Pathway students team up with Hastings Tribune
Launch the media gallery 1 playerLast week the graphic design career pathway got the opportunity to meet with Daren Fowler and Laura Beahm. Pathway students are teaming up with Tribune staffers to design a plan to market the Tribune’s new app. This exciting opportunity is giving students the chance to work in the real word to get experience with mentors. Students are practicing their career ready skills by learning how to work professionally with mentors.
“I really enjoy that we get to interact with real life situations and get to work with mentors that give us hands on experiences for later on in life,” said project manager Audrey Fischer.
Students work together on this project to brainstorm ideas that will help the Tribune meets their goal of increased traffic on their new app. The Tribune hopes to prep the students to work with clients. Students plan to create local commercials, advertisements and videos that will be widely used around the Hastings area.
“It is a great experience for the students. They are learning to work with a team to develop a marketing plan that a company will actually use. They are going to have to learn to work in a professional environment, unlike when a teacher is grading the project,” said Mrs. Crystal Hassenstab, pathway instructor.
This project will continue on throughout the year, ensuring students continue learning and growing from working with their mentors. This is just the beginning of students working with mentors and job shadowing professionals to help students get a look into the career that they’ve chosen.