The Future Starts with You

Today the Future Starts With Shawn Jough, (M.S., SPHR,SHRM-SCP) the Founder and Principal Consultant of Strategic HR Advisory. Shawn walks listeners through her career path in Human Resources and her own amazing story entering the field and becoming her own boss. This episode is perfect for educators, students, or listeners who have no idea how to get into the HR field and would like to learn. Thi...

This special episode was recorded at the Apprenticeship Expo held at the San Diego College of Continuing Education and is four interviews split into two episodes. On this second episode we get to learn about the San Diego College of Continuing Education from Dr. Shakerra Carter and the incredible work the college achieves. That interview is followed up by a workforce development interview with Edg...

This special episode was recorded at the Apprenticeship Expo held at the San Diego College of Continuing Education and is four interviews split into two episodes. On this first episode we get to learn about workforce placement programs offered by Able-Disabled Advocacy from Angel Stancer. Then Lorenzo Miles walks us through the in's and out's of our local 206 Sheet Metal Apprenticeship program. Ab...

Join our host Gabriel Diaz as he interviews Ernesto Rivera of the San Diego County Office of Education. This week's conversation goes deep on apprenticeship offers and support, why apprenticeships matter and how schools can get involved. A great listen for anyone interested in alternative pathways to career readiness. Apprenticeship expo link: here Ernesto's contact for follow-up questions: here I...

Join us for an exciting “crossover” podcast! Students Liam Roman, Mirna Fawzi and Rawan Albadri in the Arts, Media and Entertainment pathway at El Cajon Valley High in the Grossmont Union High School District have been podcasting for two seasons now, and invited Jewyl to come by as a guest on their podcast.    After students recorded their podcast, we flipped the mic and Jewyl interviewed AME Teac...

Join us as Jewyl interviews Daniel Pink a CTE teacher at Bonsall High school. Daniel tells us all about his journey from sunny Florida to sunny San Diego, as well as some exciting programs he is implementing for his students. Bonsall High School CTE Pathways⁠

Join a conversation about everything from counseling in a rural community, building career ready opportunities for students, creating a unique spin on supporting students in getting early college credit and the promise of the new California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI). Eryn Barker is the Early College/CTE Coordinator for Bonsall High School, a rural community doing amazing things to support...

On this episode Jewyl interviews two current students of Oceanside high school who are in the Media Makerz program. Cat and Ant share their experiences creating media at Oceanside high school, refining video techniques, projects that prepared them for the future, what pathways they hope to get into and what the future looks like after high school. This special video podcast episode is recorded, ed...

On this episode Jewyl interviews two former students of Oceanside high school who are now with Media Makerz. Alec and Juan share their experiences leaving high school, finding work, discovering career aspirations and what drew them to Media Makerz. This special video podcast episode is recorded, edited and produced by Oceanside High School Students in the Media Makers program! Links:  YouTube Vide...

On this episode Jewyl talks with Lisa Stout and Lionel Saulsberry of Project Next an organization that helps students identify strengths, explore post-secondary options and prepare a pathway for college or career in the San Marcos Unified and Escondido school districts. Project next ⁠www.projectnext.org⁠ Links:  www. SDCOE.net/CTE   https://bit.ly/ListenerQuestionsTFSWY   Click here to express an...

Part 2 of 2: Enjoy a lively discussion about how to prepare today’s youth for future careers in the creative industry from our Comic-Con recording of “The Future Starts with You” podcast. Hear about how we are building equitable access to creative careers. Dr. Emily Schindler Education Director, Comic-Con Museum ⁠ comic-conmuseum.org ⁠   Stacy Snider Actress, Producer, Co-founder of Mooncastle Fil...

Part 1 of 2: Enjoy a lively discussion about how to prepare today’s youth for future careers in the creative industry from our Comic-Con recording of “The Future Starts with You” podcast. Hear about how we are building equitable access to creative careers. Dr. Emily Schindler Education Director, Comic-Con Museum comic-conmuseum.org   Stacy Snider Actress, Producer, Co-founder of Mooncastle Films B...

