Youth Employment Services
Published on Mar 18, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Agenda
- What is Youth Employment Services?
- Upcoming Changes
- Working Together
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Most people spend more time planning their grocery shopping than designing their future. The basic difference between people who live their dreams and those who only dream about how they would live, are the accuracy of their plans, their ability to generate new ideas and their ability to take action.
--Author Unknown
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Kevin's Story
Located on the YouTube link at www.goodwillng.org
Good Candidates
- General requirement: 16-24 years old, prioritized by risk
- 5th Year Seniors
- 17-21 year old students who will age out
- All seniors; some juniors who need CTAE and define career goals
Enrollments (by calendar year)
Jobs (by calendar year)
Accomplishments
- Enrollment rate has grown to 10x the 2010 rate
- Average wage from $7.25 to $8.41
- Retention consistently 75-90% for past 5 years
- We have tripled the number of youth we put to work each year.
- Learn and Earn Model: 95% of students stay in school; 90% of students eligible to graduate complete a HS diploma
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Hall County Schools
- 2000 hours instruction
- 2500 hours case management
- 3000 hours job services
- 1100 hours college navigation
Untitled Slide
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Classroom Training
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Who am I professionally?
What goals do I need?
Are they worth working for?
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Curriculum
- Evidence and Research Based Curriculum
- Meets State and National Standards
- Flexible Curriculum Design: Ready-to-teach, modular format (45-90 min)
- Best Practice: Earn and Spend Model
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Job Placement
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Job Placement
- Learn to fish for jobs.
- It's ok to lose your fish. Let's catch another.
- Go 365 days without fishing.
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Questions?
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