Technician talent now a high school issue

Coudersport High School starts an Ambassador program amongst students. This sounds like a great program.

Rachel Minard, guidance counselor at the Coudersport Junior Senior High School in Coudersport, Pa., is trying another method to help students prepare for life after high school. She has put together a group of students she calls ambassadors who will study the needs of employers and the kinds of jobs available and then inform the school’s students about those and other job issues. “This is kind of unique. I’ve given the students the framework and at the beginning of the school year we’re going to start having meetings about the standards for career education and work. The students will develop the program, they will do the research, they will get out into the community and spend some time with employers,” says Minard.

The ambassador program is aimed at giving students general job information, but Minard hopes it will open student’s eyes to the variety of jobs available, including technical jobs such as collision repair. “One of the things that kids don’t realize is that technical jobs like collision repair aren’t your old time dirty garage kind of job, but it’s highly technical and there’s good money there,” she says. Minard hopes that receiving information about employers from their peers will help students to prepare for careers both in the classroom and out

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