Join podcast host Jewyl Alderson and podcast producer Gabe Diaz as we look back at an amazing year, and look forward to what the future holds for the podcast. Hear a few behind the scenes details, some of our favorite podcast moments, and consider plans for next year. We will also talk about some cool professional development opportunities this summer - one of which will pay you $3000 in stipends...

The Future starts with Dual Enrollment with Mallory Stevens  Mallory Stevens supports local schools, districts and charters as they develop dual enrollment programs tied to our local community colleges. Dual enrollment programs allow students to take college courses on their high school campus, leading to increased post-secondary enrollment and engagement. Many dual enrollment courses are CTE and...

The Future Starts in the Chula Vista Elementary District with Michael Bruder The Chula Vista Elementary District provides every student with career driven experiences at the 4, 5 and 6 grade. In this episode we chat with Michael Bruder in the Innovation Station which is housed in the public library, and offers students an engineering experience designed with Qualcomm.  Michael and his team work wi...

Episode 1.12: The future starts with Harold Mumford Trained to be a lawyer, but called to be a teacher, Harold Mumford teaches English, Social Science and Engineering. He fell into it accidentally as a more traditional teacher, but after coaching First Robotics, Harold got sucked into project based learning and started teaching Project Lead the Way Engineering. He trains students to do the work, h...

Episode 1.11: Back to the future with Jamie Davenport Jamie is back on the podcast to talk more about Project-Based Learning!  She left the field of Law to get into the field of education, and after a few years teaching English and social studies, she found out about CTE and has embraced it ever since! She was taught in a Law Academy at Crawford High in San Diego Unified, and eventually moved...

Episode 1.10: The future starts with George Randy Zubieta How do we create a place where students can feel like they are good at something in the classroom and can find meaningful employment? That’s what inspired Randy when he was a high school woodshop student to dream of a day he would become a woodshop teacher himself. Getting hired a week before the covid shutdown meant he had to learn to pivo...

Before coming to education, Ryan Parks started a production company creating music videos and doing freelance filmmaking. He asked himself “why is it so difficult to find good help” and that brought him to the field of education where he hopes to train and inspire the next generation of students to be competitive in the industry. Allowing students to build the skills they need to be successful in...

Episode 1.08: The future starts in Oceanside with Teresa Collis Oceanside Unified School District has a huge focus on Career Technical Education (CTE)! Hear from Teresa Collis, their district CTE Coordinator, about how she expanded programs when she was principal at Oceanside High School, and her work now at the district level engaging industry professionals from the community in the programs thro...

Description: Joanna Murray began wedging career readiness activities into her language arts courses years ago, and has long been focused on how to best motivate students. Join us for a conversation about her new career exploration lab that allows students to explore 21 different fields as they rotate through self driven Paxton Patterson modules. This middle school CTE wheel is designed to ensure s...

Episode Description: Career readiness starts early in Vista Unified School District, where students at Rancho Minerva Middle School experience a variety of programs designed to ensure they are future ready. Join us for a discussion with Christina DeSanto, who is driven by the mission to create extraordinary experiences that connect scholars to college and career pathways. The “Triple C” College-Ca...

We see makerspaces in classrooms and libraries in many of our schools, but how can students find ways to turn their passion for making into a career? Join Shaun Kain, Gabe Diaz and Jewyl Alderson at the Maketory, a local industrial co-working space, for a discussion on making at the K12 level and how entrepreneurs are making a career out of making in spaces like the Maketory. This supersized episo...

Join a couple of labor market nerds as we dig into the value of labor market information for education! Sarah Burns is the Director of Learning for our local Workforce Development Board, the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Sarah uses labor market data to help our region better prepare people for high wage, high growth jobs here in San Diego, and help local schools build pathways that lead to the...

Episode Description: Vinny Facilla is a new CTE Automotive teacher at Grossmont High School. After volunteering as an industry partner and mentor for many years, he has taken over the program and is finding new ways to engage students and modernize learning. Join Jewyl and Vinny for a discussion on the plans he has for a new project, talk about going from industry to the classroom and a fun classr...