Preparing youth for their future.
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Tri-Cities 2019
We set out to create the course we wished we had when we were in high school and continue to develop programs so youth receive relevant educational experiences that evolve with the times.
YELL Careers
Full year program designed for students enrolled in CLE/CLC
Personal Career-Life Development
The YELL Careers class begins with the exploration of their personal strengths and areas of growth, and growing their confidence through communication of their own views, values, and interests. Students shape their identity by understanding and reflecting on how personal awareness and culture shape it. By building their resume and network, students can get ahead in their professional journey compared to their peers.
Connections with Community
Guest speakers take part in the YELL Careers program by sharing their career path stories and advice for life after high school. Students discover ways to represent themselves through their personal and public profiles while developing transferable skills including leadership and collaboration and learning useful community-building skills like negotiations and conflict resolution.
Career-Life Planning
By researching post-graduation possibilities, and labour market trends and practicing interview skills, students get ahead in preparing for their educational and professional journey. They learn practical and important life skills such as budget planning and financial responsibility. In addition, YELL students design, assemble, and present an individual capstone project at the end of the course.
TESTIMONIALS
Don’t just take our word for it!
The YELL program gave me something other classes couldn’t: experience. YELL gives you an opportunity to not only learn about entrepreneurship, but also try it out and see what it’s like hands on.
The insights these students gain through YELL instill powerful lessons of hard work and strategic thinking. YELL is an important asset to the students and their community. I wish I’d had access to a program like this when I was younger, and certainly before I started my own business.
The value in YELL is infinite for youth today, as they leave high school and prepare for post-secondary options and careers. Students graduating from YELL programs are better prepared for the challenges outside of high school, having learned the tools to problem solve.
In an education system that has changed only a small amount over the last decade, the YELL program creates a unique opportunity for students to think outside of the box and come up with ideas.
YELL is a wonderful opportunity for students to connect to mentors in the community. The program helps take the theoretical of school, and make it practical. It has quickly become a marque program in our district.
It’s hard to learn about the realities of entrepreneurship. We can help students to get a glimpse of it by taking them through the program and sharing our own experiences.
