Take Our Kids to Work
About:
- The Take Our Kids to WorkTM program was implemented by The Learning Partnership (TLP), Toronto, Ontario in 1994. TLP is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing together business, education, labor, policy makers and the community to develop partnerships that strengthen public education in Canada.
- Take Our Kids to WorkTM is a national event that takes place the first Wednesday in November as part of National Career Week.
- Resource material, including Parent and Host Guides, and posters come from TLP and are distributed to all Manitoba high schools by the Provincial Coordinator, Program Development Branch, Manitoba Education.
- Take Our Kids to WorkTM has three main objectives:
- To offer students a view of the work world and to give them an understanding of its demands and opportunities.
- To allow students to see their parents or volunteer hosts in different roles and responsibilities and to understand what they do to support a family.
- To emphasize that education goes beyond the classroom and that the preparation of younger generations for the future is a community responsibility.
- The Brandon School Division program is a three-part process delivered through the Grade 9 English Language Arts curriculum:
- pre-day preparations;
- the actual job shadow day; and
- post-day sharing and thank-you letters.