Exploring

Thank you for consider the Exploring program. We endeavor to provide hands-on career activities to help you or the young people you serve discover their future. If you have suggestions to help improve or expand Exploring in our area, then please feel free to share them by calling or e-mailing. You can also view more resources, training and the expansive Activity Library on our National Exploring web site: www.exploring.org 

ABIGAIL KRAUSE
Exploring and Workforce Development Executive 

Illinois and Northwest Indiana, Pathway to Adventure Council

Phone: 312-421-8800 x 257
Email: Abigail.Krause@scouting.org

EXPLORING POSTS

Young men and women 14 to 20 years old (or 13 and have completed 8th grade)

Exploring is about helping young adults make more informed decisions about future careers and determine if a particular career is the right one for them.

Typically, a young adult will learn about a career and decide to pursue it or learn enough about the career to determine it is not the right fit for him or her. It’s better to learn as a young adult that a career is not for you than to spend lots of time and money on an education only to then discover you don’t like a career!

In the Exploring program, it’s not about lectures and slide shows; it’s about gaining practical insight and hands-on knowledge in a career field.

Exploring provides opportunities in 12 career fields. Try one or try them all!


EXPLORING CLUBS

Middle School Exploring Clubs for young men and women 6th thru 8th grades

Interest in the concept of career orientation has skyrocketed in recent years, due in large part to the focus of the U.S, Department of Education. Across the nation, schools are conducting research into the career interests of middle-school students.

Our National Exploring Office responded by creating innovative coeducational Middle School Explorer Club programs for students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

The clubs offer an array of options. One popular choice features presentations by professionals from across several career fields, including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Another choice is to focus on one particular field such as Law Enforcement or Fire and Emergency Services. All programs include hands-on activities and are sponsored by schools, service clubs, chambers of commerce, or PTAs. In addition, local Exploring posts can help provide mentoring opportunities for the youth in the clubs.