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North Las Vegas library district teams with state to pilot VR career-mapping program at Dolores Huerta Resource Center
Summary
State and local leaders said a pilot individual career mapping program using virtual reality will launch April 3 at the Dolores Huerta Resource Center; the program includes 53 VR 'field trips,' offers the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate ("Workiz") and will begin with 10–15 participants.
Tammy Westergaard, librarian in residence with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), told the North Las Vegas Library District Board on March 24 that a state-backed individual career mapping (ICM) program will launch at the Dolores Huerta Resource Center on April 3 as a small pilot cohort.
The program pairs immersive virtual-reality "field trips" with assessments and pathways into training. "We have 53 focused field trips that are all within Nevada's in-demand sectors," Westergaard said, citing advanced manufacturing, health care, IT, logistics and skilled trades. She said the district’s first cohort will be capped at about 10–15 participants to allow staff training and to avoid overwhelming…
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