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🧠 Hands-on exploration, collaboration, and reflection

⚙️ Advanced training to lead the integration of engineering principles in K-12 classrooms

📚 Best practices to become an expert in using our Teach Engineering Digital Library

Apply by March 15th:

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Calling all formal and informal K-12 educators 📣 Become a Teach Engineering Champion and participate in the annual @teachengineering.org Champions Institute!

This exclusive and unique professional development offers:

Students are our future, and school counselors make a difference in their lives daily. They serve nearly 50 million K-12 students nationwide, and provide an educational setting where students can realize their full potential!

Take a moment to thank your local school counselor!

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This National School Counselors Week, #NCWITC4C joined @weareasca.bsky.social in honoring the contributions of our very own leaders!

School counselors: We are grateful for all that you do to amplify student access + prepare them for workforce opportunities of the future — this #NSCW26 + everyday! 🩵

Intersecting Pathways to a Computing Career (Poster) | NCWIT This large printable poster (24"x36") provides information about various paths students can take to get to a career in computing.

✏️ Her favorite #NCWITC4C resource is the 'Intersecting Pathways to a Computing Career' poster, which provides information about various paths students can take to get to a career in computing: ncwit.org/resource/c4cposter

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😊 Every student deserves a school counselor to help provide resources for meaningful futures — like careers in tech! 🖥️ #NSCW26

Counselor + NCWITC4C consultant Andreanna Murphy, is one of the 131,000 school counselors nationwide guiding students toward postsecondary success! #AmplifyStudentSuccess

🖥️ Works with her school’s CS department and is expanding #CSed curriculum to middle school girls

🏆 Nominates students for @ncwit.org awards

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This National School Counselors Week, we’re celebrating counselors that are amplifying student success through #NCWITC4C support and resources! ❇️ #NSCW26

Meet Alicia Oglesby! She:

🦸🏻‍♀️ Has the 'What's Your Coding Superpower' poster hanging in her office for students to become inspired

As an elementary school counselor, Tiffany Davis has used #NCWITC4C resources like the Conversation Cards, Career Pathway Posters, and Computing Role Model videos to increase exposure, interest and confidence in computing for her students.

➡️ You can view all resources here:

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Happy National School Counselors Week! 🥳 #NSCW26

NCWIT Counselors for Computing envisions a world where every learner has the opportunity to develop the computing and tech skills needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape 🌐

Aligning to ASCA standards helps ensure NCWIT Counselors for Computing gives all students access to the skills and opportunities of the future! #BPC

We'll be celebrating our very own #NCWITC4C leaders all week long!

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Happy National School Counselors Week! 😁 We’re thankful for the counselors role in eliminating barriers to meaningful futures in technology!

#NSCW26 — presented by @weareasca.bsky.social — highlights the tremendous impact school counselors have in amplifying student success 🎯

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NCWIT celebrates the legacy of Dr. Gladys West — GPS pioneer and 2021 Pioneer in Tech Award Recipient — who passed away at 95 🤍

▶️ Listen to her inspiring #NCWITConversation for Change in the NCWIT Media Hub ncwit.org/video/2021-vncwit-pioneer-in-award-celebration-with-dr-gladys-west-video-playback

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While #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth is winding down, #NCWITC4C has free, ready-to-use resources all year round 📝

Visit the #NCWITC4C landing page to access all the tools you need to empower the next generation of tech leaders: ncwit.org/program/counselors-for-computing

AI Detectives: K-12 Digital Literacy Resources | NCWIT Generative AI is transforming our information landscape and reshaping how students research, write, and learn. To navigate this shift, students need new dig ...

NCWIT provides the following #NCWITC4C resources to help educators teach these essential AI literacy skills:

1️⃣ AI Detectives: Can You Spot the Flaws?

2️⃣ Student’s Guide to Fact-Checking AI

These resources empower students to be the final authority, not the AI: ncwit.org/resource/ai-detectives-k12/

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Generative AI is fundamentally reshaping how students research, write, and learn!

