Learning for Success

Mission - We bring volunteers into schools to teach kids about work, and how to be a success - like you!

HISTORY

Incorporated on June 21, 2002, Learning for Success, Inc. (LFS) manages a network of South Florida business and community volunteers and educators who implement The Kids and the Power of Work (KAPOW) (elementary schools) My Future Is Now (MFIN) (secondary schools), SolutionsForChange, LearningFROMSuccess, and Collaborations programs. 

Our programs began with one school and business and 250 students. The program now serves 8000 students annually in 82 elementary, middle and K-8 South Florida schools. More than 400 community volunteers from 150 businesses and 440 educators participate in the program. Seventy percent of the students are minorities (primarily Hispanic and African American) who qualify for free or reduced lunch.

OUR PROGRAMS

⦁ Kids and the Power of Work (KAPOW) for elementary or My Future Is Now (MFIN) for secondary schools: Teach our simple and fun in-school lessons that help students discover different jobs, what it takes to do them, how to connect their skills and abilities with a future job, and the skills necessary for success in any job, like positive work habits, communication and decision-making. Bring students to your workplace or one that we secure for real-life work experiences to culminate the program.

⦁ LearningFROMSuccess: Deliver a special one-time presentation or record an interview to share your career path, and the challenges you faced and overcame to succeed in work, and life.

⦁ SolutionsForChange: Interview with middle and high school students regarding social justice issues, who then create "Plans for Change" that they can present via service learning projects.