Career Cafe #8: Occupational Therapist

Today's session was so informative and interesting to say the least--I was definitely intrigued by all of the interesting facts that were brought up by our guest occupational therapist!  She had some great videos to show the kids and even let them try out some equipment that she often uses with her clients--very fun!  Thank you Monica for coming in to speak!

Career Cafe #7: Photography

I am so thrilled with yesterday's Career Cafe!  I had a friend come and speak about her career as a professional photographer.  She takes remarkable photos for St. Kates, weddings, engagements, babies--you name it!  She captured her audience by talking about what led her to her career, what a typical day looks like and what equiptment she often uses.

Our favorite part of the session was having the kids experience photography first hand by being photographers themselves!  Rebecca gave each student a chance to use her super nice camera and "be the photographer".  She had them working their skills in directing, communication and creativity.  The kids LOVED it!  They even got to see a glimpse of how she edits her photos and comes up with the final product!

This was a great session!  Thanks Rebecca!

See some of the snapshots from the session below!

Career Cafe #6: Child Protection Investigators

Thanks so much to our guests for coming out today to share about their career as Child Protection Investigators.  Sounds very interesting and the kids had questions non stop!  They did a phenominal job engaging the small group and highlighting every facet their job to them and what brought them there!

Thanks Mark and Lynn!

Career Cafe #5: David McCoy (Sports reporter/producer)

I was so excited when my personal friend David McCoy agreed to come and speak to our small group of 6th graders about his career!  His career meets the Holland Career Interest code in it's Artistic Social and Investigative realms, so it was sure to be a hit!  He recently moved here to Minneapolis after landing a job at our local news station, WCCO in their sports reporter/producer position.  It's so fun to see him on the news!  He was great with the kids and they really had some wonderful questions to ask him!  He really did a great job of speaking about his education, his daily duties, how he puts his stories together and the realities of being a sports reporter/producer.  I am sure he made an impact on each one of them!  Thanks David!

You can see some of his work here : http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/personality/david-mccoy/

Career Cafe #3 & #4: Actor and Auto Mechanic

What knock out guests we had this week!

Thank you Ross Young and Tony Miller for doing such a great service for our students this week!

Career Cafe #2: Registered Nurse

Another great cafe today! 

Career Cafe #1: Sales Manager

I am so pleased to report that Woodland's very first career cafe went off without a hitch!  We had a phenomenal guest that really captured the attention of our small group of 6th grade students!  They had great questions and happily participated in some fun hands on learning.  So thankful for the kindness of our volunteer to come in the middle of his work day and teach students about his career and what it took to get there!  Below are some pictures of our cafe!

Thank you Mr. Casperson for sharing your time and expertise!