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hi my name is cassie conway and i teach
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new visions here at boces
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new visions is a great opportunity for
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students who are looking to prepare for
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post-secondary education
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we talk about information skills and
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gain experience that will help you
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after high school there are some focus
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areas like
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engineering communication business
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management and law
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those are the areas that i have students
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in this year so the great opportunity is
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they get to go out and internship
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in the mohawk valley so they go through
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four internships they run about eight
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weeks each
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they're there monday through thursday
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and then on fridays they come here for
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class
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where you'll take college english and
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you'll get college credit for personal
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finance as well as government and
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economics another great opportunity is
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getting the opportunity to
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go to class with with students from all
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different areas
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all different districts so you're not in
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the same class that you've been in for
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your entire
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school career you get to meet people
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from other districts and
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we become like a family by the end of
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the year which is great some things that
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we talk about the beginning of the year
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you'll see that i have some mannequins
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up here with professional attire
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so we talk about what professionalism is
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how you should dress for an internship
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how you should behave we talk a lot
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about soft skills
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obviously those two mannequins are
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dressed for
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a business internship but we talk about
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how
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if you're going to let's say the zoo
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you're in vet science
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that's not how you would dress this is
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how you would dress
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or we've had business students at the
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fitness mill so obviously you're not
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going to wear a suit to the fitness mill
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so we talk about what's appropriate
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what's not we build resumes cover
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letters
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anything that we can do to help you
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prepare for life after high school
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in terms of internships internships will
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be chosen based on your field
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so like i said business management we've
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had students at american heart
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association
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fitness mill education you'll be in
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elementary schools in the area this year
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we had students in whitesboro and
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oriskany et cetera
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engineering as well communications we
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had the opportunity to have a student up
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at assemblyman brian miller's office so
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they gained great experience there
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so you do gain a lot of experience you
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get to see
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a variety of different areas in the
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field that you're interested in
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so in order to get into the new visions
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program you should contact your guidance
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office
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your guidance counselor can give you
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information on how to apply
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your application will be sent to boces
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where it will be reviewed
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and then you should hear back in late
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spring if you're accepted into the
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program
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i hope you take this great opportunity
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and reach out if you have any questions
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thank you
