INSPIRED TO CREATE CHANGE
Inspiring Leadership: Build the mindset to create change
Participants explore careers through innovation and social entrepreneurship. They identify real-world challenges, develop creative solutions, and build the leadership skills needed to turn ideas into impact.
Why bring this program to your organization?
Builds leadership identity
Builds leadership identity
Learn how leadership can create positive change in community, and career pathways.
Learn how leadership can create positive change in community, and career pathways.
Encourages innovation
Encourages innovation
Creates space for participants to explore challenges, generate ideas, and connect learning to real-world needs.
Creates space for participants to explore challenges, generate ideas, and connect learning to real-world needs.
Connects careers to purpose
Connects careers to purpose
Shows how different career pathways can contribute to communities, industries, and future opportunities.
Shows how different career pathways can contribute to communities, industries, and future opportunities.
Strengthens participant agency
Strengthens participant agency
Gain confidence that their ideas can solve problems and improve communities.
Gain confidence that their ideas can solve problems and improve communities.
Aligned with
development goals
Career awareness & exploration
Career awareness & exploration
Engage with real-world leadership scenarios, analyzing roles like peer leader, project lead, manager, aligned with Future Ready Career Exploration and Career and Technical Education initiatives.
Engage with real-world leadership scenarios, analyzing roles like peer leader, project lead, manager, aligned with Future Ready Career Exploration and Career and Technical Education initiatives.
Foundational skill-building
Foundational skill-building
Strengthen public speaking, collaboration, accountability, problem-solving aligned with career and technical (CTE) and paid work initiatives.
Strengthen public speaking, collaboration, accountability, problem-solving aligned with career and technical (CTE) and paid work initiatives.
Social-emotional & leadership development
Social-emotional & leadership development
Build emotional intelligence, self-awareness, empathy, and resilience through reflection and peer feedback, preparing for post-secondary opportunities and civic engagement.
Build emotional intelligence, self-awareness, empathy, and resilience through reflection and peer feedback, preparing for post-secondary opportunities and civic engagement.
Work-based learning alignment
Work-based learning alignment
Integrates team-based simulations and projects, reinforcing work based learning initiatives and preparing for internships or employment.
Integrates team-based simulations and projects, reinforcing work based learning initiatives and preparing for internships or employment.
Equity & inclusion
Equity & inclusion
Centers inclusive leadership, empathy, and equity, ensuring access for English Language Learners and supporting education equity priorities across CTE and Future Ready goals
Centers inclusive leadership, empathy, and equity, ensuring access for English Language Learners and supporting education equity priorities across CTE and Future Ready goals
What participants learns
Equity & inclusion
Explore industries, roles, and pathways connected to innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and social impact.
Explore industries, roles, and pathways connected to innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, and social impact.
Career exploration & planning
Connect personal interests, strengths, and ideas to future career possibilities and next-step goals.
Connect personal interests, strengths, and ideas to future career possibilities and next-step goals.
Reflection & future readiness
Reflect on personal growth, leadership style, and how new skills connect to future opportunities.
Reflect on personal growth, leadership style, and how new skills connect to future opportunities.
Social impact project
Develop a project, concept, or solution that responds to a community, school, or real-world challenge.
Develop a project, concept, or solution that responds to a community, school, or real-world challenge.
Pitch & presentation skills
Present a problem, explain an idea, communicate value, and share impact with confidence.
Present a problem, explain an idea, communicate value, and share impact with confidence.
Leadership confidence
Practice using voice, taking initiative, and collaborating with peers as emerging leaders.
Practice using voice, taking initiative, and collaborating with peers as emerging leaders.
Innovation mindset
Identify real-world problems, generate creative ideas, and think like solution-builders.
Identify real-world problems, generate creative ideas, and think like solution-builders.
Learning outcomes
Learning Framework
Learning Outcomes
Portrait of a Graduate
Discover
Discover skills through vocabulary & concept understanding
Analyze
Note
Collaborate
Educate
Match
Match skills to a pitch deck component
Understand
Seek
Inspire
Create
Learning Framework
Learning Outcomes
Portrait of a Graduate
Discover
Discover skills through vocabulary & concept understanding
Analyze
Note
Collaborate
Educate
Match
Match skills to a pitch deck component
Understand
Seek
Inspire
Create
Learning Framework
Learning Outcomes
Portrait of a Graduate
Discover
Discover skills through vocabulary & concept understanding
Analyze
Note
Collaborate
Educate
Match
Match skills to a pitch deck component
Understand
Seek
Inspire
Create
How a program delivery works
Instructional time
Instructional time
10
2.25-hour sessions or one 1.5-hour plus one 45-minute session.
02
Partner Support Liaison(PSL) orientation sessions
02
Participant orientation sessions
*depends on the organization schedule.
Orientation
Introduces the program structure
Explains the learning journey
Sets participant expectations
Builds early clarity and confidence
Prepares participants for upcoming sessions
Orientation
Introduces the program structure
Explains the learning journey
Sets participant expectations
Builds early clarity and confidence
Prepares participants for upcoming sessions
Requirements
Requirements
Partner institutions provide basic classroom support to ensure smooth program delivery
Partner institutions provide basic classroom support to ensure smooth program delivery
Classroom space
Classroom space
Devices & tech setup
Devices & tech setup
Delivery Mode
Delivery Mode
Two delivery options based on the needs and setup of the partner institution
Two delivery options based on the needs and setup of the partner institution
Virtual
Virtual
In person
In person
Career Pathways Facilitator (CPF)
Leads program delivery. Meets weekly with PSLs for 15 minutes to align on goals, review progress, and plan engagement.
