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Sylvia Tang

1) The document discusses a program called CanBrIdge that aims to bridge the gap between middle/high school (grades 7-11) education and careers by fostering mentorships between students and individuals in industry. 2) It outlines four main constraints for the program: limited time and resources as a non-profit, lack of mentors, difficulty getting industry professionals in non-developed areas, and students feeling uncomfortable adapting to new work environments. 3) Solutions proposed to address these constraints include recruiting teacher volunteers, surveying industry professionals to serve as mentors, starting in developed areas before expanding, and getting student feedback before broader implementation.

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CanBr dge CanBrIdge: Bridging students to the their future. Hanan Alowain, Sylvia Tang, Adil Zaid, Thu Luu, Swati Maheshwari May 2013
THE PROBLEM Students (globally) of ages in middle to high school (7th-11th grade) are unaware of the importance of career selection and development. Our program, CanBrIdge, hopes to bridge the gaps between school (formal education) and what it is like in industry. Through our program, we hope to have a direct impact on the students future careers through fostering mentorships with individuals in industry.
STEPS Constraints Implementation Time Resources ? Companies Students Success?! Ideas?!
CONSTRAINTS Time-Technical, Organizational-Resources, Industry-Labor Mobility & Group-Environment & Emotion.
CONSTRAINT #1 Time (technical) Constraint- In being a non-profit organization, we have limited resources and our small staff has to cover many positions and items within the organization to ensure it operates as closely as possible according to plan. Solution: Ask teachers to volunteer to be staff members on our teams to start out essentially, we asked for volunteers to see who was interested in assisting.
CONSTRAINT #2 Resources (organizational) Constraint- Being a non-profit program relying on corporate and volunteer support, we may not have enough mentors (resources) for all the students in our program. Solution: Survey & ask people in industry to see if they had the time or would be able to volunteer to become mentors to students.
CONSTRAINT #3 Labor Mobility (industry) Constraint Getting people from industry to teach/mentor students in non-developed areas could be difficult to implement. Solution: Start out in developed areas and then slowly move towards non-develop areas once we have enough students and mentors interested..
CONSTRAINT #4 Environment & Emotion (group) Constraint- Students may not be able to quickly adapt to the changes in industry and end up feeling uncomfortable following their mentor around in the industry and the work environment. Solution: Allow open-minded students to take the first steps and get feedback on what they liked and disliked about visiting industry before we let the more reserved students attend work environments.
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  • 1. CanBr dge CanBrIdge: Bridging students to the their future. Hanan Alowain, Sylvia Tang, Adil Zaid, Thu Luu, Swati Maheshwari May 2013
  • 2. THE PROBLEM Students (globally) of ages in middle to high school (7th-11th grade) are unaware of the importance of career selection and development. Our program, CanBrIdge, hopes to bridge the gaps between school (formal education) and what it is like in industry. Through our program, we hope to have a direct impact on the students future careers through fostering mentorships with individuals in industry.
  • 3. STEPS Constraints Implementation Time Resources ? Companies Students Success?! Ideas?!
  • 5. CONSTRAINT #1 Time (technical) Constraint- In being a non-profit organization, we have limited resources and our small staff has to cover many positions and items within the organization to ensure it operates as closely as possible according to plan. Solution: Ask teachers to volunteer to be staff members on our teams to start out essentially, we asked for volunteers to see who was interested in assisting.
  • 6. CONSTRAINT #2 Resources (organizational) Constraint- Being a non-profit program relying on corporate and volunteer support, we may not have enough mentors (resources) for all the students in our program. Solution: Survey & ask people in industry to see if they had the time or would be able to volunteer to become mentors to students.
  • 7. CONSTRAINT #3 Labor Mobility (industry) Constraint Getting people from industry to teach/mentor students in non-developed areas could be difficult to implement. Solution: Start out in developed areas and then slowly move towards non-develop areas once we have enough students and mentors interested..
  • 8. CONSTRAINT #4 Environment & Emotion (group) Constraint- Students may not be able to quickly adapt to the changes in industry and end up feeling uncomfortable following their mentor around in the industry and the work environment. Solution: Allow open-minded students to take the first steps and get feedback on what they liked and disliked about visiting industry before we let the more reserved students attend work environments.