Posts by Amy Carrier
What’s Your Mantra? Amy speaks with Albert Nashon
Nairobi-based Youth Entrepreneurship mentor teacher in my Global Classroom, Albert Nashon, believes everyone should have a mantra to help them in their journey of life. I absolutely agree! Watch this 2 minute video of me chatting with Albert to learn why. And tell me, what is your mantra?
Read MoreWe Need More Innovators – I Know Where To Find Them
Not only is the innovation/start-up/incubator world a significant sector of the global and many local economies, as the source of new business, it is also the best indicator to show us what our future will look like. Unfortunately for all of us, growth in this sector has been slowing. As an educator, I am concerned with preparing…
Read MoreJoin my Team! Let’s DISRUPT Education and (Un)Employment!
Want to SOLVE the IMPENDING #UnemploymentCrisis? Want to #DisruptEducation? JOIN MY START-UP TEAM! For the past 9 months I have been building an experiment – a global virtual classroom to prove 2 things: That it is not only viable to teach students #EmployabilitySkills, they are begging for a new way to learn these skills that…
Read MoreStop Saying Education is the Solution to Poverty
I have spent my career in the field of education, spanning the United States and several parts of the world. So often, I have heard leaders, “experts” and institutions make the claim that “education is the key to ending poverty.” This is only part of the answer and it will not work alone. There are…
Read More6 Things We Can Do To Help Aleppo, Syria
In a Facebook Live Video, Amy Carrier talked about what we can do to help our brothers and sisters in Aleppo, Syria. Watch: 6 Things We Can Do To Help Aleppo, Syria. Follow Amy on Facebook, Subscribe on YouTube. Live Streamed on Dec 17, 2016 Amy’s Facebook Live engaged an initial audience of 1600+ for her discussion…
Read MoreWhy the Future Depends on YOU Not Comparing Yourself To Anything
One of the most important lessons we are not teaching young people and we MUST: COMPARE YOURSELF TO NO ONE. EVER. We are not meant to have the same life experiences as the next person. We are not meant to hold ourselves up to societally driven standards. In comparing ourselves to others, we are willingly…
Read More10 Steps: LEAP That Transition Gap From Student to Adult
Here are 10 things all students MUST do in order to be prepared to make the leap from school to life in the real world. The world is more connected than ever. The entire landscape of employment and college acceptance is such that young people are competing for jobs and college acceptance in an ecosystem…
Read MoreMeet Career Coach Amy Carrier
Career Coaching Services for Adults & Teens Provided by Amy Carrier Meet Coach Amy: For over ten years I have been a career adviser and life coach to hundreds of people. I also work as an activist for including entrepreneurship, career and life skills readiness programming in the education system through my personal passion, Empowerment…
Read MoreThe Path to Wisdom is Paved with Mistakes: Teaching Children Self-Trust
It’s true: The path to wisdom is paved with mistakes. You and I know this because we are adults and we have made our fair share of mistakes. We have gained wisdom and knowledge from those mistakes, and with that, a level of confidence in ourselves. It is very fair to say that mistakes are…
Read MoreFive Key Post-Secondary Preparations
Bridging The Greatest Opportunity Divide The heart of Amy Carrier’s model and mission. This work is copyrighted 2012-2016 © Perhaps the greatest opportunity divide that exists for all American K-12 public school students is the unsupported transition between high school and adulthood. Students are ill-prepared and sent into the world without adequate knowledge, skills, and…
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