The Academy

Prioritizing and Supporting Staff

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 16-21, ROOTED IN EARN-TO-LEARN MODELS AND COHORT-BASED SUPPORT

A response to a changing world, Trail Blazers Academy offers young people comprehensive work-readiness experiences that prepare them to meet the challenges of life, work, and college.

Participant Quotes

“My biggest related takeaway is that I’ve learned to step more into my leadership role so that way I can become a better team supervisor and continue to provide support to my team and my campers and also being able to go back to school so I can have a better future for myself and my daughter.”

 

“[The program] opened…my mind to all the different possibilities and opportunities, inspiring me to explore career paths I’d never thought of.”

 

“I learned how to better understand children’s mindsets and how to be able to work with them and learn more about myself and how I can adjust to everyone.”

 

“I felt very supported outside of my very strict home and I had a lot of help around me that I had no idea I could have.”

 

“The biggest take away from my one on one experience is that I was able to better sort out some of my short and long-term career goals.”

 

“I would 100% do it again!

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