These short videos give you what you need to know before stepping into your learning experience. Watch at your own pace, and come ready to make it a great one for your students.
Training Resources for All Sessions
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JA Inspire Overview
Get an introduction to the learning experience and walk through the major components you and your students will encounter throughout the course.
Using Your Facilitator Guide
Learn how your Facilitator Guide is organized so you can prepare efficiently and lead each session with confidence.
Prepare for Session 1
Get ready for this session where students explore their personal values, strengths, and natural abilities, recognize how their response to a challenge reveals learning preferences and growth mindset, and complete a Career Interest Inventory they can connect back to who they are.
Prepare for Session 2
Get ready for this session where students explore career clusters and start weighing whether specific jobs fit the work environment and training they'd want.
Prepare for Session 3
Get ready for this session where students explore the difference between transferable and technical skills, explain why employers value both, and map out the training and education a career of interest would take, including one step they could start on in high school.
Prepare for Session 4
Get ready for this session where students explore the major industries and clusters in their community by analyzing the event's exhibitor list, connect those local opportunities to their own interests and inventory results, and build an exhibitor visit plan to make the most of the event.
Prepare for Session 5a
Get ready for this session where students explore the list of virtual speakers and webinars and pick the ones that connect to their interests, recognize how career stories reveal skills and turning points, and build an Expert Learning Plan that gets them ready to learn during the event.
Prepare for Session 5b
Get ready for this session where students create a short elevator pitch and prepare to ask open-ended questions that lead to real conversations so they can show up to the JA Inpire event with the kind of presence and active listening that makes a strong first impression.
Prepare for Session 7
Get ready for this session where students review what they learned across the whole program, spot patterns in their interests, skills, and experiences, and plan concrete next steps for high school and beyond.