The activities in this guide reinforce the Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond by Junior Achievement goals by providing adults with proactive strategies, emphasizing the value of education, promoting a balanced work and family life, and sharing future vision. The addition of this year’s theme, For A New Generation, provides a scaffold for the different activities. The activities focus on three different concepts: skill, career, and teambuilding. The guide can be used in whatever way meets your needs.

The activities in this guide reinforce the Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond by Junior Achievement goals.

Skill building activities increase students’ self-knowledge and soft skills.

Career building activities broaden participants’ knowledge of careers available to them and often allow them to interact with employees at the job site.

Team building activities combine soft skills and career development skills to emphasize teamwork.

This toolkit has a checklist of things you may want to do leading up to the event, and a sample excused absence form for communication with local schools. Sample activities to provide you with ideas to implement the program at your workplace can be found in the For A New Generation facilitator guide for grades 2–5 and the student guide for grades 6–12.

Use this template to recognize participation in Take A Child to Work Day and Beyond.