Partner Support Liaison (PSL)
Supports classroom coordination, and engagement.
Career Connector
High-performing alumni (age 14+) serve as a paid peer leader, offering peer mentorship and added program support.
Quality Assurance
All CPFs undergo ongoing professional development to continuously strengthen program quality and PSL support.
Ambassadors
5 peers who guide Career Cohorts and support classroom coordination.
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Program impact in numbers
78%
78%
Future Career Awareness
96%
96%
Build Leadership Confidence
62%
62%
Explore Career Pathways
This program taught me the true value of leadership and teamwork, and how important it is in both entrepreneurship and education. I loved how we started as strangers and ended as family, while also learning real business skills like the importance of an LLC. It confirmed my strengths as a leader and challenged me to grow even more.
Adam G.
DMLL
SpeakHire transformed our internship program during the pandemic, matching our newly arrived immigrant students with dedicated mentors who reflect their backgrounds. Through this partnership, students have developed leadership and advocacy skills while gaining the confidence to dream beyond their circumstances.
Kevin H.
Principal, Flushing IHS
This program has taught me invaluable leadership and teamwork skills. I learned how to build and manage a team, use project management and communication tools, and worked on group projects that showed me what it’s like to solve real problems in my STEM area. The experience has inspired me to keep growing and pursue a brighter future in STEM
Steven C.
IS125
This program taught me how to create my own foundation, the requirements to start, and the value of working in a group. I learned to share ideas, be patient, and have confidence in others, while discovering that collaboration makes projects stronger. It inspired me to pursue my dream of creating a foundation in my home country to help more people
Nelly P.
IHS Union Square
This program taught me the true value of leadership and teamwork, and how important it is in both entrepreneurship and education. I loved how we started as strangers and ended as family, while also learning real business skills like the importance of an LLC. It confirmed my strengths as a leader and challenged me to grow even more.
Adam G.
DMLL
SpeakHire transformed our internship program during the pandemic, matching our newly arrived immigrant students with dedicated mentors who reflect their backgrounds. Through this partnership, students have developed leadership and advocacy skills while gaining the confidence to dream beyond their circumstances.
Kevin H.
Principal, Flushing IHS
This program has taught me invaluable leadership and teamwork skills. I learned how to build and manage a team, use project management and communication tools, and worked on group projects that showed me what it’s like to solve real problems in my STEM area. The experience has inspired me to keep growing and pursue a brighter future in STEM
Steven C.
IS125
This program taught me how to create my own foundation, the requirements to start, and the value of working in a group. I learned to share ideas, be patient, and have confidence in others, while discovering that collaboration makes projects stronger. It inspired me to pursue my dream of creating a foundation in my home country to help more people
Nelly P.
IHS Union Square
This program taught me the true value of leadership and teamwork, and how important it is in both entrepreneurship and education. I loved how we started as strangers and ended as family, while also learning real business skills like the importance of an LLC. It confirmed my strengths as a leader and challenged me to grow even more.
Adam G.
DMLL
SpeakHire transformed our internship program during the pandemic, matching our newly arrived immigrant students with dedicated mentors who reflect their backgrounds. Through this partnership, students have developed leadership and advocacy skills while gaining the confidence to dream beyond their circumstances.
Kevin H.
Principal, Flushing IHS
This program has taught me invaluable leadership and teamwork skills. I learned how to build and manage a team, use project management and communication tools, and worked on group projects that showed me what it’s like to solve real problems in my STEM area. The experience has inspired me to keep growing and pursue a brighter future in STEM
Steven C.
IS125
This program taught me how to create my own foundation, the requirements to start, and the value of working in a group. I learned to share ideas, be patient, and have confidence in others, while discovering that collaboration makes projects stronger. It inspired me to pursue my dream of creating a foundation in my home country to help more people
Nelly P.
IHS Union Square
What our alumni say about us
What our alumni say about us
“I wanted to learn and gain as much insight as to my future as a business leader. I now know how to handle sponsors, build a company brand, and connect with people effectively.”
“I wanted to learn and gain as much insight as to my future as a business leader. I now know how to handle sponsors, build a company brand, and connect with people effectively.”
XAVIER T
ALUM 2025 NYCID
Moments that tell the story
A glimpse into the people, programs, and shared experiences that bring the SpeakHire community to life.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Who is this program for?
Who is this program for?
Is parent or guardian consent required?
Can this integrate with existing CTE or college advisory programming?
Can this integrate with existing CTE or college advisory programming?
What is the school's role once enrolled?
What is the school's role once enrolled?
Is there a cost to the school?
Is there a cost to the school?
What kind of participants are the best fit?
What kind of participants are the best fit?
Ready to bring Inspiring Leadership to your program?
Partner with SpeakHire to help participants develop confidence, career readiness, leadership skills, and meaningful professional connections.
Partner with SpeakHire to help participants develop confidence, career readiness, leadership skills, and meaningful professional connections.
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SpeakHire is a 501c3 organization. EIN 47-4132773
SpeakHire is a 501c3 organization. EIN 47-4132773
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