I'm truly responsible for my future. We're busy planning our future and that's real important to me. The rural schools Anderson deals with have many of the same problems city schools struggle to address.
Students drop out or graduate with no goals while businesses complain of an unqualified workforce.
Charged with developing comprehensive guidance curriculum to help focus and motivate students, Anderson was excited about the option of integrating Career Choices into core subjects. Understaffing and overscheduling made it virtually impossible to add a stand-alone career class. Career Choices does this. With a grant from TVA, Academic Innovations conducted a two-day Career Choices workshop. Educators used additional grant money to fund curriculum adoptions in six Tennessee schools.