Professional Development: Week 3

Hello! Welcome back to another week of fun and excitement at DCRA.  As program coordinators Ms. Kristina Swann and Ms. Tania Williams informed you the first week, we’ll have a host of professional development sessions for you to participate in this summer. This week, there are two sessions, but only one is mandatory.  If  you [...]

Two weeks in!

Leah Britton Hi! My name is Leah Britton. Today, my colleague and I Jason  Bonds interviewed some of the 2010 Summer Youth Employees. On our adventure we came across alot of different people but one that stood out to us the most was a veteran DCRA Summer Youth  employee in the Zoning/Structual department, he looked like he was  really having a blast [...]

Getting to know Co-Workers

Today is the first day of the District’s Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs summer youth employment program. We decided to visit with some of our fellow youth employees to ask them questions that may help the DCRA staff get to know them better. We asked 16 year-old Laurence Cross what his favorite part of [...]

Communications Division

On the second day of the DCRA Summer Youth Employment Program we asked 21 year old Andrea Plowden a couple of questions about her second day of work. She attends Ballou High School. She plans to go to college in the fall. We asked her what she plans to do with the money she’ll earn [...]

Welcome back to a brand new year!

Hello! Welcome back to DCRA’s Summer Youth Program! This year we will have some interesting and cool things to share. We’ve had a slow start, but starting today we’re getting ourselves back in the game and we’re showing everyone. Stay tuned for more updates and articles summarizing our stay in 2010′s Summer Youth Program! – Jason Barnes

When It’s More Than Cutting Grass

The DCRA summer youth employment program participants are holding positions in most of the agency’s departments.  Each of them works to complete important and worthwhile projects each day, though some require a bit more physical output than others.  The youth in the enforcement department have been especially busy this summer, working in the hot sun [...]

Friday Funny

I hope you all have a great weekend! –Ms. Kemp

Exploring Your Career Options

Check out some of the highlights from last Friday’s second professional development workshop.  DCRA summer youth employment program participants were treated to some great words of wisdom and insight from panelists in four different professions.

DCRA Summer Youth Program Kicks Off!

Welcome to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ new blog centered all around the 2009 District Summer Youth Employment Program.  Here at Building Blocks, we hope to chronicle all of the events and happenings at DCRA as 83  of the city’s finest  young people gain some of the skills necessary to prepare them for the working world. [...]

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