Your goals.A partnership to match.

Bring your industry into the classroom, build a custom learning experience, or find the right opportunity in your community.

Four ways to start. Choose the partnership that fits your goals, your audience, and the impact you want to make.

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Students working together on a hands-on WhyMaker activity.
Real industries. Real classrooms.

Choose your starting point.

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Package 1 / Engage students

Classroom Experience

Inspire early interest in your industry with a live, hands-on classroom or community experience delivered by a WhyMaker educator at a site your organization selects.

$5,000Up to 150 students
  • 5 workshops in one day
  • 5 classroom material packs
  • Led by a WhyMaker educator
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Classroom Experience

What's included

  • One full day of in-person lessons led by a WhyMaker educator at your selected school or community setting
  • 5 workshops for up to 150 students
  • 5 classroom material packs, one per workshop
  • Choose one lesson: Solar Installer, Energy Services Engineer, or Battery Scientist

What your organization provides

  • Introduction to your school or community partner contact for coordination

Best for

Organizations building early career awareness through visible community engagement and memorable classroom experiences.

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Package 2 / Find your direction

Community Needs Assessment

Strategic research that tells you what already exists, what's needed, and where your organization can make the biggest impact.

$7,5002–3 strategy & checkpoint meetings
  • Community research & validation
  • Gaps and opportunities mapped
  • Strategic recommendation report
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Community Needs Assessment

What's included

  • Comprehensive community landscape research
  • A customized assessment of your target market
  • Outreach and validation with schools, districts, workforce organizations, and partners
  • Analysis of community priorities and unmet needs
  • Gap and opportunity assessment
  • Final strategic recommendation report
  • 2–3 strategy and checkpoint meetings

What your organization provides

  • Introduction to your school or community partner contact for coordination

The outcome

Direct insight into stakeholder needs, validated opportunities for impact, and a clear recommendation for the most effective path forward.

Best for

Organizations validating community needs before they fund or build a program.

100% customized to your market.

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Package 3 / Make it your own

Custom STEM Activity Kit

Create a custom activity kit designed around your company, your mission, or a specific business priority to showcase career pathways and workforce awareness.

$10,000Custom design & development
  • Custom activity concept & design
  • Branded educational content
  • Student-facing instructions

Physical activity kits sold separately.

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Custom STEM Activity Kit

What's included

  • Custom concept development
  • An engaging hands-on activity aligned to your goals
  • Branded educational content tied to your organization
  • Student-facing instructions
  • Activity design for classrooms, community events, or at-home use

What your organization provides

  • A subject matter expert to guide content development
  • A general topic or focus area

Best for

Organizations seeking a branded activity tailored to a community impact or workforce objective.

The $10,000 covers design and development. Physical activity kits and materials are sold separately.

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Package 4 / Equip educators

Educator Training Program

Reach up to 600 students by empowering educators to deliver this learning themselves, through a full-day, in-person professional development session.

$20,000Reach: up to 600 students
  • Training for up to 20 educators
  • 20 classroom material packs
  • Full-day professional development
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Educator Training Program

What's included

  • One full-day, in-person professional development session led by a WhyMaker facilitator
  • Training for up to 20 educators across all three lessons: Solar Installer, Energy Services Engineer, and Battery Scientist
  • 20 classroom packs, one per teacher, aligned to one selected lesson
  • Teacher recruitment and registration support
  • CTLE credits for participants
  • Materials for the session

What your organization provides

  • Venue
  • Food and beverages
  • Teacher recruitment, with support from WhyMaker

Best for

Organizations seeking broader reach, longer-term classroom impact, and a scalable teacher-led model.

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Not sure which fits? Talk through your goals with us.

A young person considering their future in a technical field.
Every industryis feeling the workforce pressure.

The problem you face.

Your industry's next generation needs more than a first job. It needs a way to understand the work, build relevant skills, and see a future in your field.

The experience and skills gap

Today's graduates may have a diploma, but many lack the contextual thinking, applied problem-solving, or hands-on experience needed to thrive in your industry's specific environments.

A disappearing pipeline of workers

From aging workers to unfilled positions, nearly every industry is feeling the pressure. Young people aren't entering your field fast enough, or at all.

Disinterest and misperception

Many students and parents see your industry or brand as outdated or irrelevant. Without early exposure, those perceptions narrow your hiring pool and disrupt momentum for your brand.

Outcomes you can expect from working with us.

Connect your investment in education to the people, communities, and future your business depends on.

AwarenessInterestAlignment

We turn curiosity into career alignment by introducing your industry early and often across K–12 learning pathways. Co-created, branded programs authentically reflect your mission while engaging students.

Students engaged in an equitable, hands-on learning activity.
Impact

CSI and CSR impact

Support equity in access to opportunity while delivering measurable results for your corporate social responsibility goals. Your content helps close the gap between classroom learning and the practical life skills students need.

A community event bringing an industry partner into a school.
Reputation

Public relations & community engagement

Be seen as an education partner, not just an employer. Your investment in students and schools tells a compelling story for your team and your brand, through hands-on experiences that build connection without overwhelming schools.

A student discovering a real-world career pathway.
Workforce

Talent cultivation

Give students the inspiration, skills, and purpose to pursue careers in your field long before graduation. Co-designed content reflects local workforce demands and introduces students to real-world careers early and often.

Students collaborate on a hands-on activity during a WhyMaker community program.
Built around your world. Made for theirs.

Need something more tailored?

If your goals go beyond these program options, we can build a custom engagement around your audience, industry, and business priorities.

  • Custom lesson plans

    Give students a clear view into real career pathways in your industry through lesson plans designed around your company, your mission, and your workforce needs.

  • Internship-style & real-world programs

    Help students experience what it's like to work in your industry through hands-on, multi-week programs that simulate real-world careers.

  • Certification-based STEM training

    Equip students with practical skills and real credentials through specialized STEM training, such as drone certifications, tied directly to career opportunities in your industry.

Explore a custom partnership

Explore the lessons in Package 1.

Classroom Experience includes your choice of one of these three career-focused lessons. Preview the available free lesson plans below.

Free lesson plan

Solar Installer

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Free lesson plan

Energy Services Engineer

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Free lesson plan

Battery Scientist

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Start with your goals.
Let's find the right fit.

Whether you have a specific program in mind or a question about where to begin, let's talk about your audience, your priorities, and the difference you want to make.

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