Organization Details
ClimbHI seeks to inspire students to finish high school and proceed to post-secondary educations or employment by educating them about future career paths and the process necessary to achieve those goals.
ClimbHI has been developed to seek community support to sustain education for students through real-life exposure. Students will be able to pick areas of interest and visit businesses and entities in that field for a guided experience of the operation, the opportunities available, and the requirements to take advantage of the opportunities in the future, all conducted by volunteer professionals from those specific businesses and institutions and ClimbHI. The goal is to take ClimbHi’s sustainable model nationwide, but the initial focus will be on Hawaii.
Opportunity Details
Applications are due by May 6, 2022. Two winners will be selected and notified by May 18, 2022. If you have any questions, please email info@climbhi.org.
Award/Incentive- (2) $1,000 awards to be used for expenses tied to the program (tourism related activities, attractions, transportation, lodging, certification expenses, etc).
Program: Flexible duration based on needs. Please state in your application if you are looking to set up a teacher externship that will require 40 hours minimum to receive credit from the Hawai‘i State Department of Education.
Program Components:
LEI Educator Kick-off Meeting (industry and cultural focus)
ClimbHI Service Excellence Certificate (9 hrs)- Disregard if you have the certificate already
Industry Overview:
- Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association Briefing - overview from HLTA on the importance of Hawai‘i’s tourism industry and what they do as the state’s largest, private sector visitor industry organization
- Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Briefing- what do they do? What resources do they provide for the visitor industry and for education? Additionally, teach the educators how to source tourism data for their classes.
- Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau/Island Visitor Bureau Briefing (meeting with relevant island chapter)-Understand the role of the visitor bureaus.
- Job Shadowing/On-site learning: Educator will spend 1-2 days with a lodging partner and will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in other aspects of the travel industry.
The two scholarship awardees will be paired with members from HLTA’s Women In Lodging & Tourism’s committee.
With prior HLTA and ClimbHI approval, awardees may use their award monies to experience different aspects of the local tourism industry
Educator Requirement for LEI Certificate of Completion:
- Op-Ed that can be submitted for Public Relations
- Not a requirement for the certificate but the educators will be asked to promote the hospitality pathway to their schools and track how many students they had enrolled in hospitality before the program and those that enrolled in the following semester.
Here is the link to the application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5pjeB4B66-7w4pjziKM0CPsBYW6AxOzeKvtfxbJY7yVMKCQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0