*** EMPLOYERS ***
Are you tired of responding to isolated requests
from schools throughout the region to set up job shadows,
make classroom presentations or create other school-to-career options for students?
Do you ever wonder if these isolated activities are having
an impact on helping students prepare for their future?
If one of your business goals is to develop the local youth workforce, we can help you achieve this goal through Linking Learning to Life’s (LLL) Employer Participation Model.
LLL can help you to develop:
- A comprehensive program that reaches youth in grades 5-12.
- A set of coordinated, sequential activities such as company tours, classroom presentations, job shadowing, internships, etc.
- A schedule and on-going plan of action
The Employer Participation Model includes a detailed employer training and training materials related to each activity, as well as a plan for on-going support and coordination.
Employer Participation Model:
Please contact Rich Tulikangas at rich@linkinglearningtolife.org or call (802) 951-8850 to establish a Plan of Action & Budget for your company today!
Activity Definitions
Student Internships: Students learn about an occupation and develop skills by working with a particular employer for a specified amount of time over the course of a semester or school year. The internship experience may be paid or unpaid.
Summer Employment: Paid work experience that involves specific, mutual goal setting and joint assessment by the employer, LLL and student.
Learn to Earn: Learn to Earn encourages teens to consider careers in manufacturing, high-tech, or healthcare. The program focuses on how math, science and technology are used daily “on the job” and it encourages teens to understand how the importance of math, science and technology courses are and how these relate to future career choices. This education initiative helps to identify pathways to manufacturing, high-tech and healthcare careers.
Job Shadowing: Students follow individual employees in the workplace for a ˝ day to learn about a specific occupation or industry and connect what they learn in school to skills used in the workplace.
Classroom Presentations: Professionals visit classrooms to share their experiences, highlighting typical preparation paths and personal satisfactions and challenges.
Educational Tour: Class visits the workplace and exposes students to career options.