This is a list of current programs your sponsorship can help support!
Programs eligible for EITC
Career Vocational Mentor-Aide Program – This program provideds additonal personnel to help provide information and resources to parents and students in grades Pre-K through 12 in Potter and McKean County schools. The program establishes career paths and connections before students exit from school and to track progress for the first five years after leaving school.
STEM Summer Camps – The Education Council offers several daytime programs to help students gain knowledge in areas of interest, as well as, giving them options to consider for college and careers. These summer programs introduce regional youth (grades 5 – 9) to the many technical STEM-related job opportunities in this region. These programs also educate the parents about these opportunities and local educational providers addressing these needs.
Potter County Youth Leadership – PCYL is designed to develop leadership skills, offer tools to become an active community member, and to gain a better understanding of what Potter County has to offer. The program is offered at no cost to the students. Transportation to and from each session is the responsibility of the school or the student’s family.
Financial Reality Fair - The Financial Reality Fair is a simulation of an adult's financial life that provides youth with an interactive experience for making real world financial decisions and managing money. Participants experience what it is like to have an account at a financial institution, decide how to use their money, obtain a loan, manage debt, and more. For youth, a reality fair can be an eye-opening, exciting, and fun way to build financial knowledge and skills.
Virtual Reality Training - Transfr VR is building classroom-to-career pathways for millions of workers who will be the future of every industry via immersive technologies and in partnership with schools, businesses, and governments.
Early Learning Team – The Education Council’s Early Learning Team hosts a free event for young children and their families to learn more about programs and resources available to them in the county while having fun with lots of games, activities and snacks. Free screenings for hearing, vision, OT, and PT are also offered. The team was successful in bringing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to the youngest residents of Potter County and parts of McKean County. Additionally, the team also holds an annual winter clothing and diaper drive during the holiday season.
Additional Programs
Leadership Potter County – LPC is a yearlong program to develop future local leaders. Over the course of twelve months, LPC will cover important topics that teach participants about their own leadership styles and connect them to valuable resources in the county. Another benefit of the program is meeting, networking and forming relationships with cohort members and county residents in their various roles.
Personal Enrichment Courses – Courses offered include sign language, sewing, photography, watercolors, and many others.