Some would argue that a core reason for school is for students to develop the skills that will lead to a self-sufficient life. Yet, how can most students possibly choose a career path when they don't even know their options?
You can support our youth and our community simply by sharing with students in their classroom your real-world experiences from the workplace, and the path you took to get there. Sign up takes 4 minutes. You choose the day and time to fit your calendar and a step-by-step Presentation Guide is automatically emailed to you. You'll reach about 100 students with a one-time commitment of just two hours. You'll enjoy engaging with today's teenage generation first hand. To participate, click here.
Students perceive community speakers as honest brokers, as living proof, that the choices they are making now that will make a huge difference in their lives. It quickly becomes obvious to students that more effort now = more options in their future. As students hear the stories from the speakers, and what it takes to get ahead, an empowering theme emerges: It's up to you, the individual, the choices are yours to make. As students see that honorable career options are truly available to them, it gives them something to look forward to and good reason to put in the effort.
Community leaders and the workforce embrace Segue as a very efficient way to motivate and inspire students to prepare for their future. In a study of US high schools (Becoming Adult, 2000), experts concluded that "Perhaps the most basic personal prerequisite for a successful transition to productive adulthood is knowledge of career options." A Rand Corp study found that "each high school dropout costs society $243,000 to $388,000, and a career criminal costs $1.3 million to $1.5 million." And among those who do graduate, what becomes of the large percentage that have no plans for their future? Segue speakers motivate students to prepare and plan for their future.
Perhaps Dr. Seuss said it best: "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go."
If only we knew then what we know now.
Segue shows students a light at the end of the tunnel and a path to get there. Please join us.
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