Funded by the HSC Foundation, the C.I.T.Y. (Career Investigation for Transition Youth) Program is a partnership with Kingsbury and The George Washington University.  Kingsbury is a private K-12 school serving students with language-based learning disabilities, which means that students at the school may experience difficulty in reading, writing, spelling or using information that is given to them verbally.

Poster presentations about GW created by   Kingsbury students

The C.I.T.Y.  Program, which was started by GSEHD's Dr. Pamela LeConte and Dr. Juliana
 Taymans, provides the junior class of Kingsbury the opportunity to explore their career interests as they transition from high school to post secondary education and employment. Through academic and career investigation and job shadowing and internships at GW, C.I.T.Y. aims to improve post high school success among Kingsbury students. Curriculum and Instruction graduate student Natalie Govanlu and Transition Special Education graduate student Chelsea Feist serve as the GW on-site liaisons for the program, while Lindsey Anderson and Jessica Queener work on-site at Kingsbury. Transition Special Education alumna Jessica Mattis, M.A. 2006, is serving as Kingsbury's transition specialist and guiding the development of the C.I.T.Y. program and accompanying curriculum.

Friday's welcome reception featured student presentations on aspects of life and various departments of the George Washington University based on a GW campus tour they took earlier that day. Students also had job-site visits and one-on-one shadowing that will help them decide if they want to participate in the summer internship program, which is five weeks over the summer. This year 11 GW departments are participating in the internship program, including athletics, catering, facilities, library, general counsel, GW police department, the bookstore, health and wellness, ISS, parking services and the radio station.