Career Achievement Awards

Learning for Life programs involve active learning and include lots of fun-filled, hands-on activities. Learning for Life promotes the conditions necessary for the growth and development of adolescents. The following are the key components of the Learning for Life Career Achievement Award programs, which allow young people to acquire and be recognized for career proficiency achievement and community service.

Purpose

The purpose of the Learning for Life Career Achievement Award program is to

Requirements

Explorers or Learning for Life participants can earn a Career Achievement Award in one or all of the 12 career clusters. To earn a Career Achievement Award, the candidate must provide 50 hours of community service and complete any nine career achievements. The Explorer post Advisor or adult high school Learning for Life group leader certifies that each Explorer or Learning for Life participant has satisfactorily performed 50 hours of community service and verifies that each candidate has completed at least nine achievements within the career cluster.

Recognition

The Learning for Life Career Achievement Award Certificate (No. 32194) has space for both the signatures of both the adult leader and organization head. Certificates are available through the local Learning for Life office as well as through the Supply Division (toll-free phone, 800-323-0732). Adult leaders may purchase a quantity of the certificates and present them as merited.

Qualifying Achievements

Qualifying achievements are provided for the following career clusters:

Because of the flexible nature of the program, Advisors and adult leaders are permitted a reasonable degree of latitude in substituting appropriate achievements that serve to meet the requirements for the Learning for Life Career Achievement Award.

Earning the Awards

An application forms and achievements worksheet may be downloaded from each of the clusters, above. You will need Acrobat® Reader to download and print these forms - this free software may be downloaded from Adobe.


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