Dale Carnegie

JA is offering Dale Carnegie Generation Next Leadership Course Scholarships. Classes start in January 2012. There are 9 Saturday morning sessions held on a local college campus. The Dale Carnegie Generation Next Leadership Course is designed to be a window into the real-world, as well as help stduents reach their full potential. This program helps students to develop public speaking skills, increase interpersonal skills, and increase self-esteem and self-confidence. Students in grades 9-12 are eligible to receive this scholarship. Thirty scholarships are available in Greater Reading and 30 in the Lehigh Valley, all sponsored by the Dale Carnegie Leadership Institute, There is no cost to the student. Participation in this program is appealing to both colleges and employers.

Click the appropriate link for your area to download the application: Greater Reading application or Lehigh Valley application.  Deadline is December 16, 2011, and scholarships are awarded to eligible students on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Please feel free to forward this opportunity to any high school student who you think may be interested in participating. 

Please return the applications to:

Junior Achievement of Greater Reading and Lehigh Valley

531 Canal Street, Suite 403

Reading, PA  19602 

or email to:

Job Shadow

JA Job Shadow meets the needs of a diverse group of high-school students by providing engaging, academically enriching, and experiential sessions in work readiness education and career perspectives. Find out more about JA Job Shadow.

Following participation in the program students will be able to:

• Identify and demonstrate the work readiness skills needed to research, get, and keep a job.

• Develop innovative personal strategies to pursue lifelong learning and career opportunities.

Young Women's Symposium: Pathway to Careers

A program of mentoring, motivation and opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors.  The Young Women's Symposium (YWS) ia a fast-paced day filled with information and interaction that...

• Develop qualities for success
• Instills self-esteem
• Presents information about career options
• Relates to all skills, interests and talents
• Matches students with adult mentors
• Helps students have confidence in their decisions
• Encourages young women to pursue their goals

Mentoring - Talk to someone who has been where you want to go.

A key part of the day is lunch, when students meet and talk with their mentors.  This "power lunch" is the first step in building rapport with an adult who will answer individual questions.

Job Shadowing - Experience what it is like to really be in the job you want!

Each student has the opportunity to spend a day with her mentor, on the job, getting real-life experience to help with choices about her future.

For more information call 610-373-3500 for information on becoming a mentor for the Symposium.

Young Men's Symposium: Pathway to Careers

A program of mentoring, motivation and opportunity for high school sophomores and juniors.  The Young Men's Symposium (YMS) is a fast-paced day filled with information and interaction that...

A key part of the day is lunch, when students meet and talk with the mentors.  This "power lunch" is the first step in building rapport with an adult who will answer individual questions.

Job Shadowing - Experience what it is like to really be in the job you want!

Each student has the opportunity to spend a day with his mentor, on the job, getting real-life experience to help with choices about his future.

• Develop qualities for success
• Instills self-esteem
• Presents information about career options
• Relates to all skills, interests and talents
• Matches students with adult mentors
• Helps students have confidence in their decisions
• Encourages young men to pursue their goals