Your Child Is Job #1
Your Child Is Job #1 is a premier program of Midlands Education and Business Alliance. The program gives business and industry an opportunity to educate parents so they can provide informed career direction to their children. The student benefits, the employer benefits, and the community benefits from Your Child Is Job #1.
Youth face many of life's most important decisions during high school and college. Unfortunately, too many of these youth are unaware of the education and employment opportunities available or the connection between education and job opportunities. The information on which they base their early career decisions is often insufficient. Making informed career decisions requires reliable information about future opportunities.
Where do students get the information? Surprisingly, parents play the leading role in directing their children to a career path. Seventy-eight (78%) percent of students report that parents are primarily responsible for helping them plan for a career. Parents who provide guidance in developing career goals can play a critical role in the student's success by helping the child focus interests and skills.
Where do parents get the information? Parents are often well-informed on the options in their career field; but are unfamiliar with other opportunities and career paths. After all, most parents have been out of the education arena for quite some time. That is where Midlands Education and Business Alliance (MEBA) comes in. MEBA offers parents the information they need through a series of Your Child Is Job #1 workshops. Collaborating with area industry and business, MEBA provides parents with information and resources they need to facilitate the career decision-making process and provide stronger career guidance to their children.
Potential workshop sessions include Communicating with Your Child, Communicating with the School, The Tests Your Child Takes and What They Mean, and Understanding Clusters of study.
Your Child Is Job #1 can be customized for any business or organization. Topics, times, length and number of workshops are developed to best meet the needs of the specific organization.