The Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at Erasmus Hall Campus prides itself on providing students with work-based learning experiences through an extensive
network of partnerships. In addition to opportunities in the hospitality industry, students explore a broad range of career options and learn about the education and training requirements for occupations that match their career interests. In this session students will share their experiences and how these have exponentially impacted their college and career choices.
Presenters: Sharifa Alphonso, Adam Breier, Kareen Francis, Niasia Greenidge-James, Raaqima McRae, and Natassia Wallen, AOHT
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Our History
• Initial design process began at NAF Summer
Institute for Professional Development Conference
(San Diego, 2005)
• AOHT Design Team worked diligently until…
AOHT opened its doors to students September
2006
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Our School Demographics
• Our school population is a direct reflection of
the Flatbush community. Most of our students are
first generation immigrants.
• Almost half our students are from families with
income below the poverty line and consequently
qualify for free or reduced cost lunch.
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Our Core Values
COMMUNITY
Members of a strong community work with a sense of belonging, family, and
camaraderie.
RESPECT
Respect for one’s self and others allows for meaningful interactions that build
lifelong relationships.
LEADERSHIP
Leaders set the pace of an organization and model the skills and behaviors
necessary for a team’s success.
GROWTH
Growth is facilitated through continual reflection and action.
RESPONSIBILITY
We earn trust and respect from others when we accept and fulfill our
responsibilities.
SUCCESS
Success comes when we accomplish our personal and professional goals.
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Our Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board, Friends of AOHT:
• Supports us by speaking and recruiting guest
speakers for our annual Career Day
• Assists with preparing students for internships
by conducting mock interviews
• Provides job shadow opportunities
• Provides industry related internships
• Recruits other corporate partners to assist in
guiding students
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Our Partners
• Junior Achievement New York
• Exploring
• W!SE (Working in Support of Education)
• College Now
• Medgar Evers Talent Search
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Junior Achievement of New York (JANY) is a non-
profit organization that connects volunteers with
students in grades K-12.
Through in-class activities, after-school programs,
and workplace experiences, students acquire the
confidence they need to succeed in their future
careers and in life. Junior Achievement of New
York’s mission is to inspire and prepare young
people to succeed in a global economy.
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Junior Achievement New York Activities
• Junior Achievement American Express Job Shadow
• Junior Achievement La Prairie
• ABC Disney - Junior Achievement Job Shadow
• Accenture Junior Achievement International Women’s Day Resume Writing Workshop
• Disney Motion Picture/Junior Achievement Job Shadow
• L’Oreal USA/Junior Achievement of New York Job Shadow
• Junior Achievement High School Heroes
• Junior Achievement of New York Annual Gala
• ING Direct Café
• JANY University at Long Island University
• Young Women’s Leadership Conference at Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft
• Harry Winston Jewelry Job Shadow
• IWC Schaffhausen Annual Christmas Party
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“Get Reel With Your Dreams”
Students with Sade Baderinwa, ABC 7 News Anchor, at Lincoln
Center Institute. They attended acting, photography, wardrobe
and theater workshops.
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Exploring Learning for Life Career Education Program
Developed by The Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts
of America, Exploring is a school-to-career and school-to-
higher education program that delivers worksite-based
learning experiences. Through this program, students learn
about careers at companies, governmental agencies and
community-based organizations. The program at each
company, agency, and organization is based on five areas
of emphasis: career opportunities, life skills, service
learning, character education, and leadership experience.
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We Have Explored Careers at:
• Denihan Hospitality Group
• Smart Technologies
• Silvercup Studios
• Signature Theater
• The Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• New York University Langone Medical Center
• Brookdale University Hospital
• Credit Suisse
• Kings County District Attorney
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Exploring Careers at Signature Theater
AOHT students with Ruben Santiago – Hudson, an American actor
and playwright, who has won national awards for his work in both
areas. He plays Captain Roy Montgomery in ABC's Castle.
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New York City Academies
• Annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day
• Toastmasters International
• American Management Association Annual
Student Conference
• Internships
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AOHT at American Management Association
Annual Student Conference
Student workshops included Interviewing Skills,
Networking Skills, and Business Etiquette
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College Now is CUNY’s largest collaborative
program with the New York City secondary public
school system. The program offers dual
enrollment and college-readiness programs in
more than 350 NYC high schools and enrolls close
to 20,000 students annually. In all, there are
seventeen campus-based College Now programs
which are overseen by a central office. Although
the program varies from school to school and
campus to campus, they are similar in terms of
overall structure, implementation and goals.
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W!SE (Working in Support of
Education)
W!SE’s innovative and exciting programs empower
students with the essential skills and experiences
they need to participate fully in an increasingly
complex global economy.
W!SE has the expertise and experience to
succeed; a long-standing reputation for quality
programs, materials and professional services, and
strong relationships with schools, teachers, and
the private sector.
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Medgar Evers
Educational Talent Search Program
The Educational Talent Search Program was developed through the Higher
Education Act of 1965. The Program identifies low-income and first-generation
college students to provide them with encouragement, support and
assistance.
The mission of Educational Talent Search is, specifically, to identify and
encourage eligible youth in grades six through twelve, and out-of-school youth
up to the age of 27, to finish high school and enroll in post-secondary
education.
Services include small group tutoring, academic and personal counseling,
college campus tours, test taking, time management skills training and
counseling, workplace tours and job shadowing opportunities.
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The Selective Corporate Internship Program (SCIP) is
a six-week program designed to provide a corporate
experience for rising high school juniors and seniors.
During the internship, the students meet with
corporate executives from leading companies,
attend corporate site visits, sharpen their technical
and writing skills, learn about business etiquette,
and much more. SCIP offers a rare inside view of
corporate America. Participants develop lifelong
friendships and the skills and confidence necessary
to fulfill their potential.
