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Education and Career Development
The Education and Career Development Core Program Area
enables youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines,
apply learning to everyday situations and embrace technology to achieve
success in a career.
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Money Matters: Make It Count
Created with the Charles
Schwab Foundation, this financial literacy program was designed
specifically to help teens (ages 13-18) expand their knowledge of
money management and learn the skills that lead to financial
independence and well-being. The Money Matters: Make It Count
program consists of five components: Teen Personal Finance Guide,
Program Facilitator’s Guide, Money Matters Web site, Schwab
Employee Volunteer Program and the Money Matters Awards. Via the
volunteer component, Schwab employees can pass financial expertise
to Club teens through their volunteer involvement.
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Project Learn
Project Learn reinforces and enhances the skills and knowledge young
people learn at school through "high-yield" learning activities at
the Club and in the home. Based on Dr. Reginald Clark's research
that shows fun, but academically beneficial activities increase
academic performance, these activities include leisure reading,
writing activities, homework help and games like Scrabble® which
develop young people's cognitive skills. Project Learn emphasizes
collaborations between Club staff, parents and school personnel.
Formally evaluated by Columbia University, Project Learn has been
proven to boost the academic performance of Club members.
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Power Hour
A comprehensive homework help and tutoring program, POWER HOUR is
designed to raise the academic proficiency of Club members ages
6-12. POWER HOUR is sponsored by The JCPenney Afterschool Fund.
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Goals For Graduation
Goals for Graduation, sponsored by The JCPenney Afterschool
Fund, introduces Club members ages 6-15 to the concept of academic
goal setting. In one-on-one sessions with Club professionals,
members set achievable "Know-I-Can" goals, more challenging
"Think-I-Can" goals and yearly "Believe-I-Can" goals, then create
action plans. The program provides for recognition of members'
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CareerLaunch
CareerLaunchTM
is a career exploration and mentoring program for teens ages 13-18.
This program includes the
CareerLaunch Web site that allows
teens to take an interest survey, explore careers, identify training
or college requirements, seek out financial aid and play
skills-building games. There's also an easy-to-use Career
Exploration Quick Reference Guide with a broad range of career
planning and job skills activities that Club staff or volunteers can
use with teens. The CareerLaunch Portfolio contains a Teen Tips
booklet with helpful interviewing and on-the-spot job tips. This
program is made possible through a partnership between Boys & Girls
Clubs of America and the Gap Foundation.
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