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Career Development Program

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The Center for Arts Education’s Career Development Program creates opportunities for high school students and educators to participate in school-to-career activities in the arts and related industries. The goal: to expose students, teachers, counselors, and administrators to the many career options in New York City’s $21 billion arts industry.

Since CAE’s Career Development Program was created, in 1999, more than 450 students and 100 work sites have participated. 
 

HOW IT WORKS

Students who are selected for the program attend participating schools throughout New York City's five boroughs. They take part in an intensive, two-week orientation at CAE showcasing careers in the arts and related industries. The orientation also provides job-skills training and prepares students for work site placements in fields including marketing, theater design, music, architecture, and fashion.
 

The orientation curriculum addresses the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Education Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS), the New York State Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS), and the New York City Performance Standards for Applied Learning. The curriculum handbooks are available to the general public for a nominal fee.

Once at their internships, students are assigned a project and a mentor. Recent interns' work has ranged from keeping press logs, creating Flash animation, writing newsletters, and doing research for a television documentary.

During the course of the 13-week internships, each student receives regular feedback and support from the worksite, CAE, and educator interns  from their school. Each student also:

  • participates in a Career Awareness Day
  • receives a stipend
  • receives one elective credit from his/her high school 
     

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE

Students who want to be considered for the program must:

  • attend a NYC high school with which Career Development partners
  • have a GPA of at least 2.5
  • have outstanding conduct and school attendance
  • be recommended by teachers and counselors
  • have parental and school administration permission for early dismissal

EDUCATOR INTERNS

Spring 2009 star educators

Educator interns are teachers who are selected by their schools to to participate in Career Development professional development activities. They also visit work sites, attend seminars with industry professionals, and provide support for student participants.

 On Monday June 1, 2009 CDP celebrated another successful year with a ceremony at the Ford Foundation.

QUESTIONS

E-mail careerdevelopment@caenyc.org or call 212-971-3300 x310. And check out MyArtsCareer.org to learn about about pursuing jobs in dance, literature and writing, media, music, theater, and visual arts.