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For economically disadvantaged students, high school is frequently the last opportunity to obtain a formal education and to make crucial decisions affecting their standard of living for the rest of their lives. Partnerships with local high schools are a vital element to our success because they help us reach and recruit students at this critical juncture.

Principals, counselors, technology teachers and work experience coordinators are essential in helping us recruit students in need of the life-changing opportunity Genesys Works provides.

Model for Success

The Genesys Works program uses a unique model that successfully prepares students to meet the challenges of a changing workforce. The lives of our students are transformed in each of the four areas:

Technical skills
Professional skills
Work experience
Profession planning

Our graduates are armed with the skills, work experience, confidence and drive to obtain a college education and succeed in the professional world.

Criteria

Genesys Works partners with high schools in which the majority of the student population qualifies for federal free- and reduced-price lunch programs. Schools should be accessible by local public transportation systems so that students can easily commute to work after morning classes and attend training during the summer. To accommodate students' work schedules, partner schools must offer a co-op, early release, or internship program that allows students to be able to arrive at work no later than 1:30 pm.

"Genesys Works provides my students with skills that are applicable beyond high school. The 'real-life' application of these skills has instilled greater self-confidence amongst my students while developing their emerging leadership skills thereby creating another cadre of role models within my school."

— Mike Sodomka, Principal, Humboldt High School

Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a Genesys Works partner high school.

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Model for Success

Criteria

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