U can B – Speakers go to Keystone Oaks + schools from across the Region
The Program U can B is an in school program that provides career exposure and awareness in the Pittsburgh region. Part of the Building Bridges program, founded in 2010, the U can B program provides • Proprietary curriculum • Educational Film series Coffee With ™ now on CBS/KDKA digital • In school in person interactive discussions with business and region leaders • Power Trips to locations – Google Pittsburgh, City Hall, Energy Innovation Center and CBS • Virtual Career Coaching Schools and educational entities may either engage their own school faculty or work with Building Bridges to teach 9th – 12th graders on topics of • Career choices • Entrepreneurship • Business • Finance • Politics This program has resulted in students • Learning about career options that were not presented previously. • Having a clearly defined career they want to pursue. • Gaining experience and being exposed to curriculum and opportunities they would not have been exposed to. Curriculum Overview The 2013/2014 school year pilot was launched at Keystone Oaks School. The program is a 24 week program. Classes are taught on a weekly basis. Subject matter includes entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial passion exercise, components of business plans, and ways to create a business. This curriculum was augmented with Coffee With videos and in school in person discussions with experts focused on arts and music, business, and politics. The school year concluded with a Power Trip to City Hall to meet the Mayor of Pittsburgh and two city council members....
See IT, Believe IT, Do IT – High School Business Growth
Business Growth for High School Students Where do you get career advice if you are a high school student? Building Bridges for Business, using their video series Coffee With… has created a program called See It, Believe It, Do It, that brings high school students and local business people, government officials and entrepreneurs together in a format where the students can ask questions and get support in their career decision making process. Those who have participated have found benefit in talking to “real people” about their futures. this is a unique high school business growth educational program. The Coffee With…video series started two years ago but has only recently been taken to the school system. The students, in addition to watching the film series, also get to meet those involved in the videos. After watching, a question and answer period takes place where the students can talk about job shadowing, different stages of any career choice, or whatever is on their mind. As high school students, there are a lot of decisions to be made. In addition to talking to their parents about their dreams and desires, the See It, Believe It, Do It program gives students an opportunity to talk to local entrepreneurs about what lies ahead and can help young people realize that the business community is behind them. Advice is out there if they know who to ask. Building Bridges for Business is an outlet they can depend on for...
