I volunteered at the Buckner-Aldine Family Hope Center for two and a half hours helping with a class called Jobs for Life. The purpose of the class is to help the adults taking it learn the skills necessary to become employable and succeed in the workforce. The class consisted of all women, mostly homemakers. Since this was the second time the class met, the main focus was reading through three chapters of the textbook for the class and creating a vision board.
The Jobs for Life class is meant to help anyone that signs up become prepared to enter the workforce by the time of graduation from the program. The class is six weeks long and throughout this time the students learn about topics such as professional attire and how to create a resumé. …show more content…
Both programs have a similar curriculum, but are aimed at different age groups. These programs are similar to the Jobs for Life classes in that they aim to teach teenagers the skills necessary to enter the workforce. The difference here, however, is that students learn about and attempt the tasks required for a variety of jobs like how to use a cash register in retail jobs and the interpersonal communication skills required for the job as an assistant. Each semester they also have many guest speakers meant to discuss different topics like financial literacy and college life. For example, both last year and this year I went in to talk about my personal transition into college and the struggles I have faced and continue to face as a first-generation student. Since I grew up in the same neighborhood, went through the same Empower2Employ program, and attended the same high school they did just two years ago I would hope that they can see it is possible to pursue an education in a field of their choosing. I think that by reaching out to local community members who the students can identify with it is far more impactful than having someone who went to private school speak to students, no matter how successful they have …show more content…
It has been proven time and time again that even if students make great academic strides during the school year if they are not provided with enough educational stimuli at home, by the time they go back to school students will revert back to almost the exact same place they started at the previous school year. The community center aims to prevent this through various summer activities that vary from soccer clinics to entrepreneurship camps. Throughout the entire summer, students are also taken on college tours and visit various workplaces to learn about different careers such as hotel
The Jobs for Life class is meant to help anyone that signs up become prepared to enter the workforce by the time of graduation from the program. The class is six weeks long and throughout this time the students learn about topics such as professional attire and how to create a resumé. …show more content…
Both programs have a similar curriculum, but are aimed at different age groups. These programs are similar to the Jobs for Life classes in that they aim to teach teenagers the skills necessary to enter the workforce. The difference here, however, is that students learn about and attempt the tasks required for a variety of jobs like how to use a cash register in retail jobs and the interpersonal communication skills required for the job as an assistant. Each semester they also have many guest speakers meant to discuss different topics like financial literacy and college life. For example, both last year and this year I went in to talk about my personal transition into college and the struggles I have faced and continue to face as a first-generation student. Since I grew up in the same neighborhood, went through the same Empower2Employ program, and attended the same high school they did just two years ago I would hope that they can see it is possible to pursue an education in a field of their choosing. I think that by reaching out to local community members who the students can identify with it is far more impactful than having someone who went to private school speak to students, no matter how successful they have …show more content…
It has been proven time and time again that even if students make great academic strides during the school year if they are not provided with enough educational stimuli at home, by the time they go back to school students will revert back to almost the exact same place they started at the previous school year. The community center aims to prevent this through various summer activities that vary from soccer clinics to entrepreneurship camps. Throughout the entire summer, students are also taken on college tours and visit various workplaces to learn about different careers such as hotel