Yavapai County Future Ready Council
Interested in Joining the Council?
Contact Danny Brown at the Yavapai County Education Service Agency.
Print/Download a Career Exploration Program Overview
About the Council
The Yavapai County Future Ready Council (YCFRC), established in Spring 2025, is a joint initiative of the Yavapai County Superintendent of Schools, Mountain Institute CTED and the Arizona Business & Education Coalition. Its aim is to connect education, industry, and community partners in strategic approaches to increase opportunities for students and develop and strengthen the county’s future workforce and economy.
Primary goals of the YCFRC are:
- Engaging and aligning leaders from business, education and community in efforts to grow a future-ready workforce throughout the Yavapai County.
- Increasing access to career exploration in the middle grades so that students enter high school with action plans for their education and career through high school and beyond.
- Preparing students with employability skills for a lifetime of success.
YCFRC at Work: The Career Exploration Program
Empowering Yavapai County Schools. Transforming Futures.
Through robust career exploration options, students gain real-world insights and acquire essential, basic skills, exciting them about future career pathways and providing relevancy to their education. The Yavapai County Future Ready Council (YCFRC) Career Exploration pilot program provides students opportunities to:
- Gain exposure to a wide array of careers
- Explore their own interests and passions and develop an understanding of how they translate into future career goals
- Set goals and make plans for achieving them through pathway planning designed to guide them into high school - and beyond.
- Position themselves to make more informed educational choices
- Develop employability skills for a lifetime of success
Interested in being a pilot school or district?
Contact Danny Brown at the Yavapai County Education Service Agency to learn more.
Robust Resources at No Cost to Schools
Schools participating in the pilot program (2025-2026 school year) have access to the following:
- Engaging online resources
- Standards-based curriculum
- Experiential learning
- Professional development for educators
- Implementation guidance/support
A Variety of Options to Meet Local School Needs
Whether you're just beginning or ready to expand, the Yavapai County Future Ready Council career exploration program offers flexible models, tools, curriculum, and guidance to help students explore their interests, discover career pathways, and build their early Education and Career Action Plans (eECAP). We’re ready to support you in implementing the model that works best for your students. The most important thing is to start—and build momentum from there.
A Joint Initiative of
The work of the Yavapai County Future Ready Council is made possible through a founding grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.
