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HOW TO CUT THE HIGH COSTS
AND HIGH RISKS OF EDUCATION AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
"A Call to Parents: How
to Cut the High Costs and High Risks of Education After High School,"
a workshop on career planning for high school students and their parents,
counselors and teachers, will be presented by nationally known author
and speaker, Dr. Susan Quattrociocchi. Dr. Quattrociocchi (known as "Dr.
Q") will present two sessions of the workshop-on Wednesday, November
13, at 7pm in the Mitby Theater at the Madison Area Technical College
Truax location, 3550 Anderson St., Madison, and on Thursday, November
14, at 7pm at Indian Mound Middle School, 6330 Exchange St., McFarland.
The workshops are sponsored by the Madison Area Technical College District
School-to-Career Partnership.
Topics covered will include:
- the importance of parental
involvement in teens' decision making
- six steps to helping teens
now
- four things parents can
do to improve their children's math and reading scores
- ways high school students
can earn college credits free
- advice on after-school jobs
Dr. Quattrociocchi is the director of the Northeast Tech Prep Consortium
in Bellevue, Washington. She is a respected authority on the power of
parental involvement and the educational needs of young people. Her books
on the subject include Help! A Family's Guide to High School and Beyond
and coauthored Giving Children Hope and Skills for the 21st Century (with
Barbara Peterson) and Did Somebody Say College? How to Reduce Costs and
Risks of After-High School Education (with Josephine Cripps). She also
developed a Teen Career Center website for the Public Broadcasting System
and is a frequent speaker on National Public Radio on the topic of teen
jobs and teens and college.
MATC is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System's
16 colleges. It provides a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal
arts and science, adult basic education and life enrichment studies and
activities, as well as customized employee training. MATC provides training
in more than 100 career programs. It awards associate degrees, vocational
diplomas and certificates, and offers non-degree classes. The college
serves all or parts of 12 counties located in south central Wisconsin
and offers instruction through five campuses and various other locations
throughout the district.
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December 6, 2002
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