What does Virginia Jose, an art educator at South Bronx Preparatory School, have in common with Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko’s? Or Michele Speer, Nurse Coordinator for the Women’s Breast Center at Stamford Hospital, with Brightcove cofounder Bob Mason? Or Cindy Sites, owner of Go Figure Fitness, with Ray Anderson, Vice President of NFL Operations?
Each has created her or his own personal road to career success, overcoming challenges and uncertainties along the way. Use this ten-part series to introduce your students to 22 real people who in following their hearts have found lasting satisfaction in their work. This is a fascinating introduction to popular occupational fields! Each of the ten programs is 16-20 minutes long.
The Road to Success DVD series was produced by Docere Digital Studios with a generous grant from JGS, Inc. and additional support from the Kauffman Foundation. This series gives high school and college students a personal and inspiring look at various careers while also highlighting the skills necessary to succeed.
Each DVD/VHS tape is comprised of two profiles of people in a specific field. The ten career fields explored in the series are:
Each of the 20 personal profiles (two per program) is of someone with an inspiring story to tell of how they overcame obstacles and sometimes their own doubts to become successes in their particular field of endeavor. The DVD/VHS series is being distributed and sold to American high schools and junior colleges by the nation’s top educational film distributor, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (www.films.com)