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Arts and Humanities Aviation Business Communications Engineering Fire/Emergency
Service
Health Careers Law, Government &
Public Service Law Enforcement Science Skilled Trades Social Services
Twelve Career Clusters
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Five Areas of Emphasis
Career Opportunities
Character Education
Citizenship
Leadership Experience
Life Skills
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Youth Participation
14 and have completed eighth grade to 21 years of Age
21 year olds can be Explorers until Post pays annual fee or age 22 whichever
comes first
Minimum of five
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Adult Participation
21 years age or older
Each Post must have a minimum of 4 adults Committee Chair
Two Committee members Advisor
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Registering Posts
Exploring Application for Participation (New Posts)
Exploring Memorandum of Understanding
Individual Applications for Youth and Adults
$10.00 per Explorer & Adult
$20.00 Annual Participation Fee per Post
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Fact Sheet Sales Tools (print ads) Adult Explorer Leader Basic Training (On
line) Youth Protection Training (On-line) Exploring Literature and Resources Forms Post Program Guides
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Resources for Explorer Leaders Online Resource Catalog Endorsements Scholarships and Awards Youth & Adult Leader guides Safety First Guide to Activities
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Let’s Get Started!!!!
Student Career Interest Survey
Utilize School Data
Cultivation Event
Five Step Plan
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Cultivation Event
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Keys to a Successful Cultivation Event
● Recruit Top Leadership
Determine the Needs
Conduct the Event
The Top Person must : Be personally Committed
Recruit Key Leadership Identify the necessary resources
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Step One:
Organization Makes a Commitment
GoalsGoals : :
1. Selection & approval of adult leadership
2. Adult resource survey conducted
3. Set firstnighter meeting
4. Mail letter of invitation to youth
5. Date for career opportunities meeting
6. Signs Memorandum of Understanding
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Step Two:
Career Opportunities Meeting
Goals:Goals:
1. Conduct Post Adult Leadership Training, including youth protection
2. Select Career Opportunities and place on calendar
3. Plan for the “Firstnighter”
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Step Three:
Post Firstnighter
Goals:Goals:
1. Potential Explorers invited to attend meeting
2. Create enthusiasm among youth and adults
3. Survey youth activity interests (activities that are not career related such as ski trip, bowling event, community clean-up project, etc.)
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Step Four:
Post Activities Program
Development Meeting
Goals:Goals:
1. Youth interests matched with adult resources
2. Assign youth activities chairpersons and adult consultants
3. Post activities put on calendar
4. Election of youth officers
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Step Five:
Post Officers’ Seminar
Goals:Goals:
1. Train youth officers of post
2. Plan program activities and responsibilities of youth and adults
Learning for Life Supports
Organizations and Youth By:
Providing Learning for Life activities that enrich the post’s program
Securing liability insurance coverage Securing accident insurance for trips and outings
Organizations Support Their Post By:
Conducting a program inventory of employees and other adults who are willing to provide program assistance with career info, extracurricular activities, facilities, and ideas
Providing adults for the Exploring Adult Committee who will serve as advisors to the elected youth leaders of the post
Providing meeting facilities
BENEFITS OF EXPLORINGBENEFITS OF EXPLORING
Company BenefitsCompany Benefits
Visible commitment to the welfare of your community Visible commitment to the welfare of your community Helping young adults gain insight into the ethics and ideals of Helping young adults gain insight into the ethics and ideals of
business/organization business/organization Impact on the educational process of youthImpact on the educational process of youth Team-building attitude within the companyTeam-building attitude within the company
Opportunity to interpret adult occupational roles for youthOpportunity to interpret adult occupational roles for youth Preparing young adults for transition from school to work/collegePreparing young adults for transition from school to work/college
Creating a “haven” for the healthy development of adolescentsCreating a “haven” for the healthy development of adolescents Developing future responsible and caring adults/employeesDeveloping future responsible and caring adults/employees
