Resource Landscape & Career Pathways

Andrea Manjarrez & Joel Soriano Barragan

Online Resource Criteria

• Engaging for students: How is the information being presented (e.g. text, videos, pictures, infographic, etc…)
• Informative: How useful and relevant is the information for high schoolers?
• Navigation: How easy it is to navigate?
• Up to Date: Are the websites staying current?
• Target Audience: Does the website target both students and educators?

Top Resources Reviewed

Gaps

Exploration

• Most of the websites don't include resources such as HS programs, internships or WBL opportunities. Many students want to explore their interests, but don't know where to look.

Financial Resources

• Students might opt out of pursuing higher education due to the high cost, having access to local scholarships might help more students continue their education.

Gaps

Tailoring

• The majority of resources target college students and not high schoolers. Although they can still access them, HS students require different tools.

Understanding Target Audience

• There’s a disconnect between the web owners and their target audience. Younger generations tend to consume short-form content, but websites typically have long-form content

Career Pathways

Objective:

Use the findings from the landscape project and our own knowledge to develop Pathways that are tailored for teens entering or currently in High School

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Target Audience:

• East Side San Jose (ESSJ)

Addressing Navigation

Accessible

• Selected platforms that are easy to access
• Miro Board
• Google Slides

Navigation

• Added guides to help user
• Use buttons and indicators to support user navigation

Addressing Informative (High School)

Gap 1: Exploration

• Classes to consider
• Local programs/events
• Local high schools with programs

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Additional Resources

• Programming languages to consider

Addressing Informative (College)

College Overview

• Community college
• Bachelor's degree
• (If applicable) Degree options
• (If relevant) Masters Degree and PhD

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SJSU

• Clubs (available at SJSU)
• Spartan East Side Promise Program

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Gap 2: Financial Resources

• Local scholarships

Addressing Informative (Outside of College)

Routes

• (If applicable) Alternate Routes
• (If applicable) Exams

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Gap 3: Tailoring

• Career Fields
• Industry/Sectors
• Careers

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Additional Resource

• (If relevant) Movie Recommendation

Business

Health

Environment

Sports

Youths Current Interests

Addressing Engagement

Gap 4: Understanding Target Audience

• Incorporated
• Color
• Shape
• Pictures
• Graphics
• Minimized text
• Removed unnecessary info
• Used bullet points

How to Create

Pathways Guide

Reflection

Future Iterations

• Ask students what information they would want to see/what is helpful
• Choose a single platform and make the pathways uniform
• Interconnect the pathways

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Partners

• Provide additional resources for students to look into, such as where to find local programs and scholarships
• Help with steps in the pathways that we might have missed or were unaware of
• Provide internship opportunities

Partner Resources Criteria

• Price: Ideally the programs promoted should be free or offer some type of financial aid, if available
• Location: The programs should be located in the San Jose or online (easily accessible)
• Age: Programs should ideally be for high school students

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Career Resources Recommendations

• Highlight the non traditional side of STEM
• Helps people of ALL ages see there is more to STEM than coding and lab coats
• Gets students who otherwise are uninterested in STEM become interested
• Diversifying how information is shown: graphs, visuals, and videos
• Helps combat youth’s decreasing attention span
• Helps gets the information through to youth

Example

Career Path to Paramedic (total time, 1:25)