“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
-Peter Drucker
Course Description
This class is designed to give you 'WORKING world' experience in industry while you create your own personal brand. Students who complete this class should have a professional level portfolio as well as marketing material that can be used to develop a personal business. This class is the capstone class for the HBHS Entrepreneurship certificate and offers weighted credit.
What we focus on:
- Professional Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity)
- Branding Yourself (Logo, Business Card, Website, Social Media, etc.)
- Building a Professional Portfolio
- Networking
- Career Exploration and Preparation
Course Overview
Who should take this class
This class is aimed for the student that wants a fast-paced 'Working world' experience that provides FOR endless growth and professional opportunities. You don't do assignments for a teacher in here. You do them for a real client and you do them for yourself. If a project doesn't benefit you as a growing professional and/or the program as a whole, we aren't going to waste our time doing it.
Our Brand
Over the past 10 years, HBHS Photography generated over $90,000 through various jobs and projects that are completed entirely by our students. This money helps us purchase new equipment and also offer student scholarships. we are expanding now and are no longer focused solely on digital media and photography. our new hbhs business & design program means we are going to take this same professional framework and open it up to all industries so that you have a place to start building the future that works for you!
Required Equipment
- None
- We have everything you need to create amazing work
- Some students have their own gear but whatever you need, we probably have
- We have new iMacs, Adobe Creative Cloud, Canon DSLRs, GoPros and a lot more...
- Podcast Studio
- Digital Photography Studio
Policies and Procedures
- Read and agree to the Technology Usage Contract
- Be Professional
- Be Respectful
- Be On Time
- Ask Questions
- If you don’t understand something, it is your responsibility to ask a classmate or the instructor for help in a timely manner
Your Brand
In addition to developing professional skills throughout the year, you will also be establishing your footprint as a young entrepreneur. this means you will be working on real projects for real audiences that you can use as evidence of your experience as you transition out of a school setting.
This class is not just an elective, it is a career technology course where you should develop professional skills and create concrete evidence to demonstrate that to the world. We want you to be employable in a skilled profession by the time you are done with the class, if not sooner. Most students in this class actually land paid jobs from local businesses and individuals that go beyond the normal coursework.
Personal Logos
Dynamic Resumes
No matter what industry you end up going into, being able to brand yourself and powerfully display your skills will help get you the job of your dreams. Why not start practicing and developing those abilities now?