Developing and Practicing
College and Career Skills

Fun and Engaging Activities for
Middle and High School

LearnDoEarn

LearnDoEarn is an initiative that is comprised of unique business simulation games, the School Counts! program and the Almost Real Products online job application experience.

Designed by the business community to help young adults of all abilities build and apply their college and career readiness skills in fun, engaging and safe ways.

Business Simulation Games

LearnDoEarn offers six experiential business simulation games focused on job attainment, situational judgment, time management, employer expectations, financial literacy and college preparation.

Each game can serve up to 50 students at a time and take approximately 90 minutes to complete. Games can be used in class, in after-school or summer programs, or student workshops.

Each LearnDoEarn game contains reusable paper materials, disposable game worksheet originals that can be reproduced in unlimited quantities, and a flashdrive that contains a presentation module with step-by-step game instructions and activities.

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School Counts!

High school students should know that there is a correlation between working hard in school and finding a job.

They need to know that attendance, punctuality, attitude, and effort count and that nothing succeeds like hard work.

Schools implementing the School Counts! program award students one certificate each year of high school that they meet the 4 criteria. Students can use the certificates as evidence of a professional-level work ethic when applying for jobs or to apply for scholarships at select NJ colleges.

  • achieved a 95% attendance and punctuality rate
  • obtained a ‘C’ or better in each course
  • completed school in 8 consecutive semesters (or are on time and on target for graduation)
  • taken more than the minimum number of credits required for graduation

In Cumberland County only, any Cumberland County resident participating in a Cumberland County Career and Technical Education program is eligible for the School Counts! scholarship at Rowan College South Jersey Cumberland (RCSJ-CC) campus if they meet the following criteria:

  • achieve a 95% attendance and punctuality rate
  • maintain a 2.0 average in all coursework
  • completed a CTE certification program at RCSJ-CC

For scholarship information, please visit the RCSJ-CC website.

Almost Real Products

Almost Real Products offers young adults the opportunity to practice completing job applications and take pre-employment tests and surveys in a safe, low-stakes environment.

Teachers can use the instant results to provide guidance and feedback to young adults to help them review deficiencies and close knowledge gaps so that they are better prepared for employment.

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