Career and Personal Development
These programs allow youth to learn about future career options, plan for the educational path that may be required to get there, and develop leadership and life management skills that promote their eventual success.
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College Knowledge Program by Santa Fe College
Reaching and engaging students as young as kindergarten age with relevant and consistent content to prepare for college. This program reaches them at a time when they are developing a stronger sense of self and have a greater opportunity to better understand how to translate their own interests and strengths into long-term goals.
Ages: 6-10 (Elementary School), 11-13 (Middle School)
Offers: Single sessions
Cultural Arts Coalition Science Club
Designed to academically supplement elementary school students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas by offering exposure to the STEM areas in ways that directly impact students’ lives. These offerings help to ensure that children from low socioeconomic and minority communities are competitive, stimulated and engaged. The program will enhance students’ creative and critical thinking strategies. Participants are expected to learn and be introduced to new concepts in the STEM areas, which ultimately will enable them to be competitive throughout their future academic and work careers.
Ages: 0-5 (Pre-Kindergarten), 6-10 (Elementary School)
Offers: Single sessions
DOP REACH by Dream On Purpose
Featuring the Eight Cs of Self-Leadership for Teens curriculum, this nine-week course guides youth in developing eight crucial leadership qualities to support a self-led life. Youth feel pressure to be someone they are not and lack confidence in who they truly are. This program helps them recognize inner qualities and resources they have within themselves that they can draw on to lead their life in a healthy and healing way. People with these qualities are open, confident and accepting, authentic, solid and unpretentious with a passion for life and a commitment to service.
Ages: 11-13 (Middle School), 14-18 (High School)
Offers: 9-session series
Each One Teach One by Lee's Enrichment Center
Offers targeted support in reading and tutoring to students who need it most. Teachers are also assisted to ensure that all children have access to the educational opportunities and resources they need to succeed. This reading program will be a community partnership designed to support student learning and stimulate joy and love for books.
Ages: 6-10 (Elementary School)
Offers: Single sessions
Gator Junior Golf
Provides educational golf programs that build character, promote team-building, and establish mentorship for youth. The program focuses on life skills, academic skills, literacy, healthy habits, and golf fundamentals through engaging, hands-on experiences.
Ages: 4-18
Grace to Overcome
"Growing Young Minds" focuses on improving the nutrition behaviors of youth and food sustainability through two forms of gardening, hydroponics and container-grown. Using educational strategies and skill-building activities to promote healthy behavior change, youth will understand where their food comes from, fostering positive and greater interest in their personal nutrition. When youth are given the opportunity to participate in selecting and preparing healthier options, they are more likely to eat them often.
Ages: 0-5 (Pre-Kindergarten), 6-10 (Elementary School)
Offers: Single sessions
IGB Education
Empowers Alachua County youth by teaching essential life skills and promoting emotional wellness. The program focuses on financial literacy, socio-emotional wellness, critical thinking, communication skills, and life management skills.
Ages: 6-10 (Elementary School), 11-13 (Middle School)
Offers: Three series, each with four sessions.
Infinite Dream Builders Corp.
Creative activities that allow youth to learn life skills through team-building activities. Youth will learn how to have great communication skills in any environment. The students will learn about different types of careers through different activities.
Ages: 6-10 (Elementary School), 11-13 (Middle School), 14-18 (High School)
Offers: Single sessions
Let's DJ program - DJ E-LO Global
Utilizes the "Music Together" evidence-based practice to teach young children the art of DJing, as well as building students' self-esteem, character, and decision-making skills. The program centers around four basic principles: 1. All children are born musical; 2. All children can achieve basic musical competence, such as learning to sing in tune and dance accurately to a beat; 3. It is important for parents and caregivers to participate in class and model music-making for their children, regardless of their own musical ability; 4. The environment that best fosters young children's musical growth is playful, musically rich, and developmentally appropriate.
Motiv8U
Interactive and engaging curriculum-based trainings that deal with social-emotional components of youth development, helping develop strong character, effectively process emotions, resolve conflict, build successful relationships and more. A core message, U*R IMPT (You Are Important), equips participants to recognize and take ownership of their personal value and worth.
Ages: 0-5 (Pre-Kindergarten), 6-10 (Elementary School), 11-13 (Middle School), 14-18 (High School)
Offers: Sessions are adjustable based on the need of the host agency, from 4 weeks to 36 weeks.
UF Upward Bound
Designed to strengthen the math and science skills of participating students. The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science and to encourage them to pursue postsecondary degrees in math and science, and ultimately careers in the math and science profession.
Ages: High School (14-18)
Offers: Single sessions.
Underground Kitchen
Provides culinary training and education, with weekly cooking sessions that focus on nutritional awareness, mentoring, life skill training and the importance of culturally comforting food. Partners receive nourishment fact sheets for the youth and receive meal prep guides to assist with dietary needs.
Ages: 6-10 (Elementary School), 11-13 (Middle School)
Offers: Single sessions.