To navigate this new information landscape, middle and high school students must learn to treat AI as a powerful but imperfect tool that always requires human verification ✅ #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth

Intersecting Pathways to a Computing Career (Poster) | NCWIT This large printable poster (24"x36") provides information about various paths students can take to get to a career in computing.

This poster includes specific steps to follow beginning in high school, community college, university, and military service as potential pathways that leads to various CS jobs 📲 #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth

Sample jobs are also included! Download today: ncwit.org/resource/c4cposter

A career in computing can offer wide-ranging jobs, high pay, and interesting work!

💬 Counselors: When discussing post-graduate plans with your students, refer to the #NCWITC4C Intersecting Pathways Poster as a resource!

Computer Science underlies many other fields and disciplines and by understanding the intersection of #CSed with other industries, we can best equip today’s youth for educational pathways to sustainable careers! #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth

🖥️ Which Computing Pathway is Right for Me? Plentiful Jobs, High Starting Salaries
and Opportunities in Every Industry

✅ Top 10 Ways CS Educators Can Engage School Counselors

🪖 Community College, Military, and University Pathways to IT and Computing Careers

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Equip yourself with the tools to empower the next generation of tech leaders – like the #NCWITC4C Resource Booklet: ncwit.org/resource/c4cbooklet

This comprehensive guide is full of info and actionable steps counselors and educators can use to support students as they explore CS and careers, like:

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This #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth, explore the @ncwitc4c.bsky.social CS+ resource! ✅

This resource examines the exciting fusion of computer science and other areas of interest to unlock opportunities in a wide range of career fields: ncwit.org/resource/cs-plus/index

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🌐 This #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth, @ncwitc4c.bsky.social reflects on the opportunity to re-evaluate the pathways available to students as the workforce continues to be shaped by emerging technologies and AI: ncwit.org/blog/reflecting-on-national-career-development-month

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(1/2) Did you know that @ncwitc4c.bsky.social offers virtual and in-person professional development nationwide? #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth

These webinars and workshops:

👩🏻‍🏫 Provide counselors, educators, and advocates with actionable strategies to broaden participation in computing #BPC

Counselors for Computing (C4C) | NCWIT Counselors for Computing (C4C) offers professional development to school counselors, providing them with essential knowledge and resources they can use to e ...

To help you guide all students toward their future, #NCWITC4C provides free, ready-to-use resources designed to empower the next generation of tech leaders: ncwit.org/program/counselors-for-computing

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November is #NationalCareerDevelopmentMonth! Counselors play a key role in:

🔗 Helping students understand how tech connects with other interests

👩🏽‍💻 Promoting + elevating tech careers for future generations

🔮 Ensuring all students have equitable access to the skills and opportunities of the future

➡️ Register here: bit.ly/NCWIT_BackToSchoolEvent

Whether you're new to NCWIT or looking to explore our full range of K-12 programs, don't miss this chance to equip yourself with tools and knowledge for the academic year!

See you at 4:30 pm MT 😃

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Tomorrow: Join us to bring STEM to life, engineer a brighter future, and inspire the future of tech! 🌠

Our back-to-school #NCWITTeamUp webinar is the perfect opportunity to understand how NCWIT can support your efforts to encourage and prepare all students for future tech pathways.

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NCWIT is building a brighter tech future! ☀️

➡️ This Thursday you can support our #BPC work — for students, educators, counselors, professionals, and advocates — at the Critical Role Foundation Charity Stream! Every donation benefits us directly.

Watch, share, and donate here: critrole.com/tgit

🍎 Discover NCWIT’s K-12 Alliance programs and free resources

😊 Hear about students experiences in the @aspirations.org community #AiCcommunity

🖥️ Engage with @ncwitc4c.bsky.social and learn strategies for integrating computing into workforce readiness #NCWITC4C

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