G E S . C O M ?
This has been an outstanding year for the Aldine ISD Career and Technical Education Depart-ment.
Aldine’s Career and Technical Education pro-grams are quickly growing and expanding to pro-vide a wider variety of career and technical op-portunities to the student body.
Students have made excellent gains this year in gaining industry standard certifications, ad-vanced technical credit, licensures, and acquiring quality industry specific internships. This will continue to be a critical component of the CTE department’s vision and goals.
Our goal is to continually update the valid certifi-cations and licenses for all of our high school stu-dents, as well as encouraging our students to gain at least an associates degree in their chosen field of study at the post-secondary level.
Thank you for all that you do to prepare our stu-dents to truly be the nation’s best!
Sincerely,
Franklin Higgins
Franklin Higgins
I N T E R N S H I P S G O O D F O R C O M P A N I E S A N D S T U D E N T S !
Internships provide high school students with an opportunity to gain valuable experience in an identified career focus area. Students have the opportunity to observe and apply the skills they have learned in the classroom.
A great example of how effective this process can be is the case of Central City Air. Central City is one of the city’s larger HVAC installers in the commercial sector. Central City sought out many school districts throughout the Houston area before contacting Aldine.
Once the request was made through the CTE office Mr. Jesse Davila at Aldine HS responded with several stu-dents interested in training as AC installer helpers, Central City was pleased with the students and asked for 2 additional students, those students did well and before long all of Mr. Davila’s 8 seniors were placed for trainee positions at Central City. The following is a testimonial from the president of Central City Air, Suzanne Debien.
“ We are hiring some of the students trained by Mr. Davila, what a great program that is, he has done an impressive job
of educating and preparing the students to enter this job market. We looked all over for schools with a technical training
course, only found 2 school district with such. Our install crew leaders make more money than my daughter who gradu-
ated from the University of Chicago and is completing her Masters at NYU.”
A W O R D F R O M T H E D I R E C T O R
Bridges.com. Bridges is the web-based version of Choices® This year, the Program has new and cus-tomized features that will better assist our students with the career planning process.
Clearer Relationships Between Interests and Career Clusters In order to highlight how interests can connect to career clusters, Interest Profiler results have been matched with career clusters. After com-pleting the Interest Profiler, students can choose to see their top career clusters, in addi-tion to their top careers.
New Career Information Choices Planner adds new careers in each year in order to reflect the changing world of work. New career options have been added to broaden students' possibilities. Also, the career data has been updated in response to the latest information from O*NET.
New Content The world of work is constantly changing. New articles on emerging careers, new education programs and trends in the labor market have been added. In addition, articles have been up-dated to give students the most current informa-tion possible.
Bridges also has been customized to reflect Aldine’s 4-Year Education Plans, along with requirements of The Recommended High School Plan. As students stake the career assessments, such as Interest Profiler and Cluster Finder, they will be directed to the district’s Education Plan that aligns with their identified Career Cluster.
Aldine Independent School District does not discriminate against persons because of race, creed, national origin, age, sex, disabili-ties, economic status or language disability in employment, promotion or educational programming. Any complaints or grievances which cannot be solved at campus level through the principal may be submitted in writing to Dr. Archie Blanson, Deputy Superinten-dent, 14910 Aldine Westfield Rd., Houston, TX 77032.
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