Students need to understand what their goal is and what will it take to reach that goal. For instance if they want to be a nurse, it can take one, two or four years of additional schooling. But in the future, if they wish to move up, they must have the four year degree. Parents can make a difference in their child's future by actively partcipating in their education and helping them to understand their career interests. Below are just a few ways that parents can help.
All students have career awareness and development beginning in the elementary grades.
Moline's School District stresses the importance of the necessary skills required for future employability to parents even before their children start school. Parents are encouraged to help the children develop these competencies in age appropriate manners. For instance, parents can help children develop decision-making skills by letting them choose their own clothes. While this decision does not seem critical, it allows the child to make a decision in a controlled environment. And the consequences of this decision are not earth shattering.