May 2023 Update – Adams, Brown, Clermont, and Highland Counties

“What I really like about future plans career assessment is that it has really offered an opportunity to have these deep, meaningful conversations with our clients about the directions they want to take their lives.”

Alex Bixler, Child Focus in Clermont County

Assessments This School Year

Students take the Future Plans Career assessment which identifies their strengths, interests, personality, and work values, and then explore careers that are a fit for them. Each student meets one-on-one with a career coach to discuss their results and potential career paths with the end goal of developing a career plan. Below is a snapshot of schools that completed this process and the number of students who received career guidance for the 2022-23 school year.

Adams:

• GRIT helped organize a Peebles High School tour of GE for juniors and seniors, along with Guidance Counselor, Amanda Meyers.
• GRIT attended and participated in the poverty simulation at West Union High School In-Service days.
• Amy Queen spoke with teachers in North Adams, West Union, and Peebles regarding the Career Catalyst position during the In-Service day.
• Building Bridges to Careers (BB2C) and GRIT have collaborated to place GRIT students in the BB2C Internships program.
• Plans are underway for career fairs at West Union and Peebles High Schools for the coming academic year.
• Charissa Gardner, the OSU Manufacturing Extension Partnership Growth Advisor and Adams County Chamber member, was a guest speaker with the West Union Careers class.
• GRIT, Leadership Adams County, and other county officials participated in Adams County Day at the State Capitol.
• GRIT sweatshirts were passed out to seniors at each high school.

Brown:

• GRIT presented the Shawnee Bear Tracks program to schools in the county that are currently assessing and coaching their students to help at risk seniors find a career path out of high school
• The Village of Sardinia was awarded a grant through the support of GRIT and the Workforce Development Board Area 1 to remodel the second floor of the municipal building to incorporate a workforce development center (currently under construction)
• GRIT attended and presented at the Brown County Safety Net Alliance hosted at the ABCAP office in Georgetown

Clermont:

• Students at UC Clermont College spent the week in their career class assessing and coaching using the Future Plans tool. The administration sees this as a very valuable tool for their college paths to make sure they are aligned with the best education.
• GRIT presented the Shawnee Bear Tracks program to schools in the county that are currently assessing and coaching their students to help at risk seniors find a career path out of high school

Highland:

• Over 225 GRIT sweatshirts were passed out to all the Highland County High School seniors for their participation over the years with the GRIT project
• Highland County BAC (Business Advisory Council) held their bi-annual meeting where they discussed workforce collaboration and strategies for the barriers the county in enduring
• ACCESS had their ribbon cutting ceremony hosted at the Hopewell Center
• GRIT presented the Shawnee Bear Tracks program to schools in the county that are currently assessing and coaching their students to help at risk seniors find a career path out of high school
• GRIT attended the first Parent University hosted at Whiteoak High School in collaboration with the SOESC
• GRIT helped host and collaborated with Whiteoak School district for their Mock Interview Day
• GRIT attended the Senior Showcase at Hillsboro High School where there were over 30 presenters