Welcome to the

Career Awareness
Program!
 What is the goal of the
Career Awareness
Program?
 The Career Awareness Program is
designed to expand the educational
and career opportunities of children
from New York City.
 Who participates in the
program?
 Boys and girls from
the five boroughs
of New York attend
camp the summer
after 6th grade and
continue in the
program until the
spring of 9th grade.
What are the aspects of the
program?
 Camp Mariah
 Fall and Spring
Weekend
 Career Fair
 Job Shadowings
 High School Placement
Services
 Tutoring
 Special Events
 PreOccupations
Program
 Camp Mariah
 What will I participate in at
camp?
 What are the behavior
expectations of the
program?
 What is cabin life like?

 Who supervises camp?

* Mandatory 3 years
 Fall and Spring
Weekends
 What is the purpose
of the weekends?
 What do we do on
the weekends?
 What kind of themes
have there been in
the past?
• Mandatory 2 per
year for 3 years
 Career Fair
 What is the Career
Fair?
 What is the
purpose of the
Career Fair?
 Who comes to the
Career Fair?
* Mandatory 1 per
year for 3 years
 Job Shadowings
 What is the
purpose of job
shadowings?
 How many should I
attend?
 When and where
do they take place?
* Mandatory 4 per
year for 3 years
 High School Placement
Services
 What sort of services are involved in
the high school placement program?
 Who do I contact for help with
choosing a high school?
 When should my child and I begin
talking about high schools?
* Optional Service offered to all
CAP participants
 Tutoring Program
 What is the structure of
tutoring?
 What subjects does my
child work on?
 What are the
requirements to be in
the tutoring program?
 How do I enroll in
tutoring?
* Optional Service
offered to all CAP
participants
 Special Events
 What are special events?
 What are examples of past special
events?
 How are children chosen?

* All special events are optional and

participants are selected by Director.
 Pre-Occupations
Program
 What is the structure of
the Pre-Occupations
Program?
 What topics does the
program cover?
 What is the time
commitment involved?
• Optional Program
offered to graduates
of the CAP program
 Closing
 Guest speakers share their
experiences
 Registration Issues
 Questions
 Sign Out/Collect Gift Bags