Paramedic Program Director Borough of Manhattan Community College Mineola, New York
Description: In January of 2020 a new partnership between three entities — the New York City Department of Education Career and Technical Education program, the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY), and the Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management (UASEM) — enable 30 high school seniors to realize their goal of entering the workforce as certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) after graduation.
The transition from High School to College has become an expectation over the past few generations. The general consensus has been that students attend high school to prepare and refine their skills to be successful in a college or career program. This presentation will walk participants through the achievement gap, and how this team was able to work together to move a program forward against some large obstacles.
Learning Objectives:
Understand what “Career and Technical Education (CTE)” is, and how it can help build a pipeline for the next generation of EMTs and healthcare workers.
Identify educational and achievement gaps.
Describe how the educational paradigm has changed, and what that means to the future of the emergency medical industry.
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