Iowa Jobs for Americaโ€™s Graduates

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Iowa Jobs for Americaโ€™s Graduates Visit iJAG.org to see how you can donate or get involved.

The bridge between education and the workplace who partners with schools to unlock student potential, build the future and invest in the next generation of leaders. iJAG is needed now more than ever to graduate students and prepare them for success in the workforce and life. iJAG is the premier non-profit organization connecting business and education to provide the most cost-effective dropout prevention and school to career solutions in Iowa. Students in the iJAG program have trouble making it in a conventional classroom because of the distractions and barriers at home, outside the classroom or even inside the classroom. Relying on real-world, project-based instructional methods and an unconventional approach to personal connections with students, the iJAG teaching specialists work within conventional learning environments to help remove barriers and show students how to achieve the next step of their career or education.

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐ข๐‰๐€๐† ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ Atlantic High SchoolThese students ...
10/25/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ€“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐ข๐‰๐€๐† ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ Atlantic High School

These students are stepping into leadership roles where they'll have opportunities to grow their skills, inspire their peers, and make a difference in their school and community.

๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!

โญ President: Hope Mathis
โญ VP of Leadership Development: Tino Terry
โญ VP of Career Development: Trinadee Conrad
โญ VP of Civic Engagement: Cadence Reed
โญ VP of Service Learning: Zoey Cantrell
โญ Secretary/Treasurer: Kenadie Krause
โญ Historian: Justen Guzman
โญ Social Media Coordinator: Gabriella Simons

We're proud of these students for taking the next step in their leadership journeys and can't wait to see what they accomplish alongside iJAG Career Education Specialist Dawn Walton!

๐Ÿ’™ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’•! Atlantic Community School District

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐‰๐€๐†? ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง.There isn't just one reason iJAG exists. There are more t...
10/24/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐‰๐€๐†? ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง.

There isn't just one reason iJAG exists. There are more than ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ!

Every student brings something different to the classroom. Different strengths. Different dreams. Different challenges. And different ideas about what comes next.

At iJAG, we believe there's no single path to success.

๐ŸŽ“ College
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Apprenticeships and credentials
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Military service
๐Ÿ’ผ Entering the workforce

Whatever their goals, we're here to help students discover their potential, explore their options, and take that next step with confidence.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•. ๐‘ต๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’•.

It's why we do what we do, every single day.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐ข๐‰๐€๐† ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!They have questions about the work, the tr...
10/24/2026

๐Ÿ—๏ธ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐ข๐‰๐€๐† ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!

They have questions about the work, the training, and what it takes to get started. And who better to answer those questions than the professionals doing the work every day?

This Careers in Construction Month, we're inviting industry professionals to visit an iJAG classroom, share their experiences, and help students discover what's possible.

๐Ÿ’ก What's one skill students can start building today? What training opportunities are available? What does an entry-level career look like?

Sometimes, all it takes is one conversation to help a student see their next step.

๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’? Reach out today: iJAG.org/Get-Involved

๐Ÿ’ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ? ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.Behind every iJAG student is a community of people who believe in ...
10/23/2026

๐Ÿ’ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ? ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

Behind every iJAG student is a community of people who believe in their potential. ๐Ÿ’™

Educators who encourage. Employers who open doors. Donors and volunteers who give back. Families who cheer them on.

As a nonprofit, iJAG relies on these incredible partnerships to help students across Iowa prepare for graduation and everything that comes next.

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž? Tag them below and let them know! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ’™ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.Our Centerville High School iJAG students had some amazing visitors in Sept...
10/23/2026

๐Ÿ’™ ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.

Our Centerville High School iJAG students had some amazing visitors in September!

๐Ÿ‘ A HUGE thank you to ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ for stopping by our iJAG classrooms to share their stories, experiences, and advice about following your passions!

๐Ÿฅ Claire talked about her career as a nurse at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital.

๐Ÿƒ Kalen shared his journey running track at Indian Hills Community College and the University of Iowa and his pursuit of a professional track career.

From college experiences to career goals, students got to hear firsthand that everyone's path looks a little different, and that's what makes exploring your future so exciting!

iJAG Career Education Specialist, Elizabeth Hargrave, loved seeing the students' interest spark during these conversations! โœจ

๐Ÿค— Thank you, Kalen and Claire, for taking the time to inspire our Centerville Community Schools students and show them what's possible!

๐Ÿ’™ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ!Every student deserves opportunities to discover their streng...
10/22/2026

๐Ÿ’™ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ!

