Support Services
Academic
Resource
The
Academic
Resource College Connections Initiative The College Connections Initiative is a year-round program designed to help students prepare for college enrollment. The program serves HSE recipients and high school graduates who have the potential to succeed in higher education. Students are introduced to the performance expectations, workload and behavioral strategies that are important aspects of college life and academic success. The program offers pre-college math, reading and writing instruction; note-taking, time management, and study skills training; and test-taking skills training for college entrance exams. Students also participate in college visits and tours, and workshops on relevant topics such as career exploration, navigating the college admissions process, financial aid, self-development, social and cultural awareness and more. Counseling and Related Services EOC ascribes to the philosophy that educational preparedness goes beyond the classroom. It addresses, therefore, many of the students’ developmental needs by offering a wide variety of services and activities including academic advisement, advocacy, personal and career counseling, case management, and post placement follow-up and support. Career Preparation and Placement Services EOC offers job
preparation and
placement assistance and
services through our
Career Services Office. The Career
Services Office provides
individual and group
advisement, resume
writing and job
interviewing assistance,
job readiness workshops
and other seminars to
help students prepare
for work. Employment
Services staff also
provide job search and
placement assistance and
follow-up services to
EOC students and alumni. A
Job and Career Resource
Center is available
to all students and
alumni for the purpose
of carrying out
independent job search
activities, and career
and college exploration.
A wealth of
resources, including
computers with internet
access, bus maps,
college applications,
local newspapers, and
other employment and
career resource
information is available
to job seekers at this
Center. The Inspired to Succeed Club is a work readiness club for EOC students. The club's advisor is the Workforce Readiness Chair of the Westchester Human Resource Management Association (WHRMA). The club provides students with instruction to enhance their work readiness skills, such as role playing, mock interviews, and debates.
Job
Readiness Training
Program (JRT) The Job Readiness Training Program is designed to prepare job seekers to enter and retain employment, and to develop transferable skills for future employability. Core programming includes a Career Readiness Training course, works readiness counseling and advisement, job and career coaching, a work readiness club, and job placement and retention services. To the extent possible, JRT training is provided in an atmosphere that simulates the work environment and participants are engaged in activities and exercises which help them acquire, practice and reinforce real work competencies. Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC)
The TEC
facility
at the
Educational
Opportunity
Center
is part
of
a network of
Technology
Enhanced
Classrooms
across
New York
State,
linking
all of
the
EOC’s.
TEC
classrooms
feature
state-of
the-art
display
and
videoconferencing
equipment:
cameras
which
can
track
teachers
and
students
around
the
classroom
as they
interact;
large
wall
monitors
which
show
both
sides of
a
videoconference
at the
same
time;
special
microphones
which
pick up
everyone
in the
room
without
distortion
or
feedback;
and
SMART
displays
which
allow
remote
control
of
computers
displayed
on the
system.
Students
are able
to
collaborate
and
study
with
classes
at other
schools
around
the
world,
and
participate
in
interactive
lectures
and
tours
from
providers
such as
the
Smithsonian
Institute
and
N.A.S.A.
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