Becoming a Millionaire: Career and College Readiness Skills for Youth
This program provides youth with decision-making skills for investigating careers and college.
Target Audience(s):
Middle-grade students (6th - 9th grades)
Objectives:
Participants will:
- Learn about educational and professional requirements for various careers,
- Improve self-efficacy and agency in one’s path to success,
- Learn the benefits and costs of postsecondary education and how to prepare to attend college,
- Learn critical thinking and digital literacy skills, emotional intelligence, and resource management, and
- Learn about the current and future occupational needs in Mississippi.
Total Number of Modules or Sessions: 15
Total Number of Hours for Program Delivery: 15
Program Delivery:
- Educational Class
- Educational Video (Online or DVD)
- Websites Other than eXtension
- Workshop
Primary Contact:
Dr. Becky Smith, becky.smith@msstate.edu
