UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 12, Page 11
November 21, 1991
Education program helps promote teaching careers

     Counselors, sophomores and juniors from high schools across
the state participated in two recent programs sponsored by the
College of Education and the Dean's Minority Advisory Committee.
     The "Discover Education as a Career" program was designed to
promote interest in the field of education among black high school
students.
     The program was presented at the Perkins Student Center for
more than 35 New Castle County students on Nov. 12, and at the
University Parallel Program in Georgetown on Nov. 20 for some 45
Kent and Sussex countians.
     Each half-day program included a panel discussion with
University representatives from admissions, financial aid, minority
affairs, academic advancement and the parallel program.
     Students then had an opportunity to attend sessions on careers
in education and teacher education at the University, while
counselors got a chance to chat informally with the panelists.
     The morning program concluded with a mini-lecture, giving the
students an idea of what a college class is like. James Davis,
assistant professor of educational studies, taught in Newark, and
Nancy Hall, assistant professor in the University Parallel Program,
in Georgetown.
     Participating schools in Newark included Brandywine,
Christiana, Concord, Dickinson, A.I. du Pont, Glasgow, McKean,
Hodgson Vo-Tech, Middletown, Mt. Pleasant, Newark, William Penn and
Wilmington.
     Atttending the Georgetown program were students from Caesar
Rodney, Cape Henlopen, Delmar, Dover, Kent County Polytech, Lake
Forest, Milford, Seaford, Sussex Central and Woodbridge high
schools.