Education Outreach: What Are the Possibilities

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Education Outreach What Are the Possibilities?

• Mitzi Harris, Manager
• Practical Communication Committee

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Liaison Between STC and Schools

• Visit your local high school
• Call a teacher or administrator you know
• Make your chapter known as a resource for teachers

3
Develop a Speakers Bureau

• Maintain a list of speakers and their special
  presentation interests
• Manage the placement of appropriate speakers for
  classroom needs

4
Hold Mock Experiences

• Host mock
• job interviews
• job fairs
• Evaluate
• documents
• dress
• behavior

5
Arrange Internships

• Place student and teacher interns in local
  businesses
• Provide recognition for participants

6
Host a Career Day

• Invite speakers from various professions for
• Scheduled presentations
• Panel discussions by
• Individual student interviewers
• Spontaneous audience questions

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Sponsor a Competition

• Writing Competitions
• Presentation Competitions
• Scholarship Competitions

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Develop Materials for Teachers

• Apply for STC grants to develop
• curricula
• lesson plans
• a speakers series
• an online textbook
• presentations for guest presenters

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Host Teachers Nights

• Establish a dialogue!
• Ask what STC can do for their classes
• Present suggestions for integrating practical
  communication into curricula
• Provide schools with lists of contacts and
  resources