PACE - Students/Families
PACE = Planning and Career Exploration
PACE was created over two years, FOR SCHOLARS by a community of more than 100 individuals, 40 organizations, and 75 employer partners. PACE is a continuum of in-school curriculum, out-of-school experiences, and career advising for sixth through twelfth graders. It is a new way of thinking that shifts the conversation adults have with scholars from “Will you attend college or go straight into a career?” to “What is your career goal? Here are multiple ways you can get there.”
PACE is built upon four core components and associated skills. The four components are:
- self-knowledge and self-awareness
- career awareness and career exploration
- active career planning and decision-making; and
- work- and career-based learning.
And the associated skills include financial literacy, preparing for employability, and networking.
PACE supports individual scholars by:
- Guiding them to identify their own passions, strengths, and interests
- Embedding career awareness and exploration in the classroom
- Helping them plan and make decisions about their future
- Meeting them where they are in the process of planning for their future
- Helping them create a plan that defines THEIR career vision
- Teaching them how to add to or change their career journey
- Introducing new occupations and careers, especially those in-demand locally
- Providing opportunities to meet and learn from professionals
- Giving them access to advisors, mentors, and coaches
- Supporting them as they work with their classmates to pursue their passions
- Opening doors to accessible, connected, and experiential work- and career-based learning opportunities
- Preparing them for quality workplace experiences
- Creating an opportunity to network with local mentors, alumni, and professionals
PACE Resources
PACE Youth-Partners
- College Now
- GCP Internship Central
- Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland
- Ohio Means Jobs
- True2U Mentoring Program
- Urban League of Greater Cleveland
- YOU
Have a PACE Question? Contact us at PACE@ClevelandMetroSchools.org