Ensuring that young people see how your business relates to the Ensuring that young people see how your business relates to the free-enterprise systemfree-enterprise system
BENEFITS OF EXPLORINGBENEFITS OF EXPLORING
Employee BenefitsEmployee Benefits Greater job awarenessGreater job awareness
Developing leadership and problem-solving skillsDeveloping leadership and problem-solving skills Re-evaluating ethical and moral valuesRe-evaluating ethical and moral values
Opportunity for greater community involvementOpportunity for greater community involvement Respect from youth and communityRespect from youth and community
Identification as appropriate adult role modelsIdentification as appropriate adult role models Enhancing communication, planning, and program development Enhancing communication, planning, and program development
skillsskills Greater commitment to serviceGreater commitment to service
Developing interpersonal skills used in the workplace and Developing interpersonal skills used in the workplace and elsewhereelsewhere
BENEFITS OF EXPLORINGBENEFITS OF EXPLORING
Youth BenefitsYouth Benefits Stimulated interest in continual educationStimulated interest in continual education
Career information; insight into their future career Career information; insight into their future career Positive alternative to negative youth activities, such as drug Positive alternative to negative youth activities, such as drug
abuse and involvement with gangsabuse and involvement with gangs Sense of acceptance and belonging to the “right” groupSense of acceptance and belonging to the “right” group
Environment for adult like activitiesEnvironment for adult like activities Opportunities to participate in practical, real, and meaningful Opportunities to participate in practical, real, and meaningful
hands-on experienceshands-on experiences New career and personal skillsNew career and personal skills
Opportunities to try leadership roles and develop skillsOpportunities to try leadership roles and develop skills Cooperative relationship between adults and youthCooperative relationship between adults and youth
Service to othersService to others
“HEALTH CHECK” OF POSTS A post’s success will vary from year to year.
Successful posts are those that: Keep youth interested Recruit and retain adult leaders Are run by Explorer youth with adult advisors Have an active year-round program Continue to get new youth members
Workforce Investment ActWorkforce Investment Act
US Dept US Dept Of LaborOf Labor
State DepartmentsState DepartmentsOf LaborOf Labor
Local Workforce Investment BoardsLocal Workforce Investment Boards(Usually organized on a county-by-county basis)(Usually organized on a county-by-county basis)
Youth Programs: Youth Programs: CareerCareer
EducationEducation
Adult Career/Vocational Adult Career/Vocational ServicesServices
What is a Local Workforce Investment Board (WIB)?
WIB offices are located in every county in U.S. Has a paid executive director and staff Has a volunteer board of directors WIBs facilitate:
• Youth career education programs
• Job training/retraining for adults (usually through a community college)
• One-Stop Career Centers
• Welfare-to-Work Programs
Finding Your Local Workforce
Investment Board
www.servicelocator.org/wibcontacts/?state=CA&1st=0
Current Trends in
U.S. Education and Workforce
Statistics Demonstrating the Need for
Workforce DevelopmentTaken from the following reports: (1) “Are They Really Ready to Work?,” published by The Conference Board,
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Corporate Voices for Working Families, and the Society for Human Resource
Management; (2) “Bridging the Skills Gap,,” published by the American Society of Training and Development; and
(3) “Adult Learning Focus,” published by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and the Lumina
Foundation for Education)
TRENDS IN U.S. EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
It is estimated that about 6,000 students drop out of U.S. high schools every day.
90% of the fastest growing jobs in U.S. will require some form of post secondary education.
Presently, only 38% of youth in the U.S. get 2-year or 4-year college degrees.
Over 26 million adults in the U.S. currently have no high school diploma and over 32 million have not attended college and are earning less than a living wage.
TRENDS IN U.S. EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE Only 17% of graduating high school seniors are considered
proficient in math and 36 % in reading.
By the year 2025, the U.S. will need 60% of its youth attaining college degrees to stay globally competitive
College graduates earn 75% more than high school graduates
77 million baby boomers are set to retire over the next several decades.
2010 Exploring Activities
2010 Law Enforcement Conference
National Mock Trial Competition
Fire Service Conference
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