Chattanooga, Tennessee - January 31, 2008 Chattanooga State Technical Community College will host Sisters In Business.Net's AYES Youth In Business Training Program as part of its Spring and Summer 2008 Continuing Education and Workforce Development class schedule. (See catalog below) AYES (Alternative Youth Economic Solutions) is designed for youth/young adults 15 and older as a way of supplementing their life and career paths with alternative income options.

Workshop-like classes will provide upbeat, hands-on, and interactive learning, that is results-oriented and offers three diverse certificates: Computer Operations, Office Skills, and Interpersonal Skills Development. Students will create business projects, a professional portfolio, and leverage networking resources to help assure job readiness and a competitive edge in the marketplace. Scholarship funding is also available.

The purpose of AYES is to empower youth as employees and entrepreneurs through education, enrichment, enterprise, employment and economic development. The program also serves to help generate paying positions for students in the form of high-school and college internships, part-time and full-time positions, and entrepreneur business opportunities.

The program, designed and developed by Tekelia Kelly, founder and owner of Sisters In Business.Net and Chattanooga State adjunct Computer Technology instructor, will interface with area businesses seeking to connect with today's young workforce, and offer employment, networking and/or business partnering opportunities.

Businesses will be given the opportunity to serve as subject matter experts on class business projects and applications as they relate to their businesses, and have a platform to demo products and services, share company information, and present job opportunities.

The two-tiered program has a curriculum that can be delivered as tracks themed: "Mind Your Business", which focuses on developing one's business skills for personal life and career; and "Mind Your Own Business", which focuses on developing one's entrepreneur business skills.

Computer technology and business skills training, blended with career development, mentoring, and business community interaction, make for viable alternatives that can empower the socio-economic development and income opportunities of youth. That's 'A Yes'!

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AYES as also seen in Chattanooga State Spring & Summer Schedule, and Blush Magazine February 2008