THE NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING (NET) PROGRAM, CENTER FOR WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY, ROCKEFELLER COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS & POLICY, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, SUNY

BEST Practices at a Glance

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At a Glance: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Students in CTE Programs that are Nontraditional for their Genders
  1. Promote flexible scheduling of classes and meetings with advisors with weekend and evening availability 
  2. Facilitate collaboration  between two-year and four year institutions
  3. Provide mentoring programs to school aged children that will help overcome barriers of gender discrimination and inspire individuals from a young age. Start early!
  4. Showcase role-models and their success stories, make them visible and allow these role-models to act as support systems to decrease feelings of isolation due to gender differences
  5. Provide financial assistance, tutoring, child care and job placements.
  6. Provide a straightforward and simple application with good and easy to reach customer service 
  7. Promote the benefits of nontraditional occupations, such as higher wages, economic self-sufficiency, job satisfaction and broader
    opportunities.
  8. Provide face to face academic and career counseling.
  9. Use the media to your advantage in running a recruitment campaign, sending out press releases to local media outlets.
  10. Place non-traditional opportunities for women in women magazines and vice versa for men.
  11. Provide orientations, internships, and job shadowing.
  12. Ensure equal education and training for both male and female students and employees.
  13.  Adopt a proactive approach to incidents of sexual harassment.
  14. Provide teachers' trainings to address unconscious bias.
  15. Evaluate the curricula to de-gender contents and address bias.
  16. Develop recruitment messages that are de-gendered.
  17. Use social media and information and communication technologies to reach younger and older audience.
  18. Build partnerships with businesses and community organizations to strengthen outreach.
  19. Evaluate, evaluate, evaluate! What gets evaluated gets done!
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Dina Refki, D.A.
Program Director

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DRefki@albany.edu

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(518)  442-5127

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State University of New York
Draper Hall, 312
135 Western Avenue
Albany, New York 12222

  • Home
    • What is NET?
  • Vanguard Award Information
    • Vanguard Award Introduction & Nomination
    • NET Program Conference
    • Previous Vanguard Winners
    • Vanguard Announcement
  • NET for Faculty & Staff
    • Stats and Facts of Nontraditional Occupations >
      • Fast Growing Non-traditional Jobs
      • Best Practices At a Glance
      • Other Helpful Stats
    • Vanguard Award Information >
      • Vanguard Award Introduction & Nomination
      • NET Program Conference
      • Previous Vanguard Winners
      • Vanguard Announcement
    • Training Materials for Faculty and Staff >
      • Guidelines for Faculty and Staff
      • NET Webinars
      • Annotated Literature for Faculty and Staff
      • Helpful Links
    • NET Contact >
      • Peer Exchange Forum
      • Technical Needs & Support
      • CTE Colleges and Contact Information
    • Upcoming Events
  • NET for Students & Parents
    • Stats and Facts of Nontraditional Occupations >
      • Fast Growing Non-traditional Jobs
      • Other Helpful Stats
    • Vanguard Award Information >
      • Vanguard Award Introduction & Nomination
      • NET Program Conference
      • Previous Vanguard Winners
      • Vanguard Announcement
    • More NET Information for Students and Parents >
      • Annotated Literature for Students and Parents
      • Helpful Links
    • Ask CWGCS about NET
  • About Us