Career Pathways Academies

What is the Health Careers Academy?

Career Pathways Health Careers Academy is a one year partnership program between Genesee Valley Educational Partnership and Genesee Community College for highly motivated high school seniors interested in exploring the medical field as a career choice. In addition to earning 15 college credits, students investigate a multitude of health careers through job shadows and internships at a variety of related facilities.

What Else Should I Know?

• Students are responsible for payment of college tuition. Credit hour cost for academy students is 1/3 of the regular GCC tuition rate.
• Students will receive a GCC ID and have access to college facilities including: computer labs, athletic facilities, library databases, and GCC email
• Job Shadow Rotations are available in hospital departments.
• All lab coats, college textbooks, and materials for the classroom and Biology labs are supplied.
• Classrooms as well as job shadows and internships are hosted at a number of professional sites across the GLOW region.
• Jump start your college career with 15 college credits:
  • Fundamentals of Cell Biology
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Health Career Planning
  • Medical Terminology
  • Responding to Emergencies

What is the Justice Academy?

Career Pathways Justice Academy is a one year partnership program between Genesee Valley Educational Partnership and Genesee Community college for highly motivated high school seniors interested in investigating careers in the legal field. In addition to earning 15 college credits, students explore multidisciplinary legal professions through job shadows and internships at a variety of law enforcement and legal facilities.

What Else Should I Know?

• Students are responsible for payment of college tuition.  Credit hour cost for academy students is currently 1/3 of the regular GCC tuition rate.
• Students will receive a GCC ID and have access to college facilities including: computer labs, athletic facilities, library databases, and GCC email
• Field trips including Monroe County Crime lab, Genesee County Sheriff’s Office and Court House, UB Law School, Hall of Justice, Federal Detention Center and full-access tour of Attica Prison.
• Job Shadows and Internships, including Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, Law Enforcement Agencies, Law Offices, Judges, Probation offices, and Courts.
• Jump start your college career with 15 college credits:
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • Introduction to Legal Studies
  • Introductory Sociology
  • Public Speaking

What is the Sports Science Academy?

Career Pathways Sports Science Academy is a one year partnership program between Genesee Valley Educational Partnership (Mt. Morris Campus only) and Genesee Community College for highly motivated high school seniors interested in investigating careers in sports science and sports related fields.  In addition to earning 14 college credits, students explore multidisciplinary sport-related professions and current trends through job shadows and field trips.

What Else Should I Know?

• Students are responsible for payment of college tuition. Credit hour cost for academy students is 1/3 of the regular GCC tuition rate.
• Students will receive a GCC ID and have access to college facilities including: computer labs, athletic facilities, library databases, and GCC email.
• The college course work combined with the hands on activities will allow students to gain valuable insight into the sports science career field.
• Students participate in job shadows and/or internships.
• Jump start your college career with 14 college credits:
  • Responding to Emergencies
  • Health Sciences Related to Coaching
  • Introduction to Physical Education
  • Introduction to Sports Management
  • Beginning Personal Fitness

Tech Wars brings middle and high school students from all 24 of the Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming (GLOW) region’s school districts together in teams to demonstrate their technical expertise through innovative, mind-expanding competitions.

 Competitors (students) choose from close to 30 available competitions to showcase – and put to the test – some basic and some extremely intricate and innovative technology. Regardless of the event, all the students enjoy the opportunity to see their hard work come to fruition. Tech Wars event details, rules and competition descriptions are available at techwarsgccny.org.

Educational support and event coordination for Tech Wars come from the dedication, state-of-the art facilities and quality instruction in the GLOW region schools. Tech Wars is also proudly sponsored and hosted by Genesee Community College and its ACE (Accelerated College Enrollment) programs. The ACE team and the entire GCC community work diligently to provide a safe and appropriately equipped environment to showcase the students’ technological skills and creativity.

Virtual Business is comprised of students from various GLOW Region high schools who are enrolled in economics, business, or entrepreneurship courses in their high school. Teachers and students have taken their instruction and studies one step further in studying all the elements of entrepreneurship. Students create businesses from concept to inception. All participants come together on campus in November to pitch their ideas and introduce their business concepts to one another at the Virtual Business Professional Day. Businesses begin virtual trading amongst each other in December and continue through April. The culminating Trade Fair in March or April, also hosted at GCC by the Accelerated College Enrollment (ACE) Programs, is a way for students to showcase and “sell” their products. The college and greater community are invited to attend and make purchases with virtual dollars. Students compete for best booth; best salesmanship and marketing; most items sold; and largest dollar amount raised at the event.