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www.semca.org The SEMCA home page. Here is where you can find out all about the Southeast Michigan Community Alliance; our board and how it operates; our one stop centers; the Michigan jobs bank; and putting your resume on line. |
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Wayne County RESA www.wcresa.K12.mi.us is a regional educational service agency that provides a wide variety of services to children, families and communities. RESA coordinates many of its programs with the 34 public school districts, more than 40 public school academies and 212 private schools of Wayne County. |
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The Monroe County Intermediate Schools District www.misd.k12.mi.us promotes educational excellence by serving in a leadership role to collaborate and facilitate improvement of school programs and services. |
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Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth www.michigan.gov/mdcd Click on the Career Education button for more information.
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The Michigan Occupational Information System mois.org |
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The Michigan Department of Education www.mde.state.mi.us |
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America’s Career InfoNet. www.acinet.htm
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www.mycareereducation.org This useful site can help you explore different career options, how to get training for different careers, what the cost of training for different degrees and certifications will cost you and what type of salary people with that occupation are currently earning.
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www.yucky.com This web site makes learning fun! From crazy polls to exciting activities and games to neat facts, this web site has it all. Try this popular web site out if you’ve got lots of time on your hands.
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http://school.discovery.com/parents DiscoverySchool.com is rich with features that are helpful for parents and students. From product reviews and educational advice to study tools and other valuable resources.
www.mea.org Michigan Educational Association.
www.princetonreview.com Princeton Review offers a career assessment quiz, advanced school search that gives you a list of schools that match your needs and preferences.
www.michlmi.org Michigan’s labor market information.
www.mydreamexplorer.org The MyDreamExplorer website provides all your stakeholders with leading edge information on how to create a career development experience that extends throughout each student’s school years and beyond. Included are information and resources on self-assessment, career awareness, exploration, and planning.
stats.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.nr0.htm United States Department of Labor 2000-2010 Employment Projections. Find out which occupations will be in high demand and which ones won’t.
www.resa.net/dctc Downriver Career Technical Consortium web site. The objective of a career technical class is to provide a very sophisticated training experience for the student while they are still in high school, so upon graduation they might directly enter the labor market or continue on for advanced training in their chosen career. Toward this end, the career technical programs have adopted the curriculum developed by the State of Michigan, which provides for training that has been identified as being necessary for each specific occupational area.
www.mois.org/moistest.html If you are interested in finding out what careers you might like to pursue, please take a few moments and complete this brief survey.
www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.
www.militarycareers.com The Military Career Guide Online is a compendium of military occupational, training, and career information and is designed for use by students desiring to explore the military world of work.
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Find out about career that interest you!
http://mycollegeoptions.com/index.asp General research that links to every college in the nation. The site also offers a free college matching service after creating an account and logging into the site. Match your personal goals and interests to college and other “after high school” education options.
www.collegenet.com Search college listings by keyword or by telling the system what interests you about college. Lists include MBA programs; community, technical and junior colleges; and law and medical schools.
www.collegeview.com Take a virtual tour of over 3,800 schools. One of the few places to search for colleges using information such as physical or learning disabilities, and hearing or vision impairment.
www.collegeboard.com Quickly find more than 3,500 colleges by name, or view them alphabetically. The unique “likefind” tool allows you to find colleges similar to the one you like.
www.petersons.com Search for schools of visual or performing arts, nursing, information technology or by religious affiliation.
www.collegesource.org 22,780 College Catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format on CollegeSource® Online! Full text searching is provided–no registration needed!
http://www.kentisd.org/takethetest.htm We have all heard about the MEAP test and how it affects our schools and their funding, but how much do you really know about the MEAP? Learn more about it and even try a sample test for yourself here!
www.mivhs.com Michigan Virtual High School
www.mel.org Michigan eLibrary
www.nochildleftbehind.gov No Child Left Behind
www.learningwithoutlimitsmi.org Learning Without Limits
www.twice.cc Two Way Interactive Connections in Education Including: Virtual Field Trips
www.learningexpresslibrary.com Learning Express Library
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Schools
Scholarships/Grants
Scholarship applications are available in many private schools or by calling the Pathways to Hope office at 1-313-883-8658, or 1-800-805-KIDS.
www.free-4U.com/mi.htm Scholarship information for residents of Michigan.
www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3precol.htm This site lists many different scholarships available for just about anything that you are interested in studying!
www.ihad.org The “I Have a Dream” Foundation helps children from low-income areas reach their education and career goals by providing a long-term program of mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment with an assured opportunity for higher education.
Local Community Colleges
Wayne County Community College —www.wcccd.edu or call 1-734-374-2700
Henry Ford Community College —www.henryford.cc.mi.us/ or call 1-313-845-9600
Monroe County Community College —www.monroe.cc.mi.us/ or call 1-734-242-7300
Schoolcraft College —www.schoolcraft.cc.mi.us/ or call 1-734-462-4400
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