Youth Programs
RCE’s youth programs are designed to educate, empower, and equip young people to confidently prepare for life beyond the classroom. Through engaging, hands-on experiences, students develop the leadership, career readiness, self-advocacy, and life skills needed to make informed decisions about their futures.
Our programs combine interactive learning, career exploration, leadership development, workplace experiences, field trips, and real-world application to help young people discover their strengths, build confidence, and prepare for success in education, employment, and life.
We don’t simply prepare students for what’s next—we help them see what’s possible.
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Getting the job is only the beginning. Keeping it—and growing in it—requires a different set of skills.
The Work Ready program prepares youth to understand what employers expect and develop the workplace skills needed to succeed from day one. Through practical, real-world learning, participants build confidence, strengthen professional behaviors, and learn how to navigate the workplace successfully.
Participants develop skills in communication, professionalism, teamwork, workplace expectations, problem-solving, time management, and accountability—helping them become employees employers want to hire, retain, and promote.
Get ready. Get hired. Stay ready.
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Youth on the M.O.V.E. is a comprehensive employment-readiness system that teaches youth how to seek, gain, and retain employment.
Through interactive instruction and real-world application, participants learn how to successfully navigate the employment process—from identifying opportunities and preparing for the job search to interviewing, entering the workplace, and developing the skills and behaviors needed to remain successfully employed.
The program focuses on essential areas including career exploration, job search strategies, résumé development, interviewing, workplace communication, professionalism, employer expectations, problem-solving, and job retention.
Youth on the M.O.V.E. helps young people understand that getting hired is only part of the journey. Success means knowing how to seek the opportunity, gain the opportunity, and retain the opportunity.
Seek. Gain. Retain.
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Explore the possibilities. Experience the workplace. Plan what’s next.
Future Focus is an interactive career exploration and workforce readiness experience designed to help youth connect their interests, strengths, and abilities to real-world career opportunities.
Through engaging instruction, career exploration, workplace and postsecondary experiences, and hands-on activities, students gain greater awareness of career pathways, employer expectations, education and training options, and the skills needed to successfully prepare for their future.
Participants leave Future Focus with increased confidence, greater career awareness, and a clearer understanding of the steps they can take toward education, employment, and independence.
Explore. Experience. Prepare.
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Leadership begins with knowing who you are—and recognizing the potential within you.
The Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) is a signature leadership and career development experience designed for high school juniors and seniors who are ready to strengthen their leadership skills, prepare for life after high school, and position themselves for future success.
Through interactive leadership development, career and postsecondary exploration, professional development, team challenges, and real-world experiences, students learn to lead themselves, communicate with confidence, make informed decisions, build professional relationships, and prepare for their next chapter.
ELA challenges students to think beyond graduation and begin seeing themselves as leaders—in college, the workplace, their communities, and their own lives.
Lead. Connect. Prepare. Excel.
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Discover who you are. Build confidence. Begin preparing for what’s next.
iRISE is an early leadership and career development experience designed specifically for 9th and 10th grade students. The program helps students begin building the confidence, self-awareness, leadership skills, and career knowledge they need as they progress through high school.
Through interactive activities, leadership challenges, career and workplace exploration, community service, and real-world experiences, students are encouraged to discover their strengths, explore possibilities, develop positive decision-making skills, and understand how the choices they make today can influence their future.
iRISE gives younger students an opportunity to begin developing as leaders while creating an early foundation for education, employment, and future success.
Discover. Serve. Explore. Apply.