MY EDGE
What do you bring?
Students discover what they're good at, explore their strengths, connect those strengths to careers and opportunities, and learn how to communicate what they bring to the table.
- Discover
- Explore
- Apply
Career and business classes · Grades 6-12
NXTLEVEL BUILD
Discover what you bring. Build what you imagine.
BUILD helps young people discover their strengths and turn ideas into action in two hands-on classes: a strengths and careers class, MY EDGE, and a young entrepreneur class, YOUNG CEO.
Grades 6-12 · 12-Week Courses · 24-Week BUILD Experience
What your student gets
- SociallyWorks on a team, gives and gets feedback, and meets real professionals.
- In schoolSolves problems, builds prototypes, and learns to present an idea clearly.
- After high schoolKnows their strengths, which careers fit them, and has work samples to show.
Two ways to BUILD
YOUNG CEO
What can you build?
Students turn ideas into action through creativity, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and real-world experiences. As they progress, they learn to create, develop, pitch, market, and launch their ideas.
- Imagine
- Create
- Build
Built to grow with you
These aren't one-time classes. Students can come back every year from grade 6 to 12, and new students can start at any grade.
See every grade
MY EDGE
- Grade 6: Discover
- Grade 7: Try It
- Grade 8: Find Your Fit
- Grade 9: Skill Up
- Grade 10: Career Lab
- Grade 11: Stand Out
- Grade 12: Own It
YOUNG CEO
- Grade 6: Imagine
- Grade 7: Create
- Grade 8: Pitch
- Grade 9: Startup
- Grade 10: Hustle
- Grade 11: Founder
- Grade 12: Launch
Choose your BUILD experience
12 weeks
Choose your experience
Take MY EDGE or YOUNG CEO.
24 weeks
Get the full BUILD experience
MY EDGE + YOUNG CEO = BUILD
Know what you bring. Then see what you can build with it.
What BUILD looks like
- Discover strengths
- Explore careers
- Solve problems
- Create
- Prototype
- Collaborate
- Build brands
- Develop ideas
- Pitch
- Meet professionals
- Test ideas
- Get feedback
- Build something real
What students walk away with
Real experiences and things they made, not just a finished class. Depending on grade and course, students may develop:
- A clearer picture of their strengths
- Career awareness
- Transferable skills
- Professional communication skills
- Business and entrepreneurial skills
- Products and prototypes
- Business concepts
- Brands and pitches
- Portfolios and work samples
- Real-world problem-solving experience
- Confidence communicating what they can do
Flexible by design
BUILD can be offered through:
- Schools
- Community Organizations
- After-School Programs
- Summer Programs
- Homeschool Groups
- NXTLEVEL Cohorts
- Grades 6-12
- 12-Week Standalone Experiences
- 24-Week Full BUILD Experience
- In-Person + Virtual Options
What will you BUILD?
Whether a young person is discovering their strengths or developing their next big idea, BUILD gives them a place to start, and somewhere to keep growing.