GRN & 50+ Workforce
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION – GRN 280A
www.pcc.edu/careers/internships/getting-started
Training Agreement & Learning Objectives forms
GRN 280A CE: Gerontology Internship:
- This is the online course you take at the same time as your internship
- You must have an internship site and completed Cooperative Education Training Agreement before you can be registered for and participate in GRN 280A
- You can’t register yourself for the GRN 280A course; Career Services submits the completed Cooperative Education Training Agreement for you and that is how you are registered for the course
Setting up the internship:
- Identify your internship site
- Once you have your internship site identified, then you determine the Learning Objectives and Activities for your internship. These should be determined through conversation with the person who will be serving as your Internship Supervisor.
- Once you have your Learning Objectives and Activities determined, then you fill out the Cooperative Education Training Agreement form. Your Internship Supervisor at the internship site needs to fill out their part of the form, including signing it in a couple of places. *This is a fillable PDF form.
- Once you have completed the Training Agreement with your information and your Supervisor’s information, then you email the PDF form to me so I can complete my part of the form as your Internship Instructor.
- After I’ve completed the form, I email it to Tanya, so she can complete her part and get you registered.
- Once you are registered, you will be added to the GRN 280A course site. You can be added at any time in the term you are doing your internship.
Resources for Boomers and Seniors
www.retirementconnection.com/listings/portland/seniors-make-sense-sms-older-worker-service
Comprehensive website from AARP – check out the work and retirement section
- www.aarp.org/work/employee-benefits/best_employers
- www.aarp.org/work/job-hunting/info-05-2008/job_tips_for_50plus_workers.html
- Primarily pulls jobs from Indeed – www.aarp.org/jobs
- Blog Spot for Older Workers on Work and Retirement www.community.aarp.org/t5/The-Water-Cooler/bd-p/bg59
- Purpose Prize – For Encore careers in social justice www.encore.org/prize
- Easter Seals provides job search support and limited training for the 50+ job seeker who are at 125% poverty level.
- YouTube presentation on Easter Seals Senior Community Services Employment Program www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuMUQ88bG8Y
- www.Indeed.com – How to find a job over 60
- Career Resource for Boomers and Seniors www.Workforce50.com
- Retired Brains
- Labor Information and Age
- www.nextavenue.org
- Mac’s List articles
- Employer Reviews for 50+ community
- Video Compliments of Edison State College – Career Services – Combatting Ageism in the interview
- Activity Director Training – Oregon Health Care Association
Articles
- Changing Careers – Idealist
- www.idealistcareers.org/how-alice-changed-careers-at-the-age-of-62
- Moving forward from layoff or firing.
- www.careerealism.com/fired-over-50
- Job Search Strategies for Older Workers – The Balance
- 5 Things Successful Senior Job Seekers Do – Forbes
- 9 Essential Tips for Older Job Seekers Looking for Their Next Awesome Opportunity – the Muse
- Forbes Article – An Ageing Population Means New Jobs
- 50+ Blogger (Hot and Flashy) Setting Up a Video Call Lighting
Handling Ageism
- Forbes article – www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2014/09/26/age-discrimination-how-to-handle-it-in-your-job-search/2
- Old School: A Clearinghouse for Anti-Ageism. A clearinghouse, from Ashton Applewhite, of free and carefully vetted resources to educate people about ageism and help dismantle it. www.oldschool.info. Also see: Ashton Applewhite’s This Chair Rocks! blog at: www.thischairrocks.com Aging Advisors. Expert solutions to the challenges of growing older. www.agingadvisorspdx.com