Counselors
C-MORE
(Counselors Making Occupational Readiness Exciting)
In working with high school teachers and students through POWER
SET (Powerful Opportunities for Women, Powerful Opportunities for
Women Eager and Ready for Science, Engineering, and Technology) and
WIT (Workforce Industry Training) programs, NPI has learned that
school counselors want and need more information about careers in
nuclear power as well as a better understanding of which
educational tracks students need to follow if they hope to enter
nuclear and other technical careers. To meet that need, NPI
has expanded its teacher program efforts with a parallel program
that supports school counselors and provides them the essential
knowledge that will enable them to assist students with their
education and career choices.
In addition to enhancing counselors' understanding of STEM
educational and career paths, the program provides personalized,
informational opportunities for counselors to visit community
colleges, universities and industry sites while collaborating with
fellow counselors and NPI representatives. These opportunities
broaden counselors' awareness of the importance of STEM education
as they tend to their daily, wide-ranging demands and expectations.
The NPI C-MORE component further strengthens our ties with teachers
and students by including counselors who are an essential component
of the education team. C-MORE operates in the same high schools as
POWER SET and WIT, adding another element of support and quality to
our efforts to enhance education in Texas.
"What is gained from C-MORE experiences will play a major
role in the school setting and will be communicated to students in
an effort to ensure that students are prepared to face the real
world, be it college or the workforce." Diana Blumrick, Louise High
School
