Breaking Traditions - Missouri Center for Career Education
Breaking Traditions - Missouri Center for Career Education
The Breaking Traditions program is operated under the umbrella of the Missouri Center for Career Education (MCCE) and is overseen by a regional Career Education Coordinator (CEC). The Breaking Traditions program focuses on students who are considering or pursuing careers that are non-traditional for their gender, and provides information and expertise in the areas of career awareness, exploration, and planning. Breaking Traditions offers several support services for both secondary and post-secondary students, including specialized workshops and financial assistance to students who are enrolled in one of OTC's career/technical programs. This program also provides financial assistance for students who are displaced homemakers and/or single parents.
Who Benefits:
Services are provided to students who are enrolled in one of OTC's Certificate or Applied Science Degree programs and choosing non-traditional career paths or displaced homemakers/single parents.
- Non-traditional: Individuals enrolled in an OTC educational program that leads to employment in a job traditionally held by members of the opposite gender. A career path/occupation in which the opposite gender comprises 25% or less of the total workforce in that path.
- Displaced Homemaker: Adults whose principle job has been homemaking, and has NOT been employed on a full time basis (40 hours per week) for at least three years, and meets one of the following requirements: This individual has lost his/her main source of income due to:
- Separation
- Divorce
- Death or disability of a spouse
- Long-term family income that is below the poverty level
- Loss of public assistance
- Single Parent or Single Pregnant Woman: Individuals who are unmarried or separated from a spouse, and have a minor child(ren) for which the parent has either sole custody or joint custody; or is pregnant and unmarried.
Breaking Traditions' grants must be reapplied for each semester.
Breaking Traditions Contact Information
Michele Charlebois-Didreckson
Career Education Coordinator: Region VI
417-447-6970
417-447-8127 (fax)
charlebm@otc.edu