The Franklin Initiative has an extensive database of business and community members willing to share their expertise in a classroom setting. This is an excellent opportunity for any teacher who would like to expose their students to careers in the workplace. There are competencies identified to help you tie these activities into your curriculum and assess their effectiveness. Speakers are available to come in and speak about their careers, education, salary ranges, and transferable skills and how they use academic skills in their occupation. Speakers are an excellent way to tie academic course material with their applications in real life work environments.
Speakers are available to speak across all eight-career clusters.
If so, school displays are a perfect medium. The Franklin Initiative has resources available to create a display in your school. You can request a specific display allow the Franklin to provide an assortment of displays over time. This is an excellent way to promote opportunities and activities for students and educators. Job shadowing provides students with an opportunity to obtain first hand knowledge of careers that interest them.