Career Readiness

Curriculum

We bring the world of work into schools through a unique co-teaching model, career professionals as volunteers, and one-of-a-kind programming. Our Career Readiness programs fill gaps and build capacity in underserved schools.

  • 125 hours of tested and copyrighted curriculum developed with a youth-centered & culturally responsive lens (see samples in appendix).
  • Co-teaching: STC’s trained facilitators lead instruction while building new skills and knowledge in partner teachers
  • Students engage with industry volunteers in work-based learning experiences.
  • Students in the STEM Career Skills course earn college credits and industry-recognized badges.

Education to Employment (e2e) Curriculum

In our 6 unit program aimed at grades 9-12, students build foundational career skills through mock interviews, story slams, resume reviews, and more. The e2e Curriculum can be implemented over the course of 3 years, or facilitated as stand-alone units, making the program flexible to a school’s needs, with a co-teacher provided by STC to bring the program to life in classrooms. Units include: Telling My Story© , Defining Your Path© , In-Demand Jobs, Getting the Job© , Future of Work, and Making Money Work©.

STEM Career Skills & Scholars At Work

STEM Career Skills Elective

The STEM Career Skills course increases students’ awareness of STEM career paths. Students explore three in-demand career tracks, develop a portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of STEM technical skills and create a post-high school STEM career plan in careers including cybersecurity, climate action, and robotics. This invaluable experience is being piloted as a summer STEM Skills camp for middle school students, in order to help them prepare for high school destination decisions. Outcomes from STEM Career Skills include:

  • College credits
  • Industry-recognized badges
  • Hands-on work-based learning

Scholars At Work

Throughout Schools That Can programs, students embark on work-based learning experiences across careers such as design and architecture, insurance actuary, and accounting. Students engage in virtual mentorships and external projects. Work-based learning experiences include:

  • One hour virtual mentorships in every unit
  • One day externship projects
  • One semester after-school industry course (such as Gensler Design Scholars with a Gensler badge or Prudential Math and Actuarial)

What makes STC’s Career Readiness Program unique?

  • Students build connections with career professionals
  • Students have hands-on work experiences, in addition to skill-building through mock interviews, resume reviews, and budget creation.
  • Students gain confidence and develop their voice with a focus on social-emotional learning.
  • Our curriculum is youth-centered.
  • Our curriculum is co-facilitated with a focus on building school capacity and supporting co-teachers, for easy implementation.
  • Our curriculum is culturally relevant, and directly informed by questions students have asked of volunteers about the world of work.
  • Students build a Career Portfolio, creating real-world assets for the job search process.
87%

of students said the program made them better prepared for job interviews.

79%

of students met the mock interview standards for professional communication.

89%

of students learned about jobs or careers they had not thought of previously.