Classroom Plus

Bridging the gap between lessons learned in the classroom and skills utilized in the workplace.

Program Overview

BestPrep’s Classroom Plus is a program where business professionals and educators collaborate to bring business and career skills to students. Bridging the gap between lessons learned in the classroom and skills utilized in the workplace, this hands-on program brings speakers into classrooms, and includes mock interviews and workplace tours.

Volunteer

Educator

Top

Volunteer

Classroom Plus focuses on ensuring students understand the essential business and career skills needed for success. The program is always seeking enthusiastic volunteers. You decide the level of commitment and geographic areas in which you’d like to focus your volunteer efforts; a Classroom Plus staff member will contact you when we receive requests from educators that fit your criteria. There are three ways to get involved:

Classroom Speaker

Provide lessons in business and career skills through classroom presentations.

Mock Interviewer

Conduct mock interviews in high school classrooms to enhance students’ interviewing skills.

Tour Guide

Guide classes through interactive tours of your company or place of work.

 

Register to Volunteer

Please complete our volunteer registration form to be added to our database.
Form

 

Top

Educator

Classroom Plus helps students connect their classroom learning to real-world applications while exposing them to positive community role models. There are many ways to engage volunteers with your students:

Classroom Speaker
Request a business volunteer to give a classroom presentation to your students on topics related to business and career skills. Click here to view a list of Classroom Plus commonly requested topics. New topics are always welcome.
Request
Mock Interviews
Practicing interviewing skills is a great opportunity for your students. Business volunteers come to your classroom to give your students the experience of a job interview while providing feedback.
Request
Workplace Tour
Local companies open their doors to your class to give them a firsthand look at the workplace.
Request
Career Day

Organized by BestPrep, Career Days bring three to four classrooms of students from different schools to a company to engage in a company overview and small group sessions on various careers. Please note limited space is available each school year. Contact Laura Marvin Nelson for more information.

Other

The Classroom Plus staff is happy to work with you to meet your unique classroom volunteer requests. If you would like to partner with Classroom Plus on a special project, please contact Laura Marvin Nelson.

Top