{"id":8630,"date":"2024-01-29T17:12:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/01\/29\/skilled-trade-learning-opportunities-career-speaker-series\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:12:10","slug":"skilled-trade-learning-opportunities-career-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/01\/29\/skilled-trade-learning-opportunities-career-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Trade Learning Opportunities: Career Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bepwr.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> invites Grade 7 to 12 students and their parents\/caregivers to participate in the Skilled Trade Learning Opportunities interactive speaker series. This free virtual series gives students a chance to learn about potential career options and help them plan their future career pathways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration for these events is required. A link to the recordings will be available to all registrants after each event. Please see below for more details on each session.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Parents Need to Know About Careers in the Skilled Trades<\/h2>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wednesday, January 31, 2024<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Time: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6:30 &#8211; 7:30 p.m. (ET)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>For:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Parents and caregivers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skilled trades are a great option for all high school students to consider. There is a growing demand for people to fill good-paying, satisfying careers in the Skilled Trades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This webinar will feature:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a keynote address from Jon Callegher, Executive Director of JobTalks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">information about the OYAP program<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a question and answer (Q&amp;A) period<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presentation by Dr. Callegher will address:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what makes a \u201cGood Job\u201d according to Ontario parents\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">common concerns about children\u2019s well-being\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what parents really think about University and College pathways\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the physical and mental health benefits of the Skilled Trades\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how \u201cUniversity-bound\u201d traits are also Skilled Trades traits<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Jon Callegher is an award-winning employment researcher. He explains why guidance counsellors and teachers can be confident in supporting the Skilled Trades as a post-secondary pathway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_a0CrCoAETP2Og39xl8skYw#\/registration\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register for this virtual session.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>5 Great Reasons for Pursuing a Career in the Skilled Trades<\/h2>\n<p><b>Date<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Wednesday, February 21, 2024<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 6:30 &#8211; 7:30 p.m. (ET)<br \/>\n<\/span><b>For:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Grade 9 to 12 students<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skilled trades are a great option for all high school students to consider. There is a growing demand for people to fill good-paying, satisfying careers in the Skilled Trades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This webinar will feature:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a keynote address from Jon Callegher, Executive Director of JobTalks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">information about the OYAP program<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a question and answer (Q&amp;A) period<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this presentation, Dr. Callegher will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">share his latest research on the emotional and experiential challenges facing young people today<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reveal five research-backed reasons for why working in the skilled trades, especially in a post-COVID-19 world, is an ideal career option<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">introduce the concept of \u201cbalanced intelligence\u201d as a defining quality of tradespeople<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Jon Callegher is an award-winning employment researcher. He will explain why students can be confident in their pursuit of the Skilled Trades as a post-secondary pathway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_L7aJxtwsR3m1gVgq5gqI2A#\/registration\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register for this virtual session.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region invites Grade 7 to 12 students and their parents\/caregivers to participate in the Skilled Trade Learning Opportunities interactive speaker series. This free virtual series gives students a chance to learn about potential career options and help them plan their future career pathways. Registration for these events is [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/01\/29\/skilled-trade-learning-opportunities-career-speaker-series\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Skilled Trade Learning Opportunities: Career Speaker Series<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}