CTC offers first Career Camps, kits for younger students

The Springfield-clark Career Technology Center (CTC) is on a mission to prepare students for life after high school, to get them ready: Career Ready. College Ready. Life Ready. The passionate teachers and industry-expert program instructors at CTC are phenomenal at getting students ready for their post-graduation path once they are on-campus. Now we are developing programs and opportunities to increase career awareness at younger ages.

Research shows that career exploration prior to high school, especially middle school, is impactful as children are starting to build self-awareness and developing a plan for their future. With this in mind, the CTC is excited to announce our first Future Ready Career Camps and Kits!

Future Ready Career Camps

Why wait until high school to explore what CTC can offer? Get excited and get hands-on with our new Future Ready Career Camps. These camps are geared toward students going into grades 6-8 with the goal of helping students explore their future, make new friends, and learn from passionate experts.

This June, in partnership with VEX Robotics, the Ohio Academy of Science and through Career Awareness state funding, CTC will be offering the following camps:

■ Skills for Success

■ Cooking for Beginners

■ VEX Robotics Camp

■ Coding Camp

■ Future Ready Career Challenges

■ Silent Film & Storytelling

■ The Thrills & Chills of Creative Writing

■ Mock Trial: Scenarios A, B, C,D

■ Learning to Fly Drones

■ Believe in Ohio Scholarship STEM Camp

In addition to student camps, CTC is offering a Teacher Camp for teachers teaching students in grades 5 to 12. Teacher Camp provides resources and strategies for teaching career-based, Stembased, and project-based learning activities. For more information on student and teacher Future Ready Career Camps, visit Scctc.org/camps.

Future Ready Career Kits

Designed for students in grades 1 through 8, our Future Ready Career Kits provide interactive activities designed to get students hands-on with STEM concepts. Kits are available to families and classrooms at no cost, thanks to collaboration with Clark State College, Ohio College Tech Prep, the University of Dayton, and the Ohio Academy of Science.

We currently have four kits available with plans to launch several more:

■ Auto Technology: Ready, Set, Race!

■ Culinary Science: The Chef ’s Slime

■ Engineering: Have You Lost Your Marbles?

■ Agriculture: Grow N’ Go Seeds

For more information on and to order Future Ready Career Kits visit Scctc.org/kits.