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What is the Visionz Project?

Imagine leaving high school for summer break. You're filled with optimism. You receive a call from the manager of a local business - they'd love to offer you work - but you have no idea how to present yourself in an interview.

Now, picture graduating from high school. You're ready to leave the nest, but you have a few problems: You don't have a savings account and you can't manage a budget. You need to cover rent, utilities, and food - it's about survival - but managing your money is a critical skill you just never learned.

Simply stated, many Detroit students graduate knowing the history of America, but few have the important skills required to survive in America. They often leave school without the marketable job skills needed to compete in the market place and they struggle to earn a livable wage. What these young people, as well as others in the community, need, are marketable job skills, financial education and internship opportunities to prepare them for entry into professional careers and self-sufficiency. Introducing the Visionz Project, a comprehensive, interactive curriculum that combines a technology-supported instructor-led classroom course and a powerful app designed to enhance the lives of at-risk Detroit youth.

The Visionz Project is a deeply interactive, Detroit-based training, experience and support program that uses technology and instructor-led classroom training to teach low income and at-risk students the survival skills to help them succeed in life. Visionz also helps them reach their potential through meaningful careers and higher education. With access to an intensive curriculum with lively and engaging activities, real-world training, computers, and a special app to help them learn, Visionz students will absorb the oft-elusive skills that can make or break an individual.

In tandem, the mobile and web app, which is currently in development, will use video and other media to help students make the right choices in everything from choosing what to wear at a job interview to how to present themselves in the community. While students work their way through the course, and even after they finish their training, they'll rely on the staff support and the app for professional and personal guidance.

Developed by several entrepreneurs who have already held successful training courses throughout the country, the Visionz app and curriculum was made for engagement, using relevant, real-life scenarios and role-playing to reach even the most closed-off student. Between the curriculum and the app, Visionz students will learn how to present themselves at a job interview, manage a budget, navigate a business environment, and more. Visionz training lasts a lifetime, and we invite you to join us on our journey.

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Visionz Curriculum

After years of research and hands-on work with at-risk youth, our team discovered that in order for Detroit's young people to succeed, they needed considerable help in four major areas.

  • Life Skills Management
  • Financial Literacy
  • Workforce Preperation
  • Social Media Mastery

Overview

Life Skills Management
How should one act in a business setting? What does it take to build a professional image? Do you have the ability to effectively manage your personal responsibilities? In this course, students will learn how to shine and thrive in some of their most important and common business, social, and personal situations.
Financial Literacy
In this portion, students will develop and practice the skills to do everything from manage bills to save for the future. Students that complete the course will leave knowing how to budget, plan, and even set aside money for the unexpected.
Workforce Preparation
From prepping for a job interview to knowing how to manage a team, this part of the Visionz curriculum helps young people navigate the world of work. Training starts from the very beginning - applying for a job - to doing well after they've successfully become employed.
Social Media Mastery
Most young people use social media to communicate and carry on relationships, but it takes real practice, knowledge, and discipline to effectively master Facebook, Twitter, and the many other social platforms. From creating job search-friendly posts to crafting important relationships via social media, young people will leave the program much more experienced in leveraging this technology.

Course Objectives

Life Skills Management: Participants will have the skills needed to be productive learners and earners in the workplace, while also seeing an increase in their motivation to learn and excel toward becoming a self-sustaining adult.
Financial Literacy:To help youth, who are typically outside the financial mainstream, learn the basic skills of handling their money and finances, including how to create a positive relationship with financial institutions.
Workforce Preperation: Students learn about themselves, their strengths and weaknesses, for a particular career. They also learn how to prepare for, and learn skills and techniques for a successful career and balanced life.
Social Media Mastery: Students will learn how to use social media responsibly; to prevent bullying, to protect privacy, to build advocacy, to share news, to promote a brand, to showcase themselves in a positive light and most importantly, to engage in civil discourse.