Program 02
Future
pathways.
A 10-week career and life-planning workshop that helps young people explore, compare, choose, and act with clarity.
weeks
Your future.
Your choice.
Participants compare workforce, trade school, college, and entrepreneurship while connecting every option to their goals, priorities, and real-life circumstances.
The course is built for virtual delivery, schools, libraries, and community settings.
The roadmap
Turn possibilities into a practical plan.
- 01
Who Am I & What Do I Want?
Start with values, interests, strengths, lifestyle goals, and a definition of success that belongs to the participant.
- 02
Comparing Your Options
Compare workforce, trade school, college, and entrepreneurship by training cost, time, income, flexibility, interest, and debt risk.
- 03
Is College Worth It for Me?
Look at college as a tool, compare the full cost, financial aid, degree requirements, career outcomes, and realistic borrowing.
- 04
Trade School Exploration
Explore skilled trades, apprenticeships, unions, employers, community colleges, training costs, licensing, physical demands, and advancement.
- 05
Workforce Readiness
Build a resume story and strengthen communication, reliability, teamwork, leadership, problem solving, and interview readiness.
- 06
Entrepreneurship & Side Hustles
Turn a problem into an idea, identify a customer, test demand, understand revenue versus profit, and examine the realities of operating a business.
- 07
Mental Health & Life Balance
Recognize stressors, map a support network, practice healthy routines, communicate needs, and set boundaries around work, school, and personal time.
- 08
Adulting Basics
Estimate living costs, compare gross and take-home pay, and see how career choices connect to rent, food, transportation, insurance, savings, and lifestyle.
- 09
My Action Plan
Choose a primary path, create a backup plan, name the first research or application steps, and set real deadlines.
- 10
Future Pathways Graduation Project
Present a chosen path, a six-month plan, a backup option, and a letter to the future self that names the next action.