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About JMG
Mission
Program Features
Students Served
Goals
Management
Career Association
Schools Served
2009-2010 JMG Calendar
Student Conferences
The ultimate objective of Jobs for Montana’s
Graduates (JMG) is for students to secure a quality job and/or postsecondary
education, that leads to a meaningful career. JMG believes the best
way to achieve this objective is to keep students in school through
their graduation and to improve their rate of success by acquiring
employability competencies before leaving high school. JMG is affiliated
with Jobs for America’s Graduates
(JAG) a national school-to-work program.
JMG’s Mission
is Two-fold:
- To provide classroom instruction and work-based
learning opportunities to students in grades seven through twelve
and high school dropouts ages 16-18 which will enhance their career
awareness, self-esteem and work readiness.
- To identify young people who can benefit
the most though participating in JMG and prepare them for meaningful
career-oriented jobs, matching the students with community job
opportunities and providing long-term follow-up to facilitate
their successful transition from school-to-work.
Program
Features:
The methods used to operate this program include
a unique combination of in-school and out-of-school services provided
by a Career/Job Specialist. Key components are:
- Employability skills curriculum: competency-based
instruction including units on career planning and decision-making,
job seeking, job retention, basic academics, leadership and self-development
and personal skills. Click here
to see the core competencies (employability skills).
- Montana Career Association: a motivational
student organization, which fosters the development of self-esteem,
leadership, decision-making and assertiveness skills and provides
recognition for positive achievement.
- Job development and placement: meaningful
job opportunities with advancement potential are matched with
job-ready, motivated graduates involved in the program.
- Post graduation follow-up: graduates and
their employers are provided twelve months of follow-up assistance
to facilitate students’ successful transitions into the
labor market.
- Active partnership between government, labor,
business, education and the community.
JMG Goals are Designed
To:
- Improve the student’s employability
skills.
- Help the student develop and define career
goals and plans for the years immediately following graduation.
- Help the student to successfully complete
high school.
- Help the student to successfully transition
from eighth grade into high school.
- Assist the student to develop confidence,
poise and a positive attitude.
- Assist the student to acquire skills to
successfully communicate with supervisors and coworkers.
- Stimulate the student’s initiative,
teamwork and leadership skills.
- Promote within the student respect for the
dignity of work.
- Assist the student to display a sense of
social responsibility and civic involvement.
- Assist the student to develop strong coping
and decision-making skills.
- Stimulate the student’s school spirit
and interest in school activities.
- Help the student develop a feeling of pride
in accomplishment.
- Provide opportunities for the student to
develop personal goals and evaluate their progress toward attaining
those goals.
JMG Management:
- JMG is jointly sponsored by the Governor’s
Office and the Office of Public Instruction and is administered
by the Department of Labor and Industry.
- Jobs
for Montana’s Graduates Foundation
Board secures additional funding to support JMG’s
mission and goals.
- A variety of funds support JMG, including
local, state, federal and private sector resources.
- JMG and JAG provide technical assistance
and training for local and state program staff. JAG also conducts
an on-site accreditation of all state affiliates.
- Local business leaders serve as active partners
in local program implementation.
- Local career specialists take full responsibility
for teaching JMG curriculum, assisting students in completing
outcome documents through a portfolio system and establishing
the Montana Career Association at each participating school.
Montana Career
Association:
The Montana Career Association (MCA) is
a highly motivated student-led organization that creates a unique
learning environment by connecting JMG participants to the “real” world of work and their
respective communities. The career association builds
on the JMG competency-based curriculum, by providing opportunities
for students to develop their leadership and teaming skills that
are critical to success in the workplace.
Through the collaborative efforts of school
and community partners across Montana, students are given an opportunity
to practice and refine their social and civic responsibilities
to become better citizens. By
partnering with community-wide organizations and the business sector,
JMG students gain a sense of pride and accomplishment through their
involvement in service learning projects, fundraising, employer marketing
campaigns and leadership activities; all of which further enhance
their career opportunities.
Students in the MCA participate in state
and national competitions that are held throughout the school year. The Fall Leadership
Conference and Career Development Conference are centered around
leadership and career challenges that each student must face in their
lifetime to become successful. These competitions focus on
decision-making, critical thinking, oral presentations, math and
business vocabulary skills, teamwork, visual and conceptual learning,
essays and employment preparation.
By motivating and preparing the JMG students
with the necessary employability skills through career exploration,
the Montana Career Association continues to provide each individual
with lessons about the right attitude, assertiveness and self-esteem
that employers strive for when searching for that ideal candidate
for employment. Not
only will each participant be recognized for their achievements and
accolades, but also for the positive behavior that will enable them
to become successful in post-secondary education, the military, vocational
training or career advancement.
Students plan a Program of Work with projects in
four areas:
- Career
- Civic
- Leadership
- Social
Student Conferences
Fall Leadership Conference
November 2, 2010
Red Colonial -
Helena, Montana
Competitive Events
Guest Speaker
Leadership Activities
2009 Program Agenda
2008 Program Agenda
Career Development
Conference
May 4-5, 2010
Billings Hotel & Convention
Center - Billings, Montana
Competitive Events
Coordinated Chaos
Scholarships
Workshops
Swimming
Dance
2009 Program and Agenda
2008 Program Agenda
National Student Leadership Conference
November
19-21, 2009
Gaylord National Resort - National Harbor, Maryland
(Note: Please see “Conferences” section.)
Students
Served:
JMG serves approximately 900 students in 30
High Schools, 11 Middle Schools, 4 Alternative Schools and two “Out-of-School” programs.
Montana Schools
Served - Program Year 2009-2010
High Schools (30)
-
Billings Career Center
- Bridger High School
- Butte High School
- Cascade High School
- Columbia Falls High School
- Culbertson High School
- Deer Lodge, Powell County HS
- Dodson High School
- Dutton/Brady High School
- Frenchtown High School
- Fromberg High School
- Glasgow High School
- Glendive, Dawson County HS
- Havre High School
- Helena High School
- Judith Gap High School
- Lame Deer High School
- Libby High School
- Lodge Grass High School
- Malta High School
- Nashua High School
- Philipsburg, Granite High School
- Plains High School
- Poplar High School
- Roberts High School
- Rudyard, North Star High School
- Scobey High School
- Troy High School
- Whitefish High School
- Whitehall High School
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Middle Schools (11)
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Absarokee Middle School
- Brockton Middle School
- Culbertson Middle School
- Dutton/Brady Middle School
- East Helena, East Valley Middle School
- Helena, C R Anderson Middle School
- Jordan Middle School
- Lame Deer Middle School
- Plains Middle School
- Whitehall Middle School
- Wolf Point Middle School
Alternative Schools (4)
- Butte, Webster/Garfield Alternative High School
- Havre, Students United for New Success (SUNS)
- Helena, Project for Alternative Learning (PAL)
- Whitefish, Whitefish Independent High School
Out-of-School Programs (2)
- Columbia Falls Learning Center
- Montana Youth ChalleNGe, Dillon
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