Syracuse youth can learn professional skills through the Skills Win! program, which has its third
session this Thursday at the Syracuse police station.
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Elisa Flynn, Reporter: Skills Win!, an SU non-profit, teaches skills not covered in the classroom. COO Abigail Jones shares some of the program’s curriculum.
Abigail Jones, COO: “The Skills Win program is an organization providing skill development opportunities, these include being able to type fast, doing time management, public speaking, and working with teams.”
Elisa Flynn, Reporter: This week, the program will focus on Excel. Skills Win Site Manager Stella Vanbeveren finds this particularly important for college.
Stella Vanbeveren, Site Manager: “The Skills Win program offers a lot of opportunities that are not offered in schools, I know, like, my school we did not focus on Excel at all, and then I got to college and everything was Excel, like I needed to learn how to use Excel.”
Elisa Flynn, Reporter: All Syracuse children are eligible to join the free program, and you can learn more by contacting the Syracuse Police Department.
Elisa Flynn, NCC News.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — The Skills Win! Program, a non-profit run by SU students, offers training in professional skills to Syracuse youth. This Thursday will mark the third session of the Skills Win! Program, which takes place at the Syracuse Police Department. Participants, ranging from 11 to 15 years old, can practice skills such as time management, typing, public speaking, and Excel.
Skills Win! COO Abigail Jones says that partnering with the police department’s youth program, Syracuse Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL) allows SU students “to be able to get more engaged with the community.”
The program’s goal is to equip students with “skills that [students] will be using throughout “their high school experiences and into the job force,” says Jones.
Skills Win! teaches mostly at local high schools, such as PSLA at Fowler and Institute of Technology Central. Site Manager Stella Vanbeveren says that Skills Win! “adapted the level to be age-appropriate” for the members of PAL.
However, some skills are taught regardless of age, such as Excel. “[At] my school we did not focus on Excel at all, and then I got to college and everything was Excel,” says Vanbeveren. “I needed to learn how to use Excel.”
All Syracuse youth are eligible to join this free program through PAL. While there is no official age limit, children aged 11-15 are encouraged to join. You can learn more by contacting the Syracuse Police Department.