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Career-Connected Learning

Connecting learning
to opportunity

Career-connected programs designed to help students build real-world skills, industry exposure, and long-term opportunity.

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Learn, Create and Design with  Empower Kids!

140+ COURSES

10+ SPECIALIZED PATHWAYS

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Career-Connected Learning

programs That connect learning to opportunity

Empower Kids delivers career-connected programs that help students build skills, certifications, confidence and exposure to real opportunity.

Industry Exposure

Project-Based

Learning

Career Pathways

Discover & Grow

Career Pathways

Empower Kids provides hands-on programs that connect students to real-world careers and workforce skills.

Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing & Operations

Students move beyond theory and into real-world business strategy through hands-on experiences that mirror how organizations actually operate. Coursework may include entrepreneurship, brand development, digital marketing, project management, business law, customer behavior, financial decision-making, operations, supply chain thinking, leadership, and strategic problem-solving. Students may build business concepts, launch campaigns, analyze market opportunities, solve operational challenges, and develop the kind of practical skills used by founders, executives, and business teams every day.

Healthcare, Biomedical Sciences & Healthcare Management

Students explore the science, systems, and leadership behind one of the world’s fastest-growing industries through hands-on, career-connected learning. Coursework may include human biology, health systems, patient care fundamentals, public health, biomedical innovation, medical ethics, healthcare administration, diagnostics, wellness, and healthcare operations. Students may examine real healthcare challenges, explore emerging technologies, analyze case studies, and build the foundational knowledge and professional skills relevant to clinical, research, and healthcare leadership pathways.

Computer Programming, Information Systems, App Development & Artificial Intelligence

Students develop future-ready technical skills through hands-on experiences in coding, digital systems, app development, data thinking, and emerging technologies. Coursework may include programming fundamentals, software design, web and mobile application development, information systems, cybersecurity awareness, automation, data analytics, machine learning concepts, and artificial intelligence applications. Students may build apps, solve technical challenges, design digital solutions, and explore how technology is reshaping industries, business, and everyday life.

Hospitality Administration & Management

Students explore the business of service, leadership, and customer experience through hands-on learning connected to one of the world’s most dynamic industries. Coursework may include hospitality operations, event planning, tourism, food and beverage management, guest experience, branding, business operations, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Students may design experiences, solve real operational challenges, plan events, and develop the communication, management, and service excellence skills used across hospitality, travel, entertainment, and adjacent industries.

Digital Multimedia Media, Podcasting, Journalism & Television

Students develop storytelling, media production, and communication skills through hands-on experiences that reflect today’s fast-moving digital media landscape. Coursework may include journalism, podcast production, video storytelling, television production, digital content creation, social media strategy, interviewing, editing, media ethics, branding, and audience engagement. Students may produce podcasts, create video segments, report stories, build digital campaigns, and develop the creative and strategic skills used across modern media, communications, and content industries.

Finance & Accounting

Students develop practical financial literacy, analytical thinking, and business decision-making skills through hands-on experiences connected to real-world finance and accounting environments. Coursework may include personal finance, budgeting, accounting principles, financial analysis, investing, banking, business finance, data interpretation, forecasting, and ethical financial decision-making. Students may build budgets, analyze financial performance, evaluate business scenarios, and develop the quantitative and strategic skills used across finance, accounting, and business leadership roles.

Designed to help schools expand opportunity through scalable, career-connected programming.

Why Empower Kids

State & Federal Funding Alignment

Empower Kids' programs align with CTE pathways eligible for up to 75% state reimbursement, helping districts expand access while reducing implementation barriers. We work with partners to explore additional support opportunities that may help offset local program costs.

Flexible Program Delivery

Programs can operate in-school, after school, summer or through community partnerships.

Industry Certifications

Students build workforce-ready skills through project-based learning experiences that support certifications, portfolios and career readiness.

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Career-Connected Programs

career pathways & Programs

Explore Empower Kids’ career-connected programs designed to help students build workforce skills, certifications, and real-world exposure across high-demand industries.

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students assign themselves
homework

Students know the difference between checking a box and building a future. Empower Kids creates experiences that feel relevant, real and worth showing up for. 

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Our programs create ownership where students routinely assign themselves homework! 

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2M

people follow
our method

56+

countries represented
in our courses

25K+

attendees at
our latest conference

100+

languages taught by
native speakers

Online Learning Options!

Students can master in-demand skills from top instructors. Learn anywhere, anytime and transform potential into performance.

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