Learning Opportunities
Your Child Is Job #1
Your Child Is Job #1 is a premier program of Midlands Education and Business Alliance. The program gives parents the information they need to provide informed career direction to their children. The student benefits, the employer benefits, and the community benefits from Your Child Is Job #1.
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, Helping Students Develop Study Skills, The Career Decision Making Process, 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. If you are interested in having Your Child Is Job #1 offered at your work place, contact your human resources office.
Quick Tips to Assist Your Child in Career Development
- Find out the facts about careers and the education needed to pursue those careers.
- Support your child's efforts to assess his or her own interests, aptitudes, values and work styles.
- Develop career awareness by discussing career opportunities when reading books and newspapers, watching television and observing worksites.
- Help your child identify a career interest and courses of study that can lead to that career.
- Help your child understand the value and importance of his or her academic courses for success in a future career.
- Advise your child that there is more than one educational pathway to a good job. Over 50% of fast-growing jobs require an associate degree. There are a variety of routes to success: technical college, four-year college, apprenticeships or the military.
Kay Barlow, Your Child is Job #1 Coordinator - 803-790-7502