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This year I am working with a large group of 10th grade students in our school who voluntarily want to improve their job-readiness skills. We have partnered with a local organization to provide workshops in resume writing, how to prepare for an interview, soft skills like nonverbal communication, and appropriate professional attire. When we recently had a site visit to a corporate setting, I discovered that, even though students knew what was appropriate to wear, many of them simply did not have any of these items. Some students didn't turn in permission slips initially; when I asked why, it became apparent that clothing was the issue. When I told them they could wear their NJROTC uniforms, they immediately turned in their permission slips and attended the site visit. In some cases where students did wear clothing items that could be considered appropriate professional attire, the items were ill-fitting, either outgrown or borrowed from someone on short notice. Two of the students who are part of this job-readiness cohort suggested that we create a Career Closet for our school; it was clear that the students truly did want to attend, but clothing had almost become a barrier to their participation. These two students have since created a proposal, presented it to our administrators, and secured with our administrators' approval a suite of small rooms in our school that have gone unused. We have been able to hire these students through a special grant and now they are working 2-4 hours per week after school to make this Career Closet a reality. The students have already secured a large amount of clothing donations; for this Donors Choose grant, we are requesting the hardware items that we will need to properly organize, operate and maintain a functional Career Closet for years to come.

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This year I am working with a large group of 10th grade students in our school who voluntarily want to improve their job-readiness skills. We have partnered with a local organization to provide workshops in resume writing, how to prepare for an interview, soft skills like nonverbal communication, and appropriate professional attire. When we recently had a site visit to a corporate setting, I discovered that, even though students knew what was appropriate to wear, many of them simply did not have any of these items. Some students didn't turn in permission slips initially; when I asked why, it became apparent that clothing was the issue. When I told them they could wear their NJROTC uniforms, they immediately turned in their permission slips and attended the site visit. In some cases where students did wear clothing items that could be considered appropriate professional attire, the items were ill-fitting, either outgrown or borrowed from someone on short notice. Two of the students who are part of this job-readiness cohort suggested that we create a Career Closet for our school; it was clear that the students truly did want to attend, but clothing had almost become a barrier to their participation. These two students have since created a proposal, presented it to our administrators, and secured with our administrators' approval a suite of small rooms in our school that have gone unused. We have been able to hire these students through a special grant and now they are working 2-4 hours per week after school to make this Career Closet a reality. The students have already secured a large amount of clothing donations; for this Donors Choose grant, we are requesting the hardware items that we will need to properly organize, operate and maintain a functional Career Closet for years to come.

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