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	<description>Innovative career education programs for Pennsylvania&#039;s education and training community</description>
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		<title>Proven Success: Students Who Completed PA eMentoring Program Enjoy Better Self Esteem</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this great write-up about PA eMentoring&#8217;s proven positive impact on self-esteem from the Pittsburgh Regional Compact Quarterly!

 







This year, as part of its relationship with Highmark Healthy High Five, an initiative of the Highmark Foundation, Pittsburgh Regional Compact Member Smart Futures participated in a data collection and analysis process to measure the affects of online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PA eMentoring Report 2009-2010 School Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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PA eMentoring Report for 2009-10 School Year:


The Positive Affects of Online Career Mentoring
on the Self-Esteem of High School Students
PA eMentoring Report Full Download 

Prepared By: Elisa Fioritto, Intern and Research Asst., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
David J. Mosey, Executive Director, Smart Futures
 This community report was sponsored by:
The Highmark Foundation

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		<title>Join Us for Transform Pittsburgh on June 1st!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 16:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Smart Futures   
Nonprofit Leadership Institute
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh 
Coro Pittsburgh and its community partners invite you to become engaged with these exciting organizations!
 Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
4:30 &#8211; 6:30pm
 McCormick &#38; Schmick&#8217;s Seafood Restaurant, Rivers Room
Southside Works location
2667 Sidney St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
 Free and open to the public.
Light hors d&#8217;oeuvres will be served, &#38; drink specials will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times &#8220;Plan B: Skip College&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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By JACQUES STEINBERG
Published: May 14, 2010

Short of becoming a reality TV star, the answer is rote and, some would argue, rather knee-jerk: Earn a college degree.
The idea that four years of higher education will translate into a better job, higher earnings and a happier life — a refrain sure to be repeated this month at [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8221; Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.&#8221;  
-  John Crosby
 
 
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		<title>Vote for PA eMentoring and help us win $50k through the Pepsi Refresh Project!</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartfutures.org/index.php/archives/514</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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Smart Futures needs your votes!  We have submitted an entry for a $50,000 grant for our PA eMentoring program in the Pepsi Refresh Project for the month of May.  If you haven’t heard yet, Pepsi is giving away $1,300,000 every month to people, businesses, and non-profit organizations that submit an idea that will have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young people need skills, not always a college degree</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Many of the most-needed jobs of today and tomorrow do not require a four-year degree, says GREGORY PEASLEE of UPMC


Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Today&#8217;s 10th graders will be applying for their first real jobs before they know it. With our nation&#8217;s economy challenged, a great deal hinges on the ability of these young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Need for Strong Vocational and Career Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Literacy News- www.literacynews.com


 
Why Vocational and Career Education Are Important
There are three major reasons why every school district should offer strong vocational learning opportunities:
1. Vocational competence is critical to the economic health of our nation.
2. A significant number of students, both college-bound and non-college-bound, are experiential learners who will learn academic skills best from developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Takes A Look At PA eMentoring!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[eMentoring lets students get career advice from working adults
By Amy Crawford
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW  
February 28, 2010
    
Bobbie Jo Mack, a senior studying drafting and design at the Parkway West Career and Technology Center, was not sure what to do after graduation.
Mack, 18, of Montour was torn between architecture, which she preferred, and engineering, which her parents felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Futures has a Facebook page!</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartfutures.org/index.php/archives/472</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Literacy 101]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[My Career Journey]]></category>
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To keep up with all of the latest Smart Futures news join our Facebook fan page!
This page will keep you updated on all four of our programs: Keys2Work, My Career Journey, PA eMentoring, and Financial Literact 101. Click on the link below to join:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Smart-Futures/324962407412?ref=ts
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