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Students get real experience at IGNITE MT Conference
By Allie Kaiser,
2024-04-25
Roughly 180 students from across Montana are gathering at the Great Northern Hotel in Helena for the Jobs for Montana’s Graduates IGNITE MT Conference.
“Since I’ve joined JMG, I’ve had a lot of fun, and I have figured myself out a lot more. I have gotten out of my comfort zone, and I feel so much better just being myself,” said Morgan Williams, a Paris Gibson Education Center student.
The Jobs for Montana’s Graduates model, or JMG, is used in over 50 middle and high schools and colleges with the goal of helping students achieve their career goals and exposing them to higher education options.
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The state director for JMG, Erica Kazmierowski, said, “It’s always good to be a continual learner. However, that happens for you.”
Students learn how to file paperwork like the FAFSA, how to appropriately get and keep jobs, and leadership and communication skills.
According to JMG, 94% of students who use the model have full-time employment after graduation.
“I believe that this JMG program can help you out a lot with finding out what you want to do,” said Aiden Weisz, a Whitefish Independent High School student.
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Students create three career plans.
A Montana Youth Challenge Academy student, Tyre Walking Eagle, said, “I want to become a Marine, go to college after the Marines [and] study business, and possibly become a smokejumper. There’s a plan B laid out, too, just in case that doesn’t happen.”
Arlee High School student Isadore Mitchell enjoys how JMG allows him to meet new people.
“You definitely get a sense of community by knowing everybody and helping out,” said Mitchell.
The IGNITE MT Conference includes worksite tours like fire rescue training at the Rocky Mountain Emergency Services.
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It also has competitions, workshops, networking, and speakers like Mayor Wilmot Collins and Governor Greg Gianforte.
The conference wraps up tomorrow afternoon with an award ceremony for the IGNITE competitive events.
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