Aims Of Learning For Life

The aims of Learning for Life are to:

Encourage a desire for life-long learning.
Foster the acquisition and application of personal/social skills.
Prepare tomorrow's workforce through exposure of career management skills.
Develop engaged citizens.

Methods

Learning for Life's seven programs are delivered by adults (teachers, mentors, speakers, advisors or parents) in one of two ways: instructional settings and work sites.

Instructional settings can be:
- Schools (public and private)
- Learning Centers (before/after school programs, religious institutions, summer programs, day care centers)
Work sites can be:
- Businesses and community/governmental organizations that have the resources to offer hands on career experiences in the workplace

*AIMS OF LEARNING FOR LIFE*
Encourage a desire for life-long learning	Foster the acquisition and application of personal and social skills	Prepare tomorrow's workforce through exposure of career management skills	Develop engaged citizens
Reinforcing academic proficiencies	Building interpersonal skills	Offering career information	Increasing the appreciation of the American democratic system
Developing communication abilities	Facilitating leadership development	Fostering career planning	Participating in service learning experiences
Enhancing life skills	Coaching character development	Presenting opportunities for career experiences	Preparing responsible individuals for each life role (life role as a member of a family, community, nation and world and as a worker)
Exposure to healthy life style habits	Influencing cultural competency and recognition of diversity	Developing employment skills
Emphasizing continued educational achievement	Teaching problem solving and decision making skills	Cultivating the use of resources, information & technology

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