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Futures and Options empowers New York City's
underserved youth to explore careers through
career development and paid, mentored
internships.
This program enables New York's underserved
youth to gain much-needed access to the
economic mainstream, work-readiness training,
and support from caring adults.
At the same time, private and nonprofit
businesses are connected to a pipeline of
promising, motivated and diverse young people
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Bottom Line
Bottom Line helps low-income and first-
generation-to-college students get to and through
college.
The program is committed to building strong
connections with students, providing them with
individual support, and ensuring they have the
guidance needed to earn a college degree.
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Internships
• Marriott Downtown New York
• Convene
• SCIP
• New York-Presbyterian Guest Facilities
• McDonald’s
• Legal Momentum
• 34thStreet Partnership
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Cultural and Social Activities
• Field Day
• Black History Celebration
• Spring Unity Festival
• Mix It Up Week
• Community Service
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Another Success Story
Exploring careers in accounting at PriceWaterHouseCoopers
helped Nakesha to decide on her career path. She is
currently an accounting major, with a minor in hospitality, at
Johnson and Wales University, Rhode Island.
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This year, she won 1st Place for Financial Statement Analysis at
the Annual Collegiate DECA International Career Development
Conference in Anahiem, California
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How Can You Ignite Your Students’
Interest and Fuel Their Success?
• Identify and maximize local non-profits
• Junior Achievement is nationwide!
• Most state and college universities have
programs for high school students
• Build partnerships with local business
• Create an Advisory Board
• Involve all constituents
• Use NAF tools and resources
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Contact Information
• Academy of Hospitality and Tourism High
School at Erasmus Hall Campus
911 Flatbush Avenue
Room 1S30
Brooklyn, NY 11226
(718) 564-2580 (phone)
(718) 564-2581 (fax)
• Email:
Adam Breier, Principal: abreier@schools.nyc.gov
Grace Garofolo, Assistant Principal: ggarofo@schools.nyc.gov
Kareen Francis, Business Department Coordinator: kfrancis2@schools.nyc.gov
Hinweis der Redaktion
The JANY Job ShadowProgram provides students with an up-close look at the working world and shows them how the skills they learn in school are put to use in the workplace. Students begin to understand the day-to-day activities of prominent business and senior level leaders and the various staff positions that support them, by spending a day in the workplace observing and asking questions.
Volunteers at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP with students during Junior Achievement University. The JANY University program provides students with the tools to successfully navigate the path from high school to college and beyond. It provides practical life-planning, college readiness, career exploration, and networking opportunities to high school students and exposes them to professional role models. Students learn to research and road-map their own personal vision plan to help them successfully complete the high school to college transition.
In the High School Heroes Program, high school students from the local community serve as powerful role models for younger children. They exemplify the importance of staying in school and giving back to their communities. All Heroes attend at least one training session and are given time to study their Junior Achievement teaching materials well in advance of the event. Heroes work in teams to teach the K–5th grade classes, demonstrating teamwork to the elementary school students. The Heroes are selected by their teachers based on their sense of commitment to school and the success of the program, class participation, behavior, and a desire to mentor younger students.
Two students at Accenture Junior Achievement International Women’s Day Resume Writing Workshop. After students viewed a presentation on resume writing , they applied their newly acquired skills and knowledge to create or improve their resumes with the help of Accenture staff volunteers.
During “Get Reel With Your Dreams” students chatted with Sean Ringgold is an American actor and former bodyguard from Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York. He is best known for his roles as Shaun Evans on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, and as Suge Knight in the Notorious B.I.G. biopic Notorious.
At the culmination of the six-week program, Exploring Careers in Theatre at the Signature Theater, AOHT students had a discussion session with Ruben Santiago - Hudson, who inspired them with his journey from a foster home in Lackawanna to international acclaim. He is an American actor and playwright, who has won national awards for his work in both areas. From 2009 to 2011, he played Captain Roy Montgomery in ABC's Castle. They then viewed the play “My Children, MY Africa,” which is directed by Mr. Santiago.
Business Explorers arrived at Camp Keowa on July 11th for a four day training session at the Greater New York Councils' Ten Mile River Camp in Narrowsburg, NY to learn how to become thriving business professionals while enjoying the camp grounds.With the help of the AT&T Business Academy, and volunteers from American Management Association, the Explorers were taught the essential skills and tools needed to succeed in the business world. This included an introduction to management, how to become a leader, strategic planning, business writing, negotiation, communication and presentation skills.Thanks to AT&T and AMA, the Explorers were given an opportunity to meet and learn with other students and business professionals through this interactive and hands-on educational experience.
Toastmaster participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings and develop skills related to timekeeping, grammar and parliamentary procedure.
Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. There is no instructor in a Toastmasters meeting. Instead, members evaluate one another’s presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program’s success
Financial Literacy Certification Program: Most students drop out of college not because of academic failure but because of personal debt and the fastest growing group filing personal bankruptcy is young people ages 18 to 25. Ww!se’s Financial Literacy Certification Program (FLCP) addresses the urgent need for financial literacy and education. The program provides high school students with access to financial education and the opportunity to become certified financially literate. AOHT students participate in this program and have scored 100 percent, even as freshmen!
The fact is, non-profit organizations need you more than you need them! They simply cannot exist without people to whom they can provide services. Seek out the non-profits in your area and let them know that you want to take advantage of their services. For your part, you will need to be consistent and ensure that your student are consistent and committed. Do not assume that students will attend a program simply because it is good for them; they often do not realize or appreciate the value of these opportunities. Encourage them to attend, force them is you must, and accompany them when possible.
