- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Jobs for Georgia Graduates : five-year program
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Labor. Jobs for Georgia Graduates
- Publisher:
- Place of publication : Georgia. Dept. of Labor. Jobs for Georgia Graduates., Atlanta, GA, 2000
- Date of Original:
- 2000
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Electronic text
The Adobe Acrobat "find" command (binoculars icon) may be used to search these PDF files - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA L200.J6 M1 2000 F5
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bl200-pj6-bm1-b2000-bf5-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bl200-pj6-bm1-b2000-bf5-belec-p-btext
- Extent:
- 2 p.
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Libraries
- Rights:
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JGG is a partnership of local schools, business and community and the Georgia Department of Labor to provide employability skills training to high school students.
This collaboration results in JGG graduates who are productive employees and involved community members.
It's the key to the future!
Georgia Department of Labor 151 Ellis Street Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 656-5567 (404) 463-0596 (Fax)
JOBS FOR GEORGIA GRADUATES
Five-year Program
" . . . Holds the key to the reduction of youth unemployment in the State."
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner
WHAT IS JOBS FOR GEORGIA GRADUATES?
Jobs for Georgia Graduates (JGG) Five Year Program is a dropout preventive program. The five year program is designed to identify students in the spring of the 8th grade year and they are eligible to receive services through graduation and for 12 months thereafter. The five year program includes four years of in-school and summer period services as well as 12 months of postgraduate follow-up. All participants receive 60 months of services.
JGG's major goals are: l IN-SCHOOL: Focuses on personal and academic development through remediation and counseling; removal from welfare rolls, teenage offender, teen parenting, abusive situations and depression.
l POST-GRADUATE: Producing qualified graduates immediately entering the labor market in search of work and job retention.
l LONG-TERM: Graduation and Destinations (employment, military or post-secondary education).
ASPECTS OF THE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM
l Provide more contact hours l Greater commitment of funding sources for
schools to sustain program l Follow-up services after graduation
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
l Guide each student through high school and graduation into a career All students receive 720 hours of curriculum/classroom contact plus summer school over the 60 month period
l Provide remedial and basic skills training derived from resources in the summer school or community
l Activities aimed at the improvement of study skills
l 12 months of follow-up after graduation
DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL AND WORK BASED LEARNING
EXPERIENCES DURING SUMMER MONTHS
"Early intervention increases student retention" . . . Get Involved!
Georgia Department of Labor 151 Ellis Street Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 (404) 656-5567 (404) 463-0596 (Fax)