The tools to help launch careers

Audience: High School Students

Type: Course Curriculum

Description: Craftsman With Character empowers students by connecting high schools with local businesses for job shadowing, while offering a curriculum that emphasizes character development and career exploration.

Availability: Nationwide

Audience: K12 Educators

Type: Professional Development

Description: Our year-long cohort helps educators build STEM culture, apply design thinking, boost engagement through problem-based learning, and create community partnerships to meet local needs.

Availability: OH, MI

Audience: K12 Educators

Type: Character Education Lesson Plans

Description: This free program uses the incredible stories of Medal of Honor recipients to teach courage, commitment, integrity, and patriotism, with activities and worksheets for students of all ages.

Availability: Nationwide

Audience: Middle and High School Students

Type: Summer Manufacturing Camps

Description: NBT offers grants for STEM-focused camps, giving students hands-on industrial experience, building skills for high-tech manufacturing careers in their communities.

Availability: Nationwide

Audience: High School Students

Type: Student-Led Extracurricular Group

Description: PeerForward maximizes the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of students in low-income communities by connecting them to higher education and careers.

Availability: Nationwide

Audience: Middle Grades Students (Grades 5-9)

Type: Online Modules and Offline Activities

Description: This interactive online program integrates STEM into a set of “missions,” where students solve real-world issues while learning about relevant careers and technologies, including a challenge to design a Navy submarine for modern needs.

Availability: AL, AR, FL, ID, IL, LA, MA, MI, OH, SC, TN, & WI

Audience: High School Students

Description: Facilitate the exploration of local career opportunities for your students by connecting them directly to regional industry partners.

Audience: High School Students

Description: Help introduce maritime manufacturing career paths to students by inviting Maritime Industrial Base suppliers and partner organizations to participate in career fairs and employer networking events.

Audience: High School Students

Description: Bring a unique maritime manufacturing point of view to panels with the inclusion of guest speakers from the Maritime Industrial Base and its suppliers and partner organizations.