Opening Doors

At School Perceptions, we’re partnering with school district leaders, educators, researchers, and business professionals to open doors for students.

Our mission: To bridge the gap between education and the workforce, we are helping students discover their passions, explore career opportunities, and connect them with local businesses.

We Are:

✅ Empowering Schools – We help schools build meaningful relationships between middle and high school students and their communities.

✅ Inspiring Students – Through hands-on experiences, business mentorships, and real-world exploration, students gain insights into career paths they might never have considered.

✅ Engaging Businesses – Local companies can support their schools, connect with students, and identify future talent for their industries.

We’re Not Reinventing the Wheel. We’re Making It Run Smoother.

Every day, we work with innovative school districts across the country who are reshaping the way students prepare for life beyond high school. Some of the inspiring initiatives we’ve seen include:

💡 Starting Student-Run School Stores – Teaching students about marketing, sales, finance, and inventory management.

💡 Revamping Teacher Compensation & Evaluation – Aligning school workforce goals with a performance-driven incentive model.

💡 College Partnerships – Helping students explore and participate in college programs while they are in high school.

💡 Local Business Partnerships – Securing community support and donations to fund valuable school programs. Helping students see that exciting job opportunities exist just miles from home—jobs they may never have known about.

 

Introducing the Opening Doors Initiative

We’re sharing insights through the School Perceptions podcast, where we feature conversations with the experts behind these initiatives. We’ll capture their best practices and lessons learned in a comprehensive playbook to give other schools a place to start in pursuing these strategies themselves.

And to make things even easier, we’re integrating the Opening Doors initiative into our School Perceptions student survey software, helping schools seamlessly connect students with local career opportunities.

Let’s open doors together. 🚀