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Career Walk, Inc.
A Pennsylvania non-profit organization
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Our mission
Where our students define their future, one step at a time
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Students Need Encouragement Advocacy Knowedge Empathy Realism
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Where students define their future, one step at a time

Career  Walk Inc

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Students Need Encouragement, Advocacy, Knowledge, Empathy, Realism

Walk the Walk© provides a complete, customized path forward for your at risk student to successfully graduate with a high school diploma, an understanding of the skills and sometimes further education needed to pursue their career of interest, including time at businesses and trade schools in the career paths of choice. 

Each student in the program will build a resume and interview skills and be provided onsite help with job and further education applications.  Students may take advantage of school to work programs in their district, attend banking and financial planning workshops, and participate in evaluated job shadowing opportunities. 

Our Proven Success

Walk the Walk is a complete and personalized 4-year career exploration program that paves the path forward by providing real life experience in occupations of choice, decision making on further education, costs, and application processes. We match students with local job shadowing and open house opportunities in industries of interest and help match students with local scholarships trade/technical education, and colleges. Walk the Walk provides an aggressive Drop Out Prevention Program for the at-risk student, SNEAKER.

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Benefits of using Career Walk for school
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Engage students early in career awareness and aptitude

 Walk the Walk© is a complete and personalized 4-year career exploration program, open to the entire student body,  that paves the path forward by walking a student through career exploration with Holland Score assessment data returns, online career matching tools, resume and portfolio building,  completes in grade 11 or 12 with continued  education matching and an aggressive  integrated Drop Out Prevention Module.  It adds tutorials in supporting subjects and links to state and federal sites for funding, and career outlooks.

Businesses are the ARCH Support of the Program

We do all the foot work. All activities organized, marketed and implemented by our team with no additional burden to your staff.

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Our Proven Track Record

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Food For Thought Teacher Grant Recipient
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The Food for Thought Education Fund
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Visual Learning Grant Recipient
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Polaroid Education Program
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Bright Ideas Grant Recipient
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Wake Electricity
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Best Practice
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North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
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Most Outstanding Work Based Program
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The Governor's Commission on Workforce Preparedness
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Recognized 4 consecutive years at North Carolina CTE Summer Conference
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North Carolina CTE
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Nov. 2, 2020 by Curio412

The Strength of Partnerships
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As a young nonprofit, Career Walk's dedicated partnership with Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School has kept them moving forward.

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Feb. 25, 2021 by Justin Zackal

SRU graduate helping at-risk youths take career steps
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Shirley, a 1995 SRU graduate with a master's degree in secondary guidance and counseling, led successful school-to-career programs in North Carolina before returning to his native western Pennsylvania where he is launching Career Walk.

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Recent Event

Mike Kelly Automotive

 October 20th, 2021
6:00 – 7:30 pm
252 Pittsburgh Rd Butler PA 16002

Career Cruise

High School Juniors, Seniors, and parents along with students at BC3 (Butler County Community College) will be invited to attend a career exploration event. 

Participants will get an opportunity to view all of the departments at Mike Kelly Automotive including:
Sales, Service, Parts, Body Shop, Reconditioning, Calling Center, and Accounting.
Tour guides will direct the participants to their department(s) of interest which may lead to a job opportunity. Each Department will provide a short presentation on the job description, starting salary,  skills necessary for job success and will answer questions. The night will end with a raffle. Career Walk and Mike Kelly Automotive will sponsor this event.

Job Observation

High School Juniors, Seniors, and parents along with students at BC3 (Butler County Community College) will be invited to attend a career exploration event. 

Participants will get an opportunity to view all of the departments at Mike Kelly Automotive including:
Sales, Service, Parts, Body Shop, Reconditioning, Calling Center, and Accounting.
Tour guides will direct the participants to their department(s) of interest which may lead to a job opportunity. Each Department will provide a short presentation on the job description, starting salary,  skills necessary for job success and will answer questions. The night will end with a raffle. Career Walk and Mike Kelly Automotive will sponsor this event.

Job Observation

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Meet Our Board

Dough Shirley

President

Scott Hacker

Vice President

Steffany McCaffery

Treasurer

Students

How does this program help high school students find the shoes that fit their expectations? We offer personalized plans to find suitable footwear meanwhile tighten their shoes to stick their path.

Volunteer

How can you help to guide others for this program? There are many opportunities you can enroll. As a volunteer, you can take part in events like the open house.

Donate

How can you support our mission? Make contributions! Each amount is a great appreciation for our goals. These amounts help us to reach our mission closer to the summit while encouraging students to keep climbing.