1) The document discusses ideas around improving the school-to-work transition for students, parents, and employers. 2) It suggests that students could work part-time to gain early exposure to real work environments and help them identify career interests. 3) The document also recommends that parents help students create life roadmaps to define goals and plan their futures in a changing world. 4) Finally, it proposes that employers give new employees special projects to prove their skills and immediately contribute value to the organization.

1. SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION
Ideas
Evangeline M. Clemente
13 August 2013

2. Empathy Map
School To Work
“What’s your family name?...
What does your family do?....
Who do you know?...
Where did you study?...
What good will you give your
community, the environment?...-
OUTSIDE THE FAMILY
“Education is the key to success…Just finish college…
Make sure you have work before you settle
down…You carry our name, make us proud… I work
hard for your future, for your education… Make a big
impact… We are a family of x profession, you must
not break from tradition… We want you to be
fulfilled…” – THE PARENTS
“I want to be somebody… I
want to do what I want…OR I
don’t know what I want, I
don’t know what I should
do? I want to be happy… I
want to be successful… I
want to make my own
mark… Can’t we take
shortcuts?...” – THE CHILD/
STUDENT
WHAT THEY SAY*
(based on a small sample of interviewees)

3. Defining the Problem
School To Work
Can one really create the impact we
need considering societal norms?-
OUTSIDE THE FAMILY
We want you to succeed and do better than we did. –
THE PARENTS
I want to imprint impact at
better ways/pace than usual.
– THE CHILD/STUDENT
UNDERLYING CONCERNS/MESSAGES

4. Defining the Problem
School To
Work
EMPLOYMENT
REQUIREMENTS
• set industry-specific
functional competency
requirements
• at least high school
graduate for most
minimum wage jobs
• good academic
performance or graduating
from premier universities
almost always equal a
well-paying job
LOCAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
AND CONDITIONS
• There are laws and rules
set by government for
implementation and
completion of grade
school to advanced
studies.
• Not all public/private
schools have sufficient
and appropriate tools,
facilities, equipment.
• The poor has limited
access to quality
education.
• Are local education
programs responsive to
local/global needs?
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS*
(limited view)

5. Problem Statement
Among students and society, in general, there is a common
desire to ensure delivery of accelerated, maximum, positive
impact from the school-to-work cycle.
However, the current education systems, which are enabled
by laws, and employment requirements forces a significant
degree of adherence to related, established requirements.
While such requirements may be deemed as enablers, they
can also be viewed as anticatalysts.
Correspondingly, it would be worthwhile to look for
improvements in the school-to-work cycle considering
cultural and behavioral aspects, the global/local educational
frameworks and known employment routes or venues.

6. IDEAS
School To Work
1. Work part time, start as early as possible
2. Do volunteer work
3. Enhance skills by enrolling in special
courses
4. Commit to help at least 3 people everyday
5. Network with people of similar interest
6. Start a group and rally for your cause
7. Influence classmates and teachers
8. Demonstrate to parents how you will
succeed
9. Publish your initiatives
10. Keep updated with trends, learn and
contribute
11. Reach out to those in need
12. List out what you should do, target
timelines, do it and monitor
13. Apply for apprenticeship
14. Start your own business
15. Create and sell your own craft
I want to imprint impact at
better ways/pace than usual.
– THE CHILD/STUDENT
UNDERLYING
CONCERNS/MESSAGES

7. IDEAS
School To Work
16. Create a recognition program for novel
actions with big impacts
17. Publish needs and seek solutions
18. Demonstrate and praise unconventional
approaches
19. Expand success metrics – not limited to
graduating from college and earning x amount
of money
Can one really create the
impact we need considering
societal norms?- OUTSIDE
THE FAMILY
UNDERLYING
CONCERNS/MESSAGES

8. IDEAS
School To Work
20. Partner with your children on assignments
21. Partner with your children in business
22. Expose children to various interests
23. Help children define their strengths and how they
can use it to create impact
24. Teach kids to dream big and stay motivated
25. Develop your children’s mental and social skills
26. Expose your children to your social network
27. Introduce children to inspirational people, stories
and creations
28. Help your children create their life’s road maps
29. Teach children to be persistent and flexible with
age-appropriate exercises
30. Teach kids to invest and grow money
31. Teach children to invest in, value and respect
relationships by modelling and appropriate exposure
32. Learn with other parents on best practices
33. Learn with other parents on how to help children
reach their full potential
34. Find a learning activity with your children
everyday and make sure that these events are fun-
filled
35. Share your experiences and learn from others
We want you to succeed and
do better than we did. – THE
PARENTS
UNDERLYING
CONCERNS/MESSAGES

9. IDEAS
School To Work
36. Actively review impacts of current programs and
recalibrate as necessary
37. Change laws
38. Make quality education accessible to all income
levels
39. Improve incentives for those who teach
40. Make models of good educators, publish their
stories and motivations
41. Improve educational facilities
42. Establish inter-governmental partnerships for
improving quality and access to educations
43. Cut bureaucracy and corruption in the education
system
44. Make sure that education officials are good and
passionate about improving knowledge and creating
positive impact
45. Make sure curriculums go beyond the usual
topics, include new developments, new needs locally
and internationally
46. Actively define how supply of good talent can be
secured through the education program and
matching with employers needs
Local Educational System
and Conditions (see page 4
for reference)
UNDERLYING
CONCERNS/MESSAGES

10. IDEAS
School To Work
47. Look beyond the grades, physical
attributes, names of applicants
48. Give newbies special projects they can do
themselves to prove they’re good and can
contribute
49. Sponsor idea and solution generation
programs
50. Work with governments to improve the
education system and facilities as well as
employment criteria
51. Define internal success pathways for new
employees
52. Create programs to spark employee
creativity and innovation
53. Reward employees for impact
54. Give second chances
55. Reward team work
Employment requirements
(see page 4 as reference)
UNDERLYING
CONCERNS/MESSAGES

11. Best 3
1. (For the Student/Child) Work part time, start as early as possible.
I think that early exposure to the work environment will be good as this will expose the
student/child to true work environments and how working will be. This will open their
eyes on how employers, work systems and customers interact and influence businesses
and lives. This will also help them realize early what they can do and what they want to
be. In that way, they can define early and plan for their future.
2. (For the Parents) Help children create their life’s road maps.
In this fast changing world, I think that parents must be more active in teaching and
guiding their children. Road maps will help the student/child to define needs, plan, act, be
flexible, succeed. Road maps need not be taught only in the board rooms of corporations;
it can be a live map that the student/child can update with parents’ help.
3. (For Employers) Give newbies special projects they can do themselves to prove
they’re good and can contribute.
The first months of a newbie is his/her learning curve. Wouldn’t it be great if they not
only learn the ropes but also immediately contribute by authoring a project that will
benefit the organization? It will strengthen confidence and commitment and enhance
value in an organization.

12. Thank you!
Evangeline M. Clemente