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Greetings!
Welcome back to your Health Careers Newsletter! This quarterly offering will provide you with information and resources related to Health Careers. We look forward to your thoughts and feedback as we aim to provide you with a helpful and interesting newsletter! Each quarter you will find information geared towards Students, Parents, and Educators.
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EDUCATORS:
Health Careers in the North Country
| | Career Pathways: Connecting Classes to Degrees
NH Health Science Rigorous Plan of study are resources, based on research of the local post-secondary degree requirements, for teachers, guidance counselors, and administration.
The goal is for schools to "make them their own" by putting in their actual courses (these are available in Word documents, click here to request a copy).
Click here for all Allied Health Career Pathways. Click here to link to the Dept. of Education's Rigorous Programs of Study webpage.
Are you a teacher or guidance counselor with questions about changing these?
"We want to stress the courses that students must take to be successful in these pathways," notes Ms. Totten, "not add all the courses that the particular high school offers. I encourage them to contact me if they have questions."
Kathleen H. Totten, Director
Eastern Region Partnership
320 Corporate Drive
Portsmouth, NH 03801
T: 603.433.1964
F: 603.431.3531
erpartnership@ccsnh.edu
Not Too Late for Presentations
Our AHEC Program Coordinator works with students and teachers to foster interest in health careers by providing continuing support and "hands on" assista  nce directed at recruiting North County students into health career occupations.
Several middle and high schools have called, scheduled and received the free Health Career informational presentations for their students. Are you an educator for middle or high school who would like this opportunity for your students? Click here to send an email request.
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STUDENTS:
Career Corner - Focus on Health Care
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Occupational Therapist
Occupational therapists (OTs) assist clients in performing activities of all types, ranging from using a computer to caring for daily needs such as dressing, cooking, eating, and driving. Services typically include: customized treatment programs to improve one's ability to perform daily activities; comprehensive home and job site evaluations with adaptation recommendations; adaptive equipment recommendations and usage training; and guidance to family members and caregivers.
Working Conditions
Occupational therapists in hospitals and other health care and community settings usually work a 40-hour week. Those in schools may also participate in meetings and other activities, during and after the school day. More than one-third of occupational therapists work part time.
Specific jobs for this career field in our area could be: Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants or Aides in hospitals, schools, nursing homes, for private companies, and more! Stats:
Average Salary $54,660
Years in School: 2-6 after high school graduation
Job Outlook: Excellent
Read on about careers in Occupational Therapy and many more health career options at ExploreHealthCareers.org.
Reprinted courtesy of ExploreHealthCareers.org, funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton, NJ, and
administered by the American Dental Education Association, 1400 K Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005. www.adea.org, 202-
289-7201.
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PARENTS:
College Myths and More...
| | As the old adage says "One should never assume." Do you believe in any of these myths?
Myth: My teen can make a good living without a college education.
Reality: There is no doubt that some people have done well without a college degree. However, a college graduate will earn on average about a million dollars more than a high school graduate in his/her lifetime. For most people, college pays.
Myth: I don't have the money and my teen can't afford to take out loans to pay for college, even if he/she wanted to go.
Reality: Almost all students today can get low-rate education loans to help them pay for college, and education loans typically don't have to be paid back until a student is out of school. The average loan debt of undergraduate students today is roughly $20,000 - that's less than the cost of most new cars! A car lasts a few years. A college education lasts a lifetime.
Myth: Anyone can get into a public university, but it's hard to get into a private college.
Reality: Some public universities are among the most competitive to get into, while other public universities are required to take nearly all applicants. It's true that some private colleges are very selective, but others take students who wouldn't even be admitted to a home state public university. Check with the colleges you are considering to learn more about the average academic credentials of its students and its admission policies.
Myth: Courses and grades in the spring of senior year aren't important because students already have been accepted by a college by the time those courses are done.
Reality: Most colleges make statements in their admissions materials that they will look at a senior's spring grades. If the student's academic performance has dropped off substantially, colleges have been known to cancel an offer of admission.
Myth: To make it in today's world you need a four-year college degree.
Reality: Someone with a four-year degree may have more career options, but there are many satisfying and good-paying jobs that are possible with certain technical or two-year degrees. Your teen should start with the fields that are of interest to him/her and learn what kind of education is required and what the job opportunities are in those areas. Then, get the degree he/she needs for the type of career he/she wants.
Click here for more Myths and information at KnowHow2Go.org.
Additional financial resources, including scholarships, are available. Start your search by meeting with the school Guidance Counselor and check out the links on the left. |
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CHECK THIS OUT!
Youth Health Service Corps (YHSC)
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Meals were prepared, benefiting our local homeless shelter, for the Global Day of Service at Profile and Littleton High Schools!
 
Berlin High School YHSC has developed and presented "The Flu and You" program in collaboration with Elaine Belanger, North Country Health Consortium's Immunization Coordinator. The students read a book, teach preschoolers how to wash their hands, and more!
 
The Youth Health Service Corps (YHSC) is a health careers recruitment program that engages diverse high school students as leaders in meaningful community service learning that addresses community health issues. Student volunteers are trained using a six module curriculum that prepares them to serve in health care settings that serve the underserved. Once prepared, students choose independent service or group service learning projects to complete a minimum of fifty hours of service for completion of the program.
Profile High School, Littleton High School, and Berlin High School all have active YHSC members! If you are an educator interested in starting a YHSC group in your high school, please click here to request more information. Are you an interested student? See your Guidance Counselor (and forward them this newsletter!)
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We invite items for the newsletter from our readers that relate to health careers, training, and opportunities. Send items to Francine Morgan, AHEC Program Coordinator, at fmorgan@nchcnh.org.
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This newsletter is a project of the Northern NH Area Health Education Center, a program of the North Country Health Consortium (NCHC). NCHC is a rural health network improving the health of North Country residents through innovative collaboration. Working together with businesses and other community organizations, the health and human service provider members of the Consortium are building a regional health care system to address the needs of Northern New Hampshire.
"North Country Health Consortium leads innovative
collaboration to improve the health status of the region."
This newsletter is supported in part by funds from
The Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
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