Success Stories:
Youth Leadership Academy
HEALTHY HABITS
Goals and Objectives:
Learn
that making healthy diet and exercise choices affects self-esteem and
self-image- Understand the value of taking responsibility for physical health
- Develop a daily plan for physical fitness and balanced meals
- Identify the biased messages tobacco companies and food industries use to sell their products
- Understand the life-threatening consequences of cigarette smoking and eating poorly
JOB SEEKING
Goals and Objectives:
- Identify careers that match their interest and skills
- Plan a career path, beginning with self-assessment and a review of the job market
- Understand the experience and education needed to reach career goal
- Understand how personal choices, education/training, technology, and other factors affect future income.
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
Goals and Objectives:
Understand the influence of culture, media and peers
on educational goals- Identify interest and aptitudes and map these to career paths
- Recognize the link between education and career options
- Map out Career paths that match one’s interest; define education and work experience needed for this career
- Be aware of the benefits of finishing high school and the consequences of NOT finishing high school
- Identify the available options for post-secondary education or alternative education programs
- Learn to develop both short and long-term goals and be able to distinguish between the two
- Learn how to identify and seize resources that you need to accomplish your goals
- Seek friendships and positive relationships with people who
support your educational goals