Arts and Humanities Aviation Business Communications Engineering Fire/Emergency Service

2. 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

3. Five Areas of Emphasis • Career Opportunities • Character Education • Citizenship • Leadership Experience • Life Skills

4. 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

5. Adult Participation • 21 years age or older • Each Post must have a minimum of 4 adults • Committee Chair • Two Committee members • Advisor

6. 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

7. 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

8. Resources for Explorer Leaders • Online Resource Catalog • Endorsements • Scholarships and Awards • Youth & Adult Leader guides • Safety First Guide to Activities

9. Let’s Get Started!!!! • Student Career Interest Survey • Utilize School Data • Cultivation Event • Five Step Plan

10. Cultivation Event

11. 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

12. 5-STEP PLAN Getting Explorer Posts Up and Running ...

13. Step One: Organization Makes a Commitment Goals : Selection & approval of adult leadership Adult resource survey conducted Set firstnighter meeting Mail letter of invitation to youth Date for career opportunities meeting Signs Memorandum of Understanding

14. Step Two: • Career Opportunities Meeting • Goals: • Conduct Post Adult Leadership Training, including youth protection • 2. Select Career Opportunities and place on calendar • 3. Plan for the “Firstnighter”

15. Step Three: • Post Firstnighter • Goals: • Potential Explorers invited to attend meeting • Create enthusiasm among youth and adults • Survey youth activity interests (activities that are not career related such as ski trip, bowling event, community clean-up project, etc.)

16. Step Four: • Post Activities Program • Development Meeting • Goals: • Youth interests matched with adult resources • Assign youth activities chairpersons and adult consultants • Post activities put on calendar • Election of youth officers

17. Step Five: • Post Officers’ Seminar • Goals: • Train youth officers of post • Plan program activities and responsibilities of youth and adults

18. 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

19. 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

20. BENEFITS OF EXPLORING Company Benefits • Visible commitment to the welfare of your community • Helping young adults gain insight into the ethics and ideals of business/organization • Impact on the educational process of youth • Team-building attitude within the company • Opportunity to interpret adult occupational roles for youth • Preparing young adults for transition from school to work/college • Creating a “haven” for the healthy development of adolescents • Developing future responsible and caring adults/employees • Ensuring that young people see how your business relates to the free-enterprise system

21. BENEFITS OF EXPLORING • Employee Benefits • Greater job awareness • Developing leadership and problem-solving skills • Re-evaluating ethical and moral values • Opportunity for greater community involvement • Respect from youth and community • Identification as appropriate adult role models • Enhancing communication, planning, and program development skills • Greater commitment to service • Developing interpersonal skills used in the workplace and elsewhere

22. BENEFITS OF EXPLORING Youth Benefits • Stimulated interest in continual education • Career information; insight into their future career • Positive alternative to negative youth activities, such as drug abuse and involvement with gangs • Sense of acceptance and belonging to the “right” group • Environment for adult like activities • Opportunities to participate in practical, real, and meaningful hands-on experiences • New career and personal skills • Opportunities to try leadership roles and develop skills • Cooperative relationship between adults and youth • Service to others

23. “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

24. Workforce Development Program

25. What Is Workforce Development?

26. Workforce Investment Act State Departments Of Labor US Dept Of Labor Local Workforce Investment Boards (Usually organized on a county-by-county basis) Adult Career/Vocational Services Youth Programs: Career Education

27. 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

28. Finding Your Local Workforce Investment Board www.servicelocator.org/wibcontacts/?state=CA&1st=0

29. Current Trends in U.S. Education and Workforce Statistics Demonstrating the Need for Workforce Development Taken 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)

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 2010 Exploring Activities 2010 Law Enforcement Conference National Mock Trial Competition Fire Service Conference

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