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Are Your Students Ready for Their Best Possible Future?

Are Your Students Ready for Their Best Possible Future?Are Your Students Ready for Their Best Possible Future?Are Your Students Ready for Their Best Possible Future?

You want your kids to be career ready... So do we

We partner with individuals, schools, districts, and organizations to build career-connected cultures integrating career literacy into daily learning. Through certifications, tailored support, and collaborative networks, we help expand access to meaningful career exploration for all students.

Preparing educators to lead career-connected learning

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

Building Sustainable Cultures of Career-Connected Learning in Schools

Our online certification pathways prepare educators to lead career-connected learning. Participants build career literacy, explore the RIASEC framework, and learn dialogic practices to guide student exploration. Our tools help classroom and support staff connect students’ strengths and interests to future possibilities.

Article: Collective Impact, How Career Coaches Advance Student Success

Building Sustainable Cultures of Career-Connected Learning in Schools

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

Building Sustainable Cultures of Career-Connected Learning in Schools

We help schools build sustainable career-connected learning cultures through strategic planning, practical tools, and community support. Our 3-year Career Connected School Certification offers a clear, scaffolded process with reflection, celebration, and submitted evidence of growth, impact, and continued recertification.

Article: Developing a Career Connected School

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

We help districts build career-connected learning systems from the ground up or strengthen what’s in place. From launching exploration initiatives to designing credentialing programs and aligning K–12 with workforce needs, we build capacity at every level. Our sustained support tracks progress and expands access.

Article: River Valley Showcases a Career Connected Culture

Fostering Growth Through Cohorts, Webinars, and Community Sharing

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

Designing and Strengthening Districtwide Career-Connected Learning Systems

We foster sustained learning through regional cohorts, interactive webinars, and community sharing. Educators and leaders collaborate across sites to exchange ideas and solve challenges. Ongoing connection continues through online meetups, newsletters, and guest sessions spotlighting innovative practices.

Article: ECESC x EdCoop, Forging Futures Together

Inspiring Leadership Through Keynotes, Workshops, and Board Engagements

Inspiring Leadership Through Keynotes, Workshops, and Board Engagements

Inspiring Leadership Through Keynotes, Workshops, and Board Engagements

We empower leadership teams through keynotes, workshops, and board presentations that build shared vision and strategic alignment. Our sessions inspire leaders to champion career literacy across systems and embed exploration into district, school, or organizational planning.

Creating Custom Learning Models with Nonprofits to Maximize Impact

Inspiring Leadership Through Keynotes, Workshops, and Board Engagements

Inspiring Leadership Through Keynotes, Workshops, and Board Engagements

We partner with nonprofits to design custom career-connected learning models that reflect their mission, values, and impact goals. Whether working with youth, families, or specific populations, we help align programs to your goals and integrate career exploration into your broader impact strategy.

Measuring What Matters with Custom Assessments and Data Insights

Inspiring Leadership Through Keynotes, Workshops, and Board Engagements

Measuring What Matters with Custom Assessments and Data Insights

We design custom pre- and post-assessments to evaluate growth in career-connected learning. Our team analyzes the data and delivers clear, actionable results to help you understand impact, identify trends, and inform next steps.


Research: Empowering Youth Through Career Conversations and RIASEC Literacy

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Our print materials make career exploration engaging and accessible. From RIASEC posters and conversation cards to job cards, they spark meaningful discussions about interests, strengths, and future possibilities in any classroom or program.

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ACCESS FREE ONLINE ACTIVITIES

These 48 activities across four domains prepare students for the evolving workforce by building strengths, positive habits, and a growth mindset. Students explore interests and values, expand experiences, map opportunities, and reflect to connect aspirations to practical career pathways.

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LEARN ABOUT THE RIASEC

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understand the dialogic process

The RIASEC model, created by John Holland, groups work environments into six themes: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Used in career planning and counseling, it helps people align interests, skills, and values with potential careers and education paths.

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understand the dialogic process

understand the dialogic process

understand the dialogic process

A dialogic process in career advising is a relationship-centered, conversation-based approach that helps students explore their goals through open-ended questions, active listening, reflective prompts, and trust-building practices.

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WHY THIS WORK MATTERS

Career-curious school cultures treat career exploration as a natural and essential part of everyday learning. In these environments, students are regularly engaged in meaningful conversations about their future, both formally through instruction and informally through interactions with teachers, peers, and mentors. By consistently connecting classroom learning to the real world of work, students begin to understand how their strengths, interests, and values align with future possibilities. Exposure to diverse career paths, workplace experiences, and adult role models helps students discover their evolving career identity. As they grow, they develop the autonomy to reflect on their progress, evaluate their choices, and confidently plan paths toward their personal and professional goals.

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GET CAREER CONNECTED

Career Connected Schools foster a culture where future planning is woven into the fabric of everyday learning. By using a shared career language rooted in the RIASEC framework and engaging students in meaningful, dialogic conversations, these schools create spaces where career exploration is ongoing, relevant, and personal. Students are encouraged to reflect on their strengths, interests, and values not only with teachers, but also with peers, family members, and community partners. These regular conversations help students make powerful connections between what they learn in school and the lives they want to lead—building a strong sense of purpose and direction for their educational and career journeys.

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