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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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