Every student deserves opportunities to discover their strengths, explore careers, and build confidence in their future. Making that possible takes a community.

iJAG President & CEO Dr. Wendy Mihm-Herold joined host Emily Abbas, Kate Bennett of United Way of Central Iowa, and Melanie Campbell of the Des Moines Public Schools Foundation on the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ podcast to discuss how partnerships help young people succeed.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Listen to ๐‘จ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’ โ€“ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐‘ต๐’†๐’™๐’•: BankersTrust.com/CommunityDifferenceMakers

๐ŸŽฅ Watch: https://youtu.be/E8enzwPE61k

Thank you, United Way of Central Iowa and Bankers Trust Company, for creating space for this conversation about building brighter futures for students and stronger communities across Iowa!

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜'๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜Our Riverside High School iJAG students in Oakland have been hard at work planning their Career Fair, a...
10/22/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜'๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜

Our Riverside High School iJAG students in Oakland have been hard at work planning their Career Fair, and today they got to see those efforts come to life! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Students spent the morning connecting with local professionals, asking questions, and discovering the many career opportunities available right here in their community.

But here's what makes this event even more special: ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’Š๐‘ฑ๐‘จ๐‘ฎ ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’! ๐Ÿ’™

From planning and teamwork to leadership and communication, they've been putting important career-readiness skills into action.

๐Ÿ‘ A HUGE thank you to all the businesses and community members who took time out of their day to connect with our students!

You aren't just sharing information about careers. You're helping young people see the possibilities for their futures, including opportunities close to home.

๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ, ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐‰๐€๐†! ๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! Riverside Community School District

๐ŸŽƒ ๐’๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Š๐˜ ๐…๐”๐ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐’ ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐!Our Maquoketa Community School District iJAG students got into the Halloween spiri...
10/21/2026

๐ŸŽƒ ๐’๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Š๐˜ ๐…๐”๐ ๐Œ๐„๐„๐“๐’ ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“ ๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐!

Our Maquoketa Community School District iJAG students got into the Halloween spirit by lending a hand at Camp Courageous!

Students helped set up the Haunted Corn Maze and other events, putting their creativity, teamwork, and leadership skills to work along the way. ๐ŸŒฝ

We love seeing our students roll up their sleeves, work together, and give back to the communities that support them!

๐Ÿ’™ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ, ๐Œ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐š ๐ข๐‰๐€๐†! We're proud of the difference you're making!

And a HUGE thank you to Camp Courageous for welcoming our students and giving them the opportunity to help bring these fun events to life!

๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ’™ ๐‚๐‹๐€๐‘๐Š๐’๐•๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„ ๐ข๐‰๐€๐† ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐…๐…๐„๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐„!From planting trees to helping families in need, our Clarksville iJ...
10/19/2026

๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ’™ ๐‚๐‹๐€๐‘๐Š๐’๐•๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐„ ๐ข๐‰๐€๐† ๐’๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐…๐…๐„๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐„!

From planting trees to helping families in need, our Clarksville iJAG students are finding meaningful ways to give back to their community!

The Butler County Eclipse recently highlighted their involvement in hands-on environmental education and an upcoming clothing drive to benefit local families.

And while they're making a positive impact, they're also building valuable skills like teamwork, leadership, responsibility, and compassion.

This is what iJAG is all about! Helping students discover their strengths while learning that they have the power to make a difference.

๐Ÿ‘ We're so proud of our Clarksville CSD students for putting kindness and leadership into action! Clarksville High School Indian IJAG

๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ:

CLARKSVILLE โ€” Students involved in Clarksville's Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (iJAG) program are making a difference in their community through hands-on environmental education and an upcoming clothing drive aimed at helping local families in need.Recently, Clarksville iJAG students participa...

๐Ÿš€ ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐€๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐“๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐€๐“ ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐Ž๐“๐“! ๐Ÿ’™North Scott iJAG students recently joined their Career Education Speciali...
10/18/2026

๐Ÿš€ ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐€๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐“๐€๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐€๐“ ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐Ž๐“๐“! ๐Ÿ’™

North Scott iJAG students recently joined their Career Education Specialist and Regional Supervisor for ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, a hands-on STEM experience filled with creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving!

Students explored manufacturing and engineering concepts by building, testing, and trying new approaches to tackle team challenges. ๐Ÿ™Œ

And while they were having fun, they were also developing valuable skills they'll use in future careers!

Experiences like these help students discover their strengths, explore new interests, and imagine career possibilities they may not have considered before.

Who knows? One challenge today could inspire a future engineer, innovator, or manufacturing professional!

๐Ÿญ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก! North Scott Community School District

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