New Orleans Outreach Power Ties puts Ashe students on the job
March 1st, 2011
After previous workshops and activities during which students learn to write resumes, interview for jobs, and present themselves professionally, the New Orleans Outreach Power Ties Program hosted job site visits, the final and most exciting event for the students on Friday, February 25.
The video clip below, originally aired on WGNO, shows Ashe students getting hands-on training by the professionals at Tipitina’s Music Office Co-Op. The students shadowed their hosts for half of the day, while their hosts showed them how the work habits they develop in school help them in the career they will pursue. The importance of setting goals and the value of becoming an active New Orleans citizen was also emphasized. “Besides teaching job search skills, the program aims to strengthen the relationship between students and their community,” said Claudia Barker, Executive Director of New Orleans Outreach.
in their words
Outreach brings together diverse people from across the New Orleans community in pursuit of a common good: providing a better education for our children. And in doing this, Outreach knits a web of trusting relationships across the barriers of class, age, and race to help make our community stronger.
- Jay Altman
- Jay Altman
CEO, FirstLine Schools and co-founder of New Orleans Charter Middle School, the city's first charter school
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