Apprenticeship | Mentorship | Entrepreneurship
By Mike Cheney, AME Program director
First, we should start by defining entrepreneur.
According to Google, “entrepreneur” comes from the 13th century French verb entreprendre, meaning to do something or to undertake. I think of the term as referring to someone who takes responsibility and authority over an enterprise and its results – usually someone who owns a business.
You may think that apprenticeship and higher education are opposites – choose one or the other. But not so! Depending on your chosen field, a college education may be necessary, and that doesn’t leave mentorship out of it.
Mentorship can happen concurrently with college studies, as it has for decades in fields such as law, medicine, and politics. With some students, mentorship will provide all the training a young person needs to be prepared; with others, a college degree may be necessary.
You’ve probably seen that we’ve had several events in Kansas City lately … and that’s because we now have a KC branch to the AME Program.
AME was founded in 2007 by Christian Home Educators of Colorado to provide families with resources and training for young people beyond high school. Since then, AME has hosted conferences, seminars, and trainings across the country. We also offer resources through our website, including an informative blog, apprenticeship/mentorship database, and email updates about top apprenticeship opportunities. (Learn more about AME here.)
Check out this new opportunity just added to the AME database of apprenticeship openings.
American Mountain Supply (AMS) manufactures high quality soft goods for the hunting and shooting industries. AMS has manufactured outdoor gear 100% in America for over 35 years. The production facility operates in the shadow of Longs Peak, in Longmont Colorado.
AMS is seeking someone to fill the position of Sewing Production Leader, working as part of the sewing staff and quickly grow into a position of leadership within the sewing department. With company sales increasing at a rapid rate, production needs are expanding, and it’s an exciting time to join the company!
Check out this new opportunity just added to the AME database of apprenticeship openings.
Colorado Cockatoos, located in Parker, Colorado, is a small, family owned avicultural breeding facility with state-of-the-art indoor facilities that keep birds sheltered from the low temperatures and predators in the Colorado foothills. Each one of the family takes a part in raising strong and healthy birds for placement in loving homes or for breeding programs. They specialize in cockatoo species that are relatively rare, quiet and colorful.
Colorado Cockatoos is seeking someone to fill an apprenticeship position as a Psittacine Caretaker. The goal of this apprenticeship would be to equip the individual to be able to start and grow their own avicultural business.
By Mike Cheney, AME Program Director
In the 250 years since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, when the fragmenting of the family into individual units of labor began in earnest, the concepts of apprenticeship and mentorship have largely disappeared from the American culture.
The common practice of children being trained up for their lives’ work by parents, relatives and like-minded friends has been replaced by another sort of vocational orientation which might or might not teach the basic skills of the job but which severely lacks the training in wisdom and knowledge of the foundational type, the wisdom of God.
By Mike Cheney, AME Program Director
In the 250 years since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, when the fragmenting of the family into individual units of labor began in earnest, the concepts of apprenticeship and mentorship have largely disappeared from the American culture. The common practice of children being trained up for their lives’ work by parents, relatives and like-minded friends has been replaced by another sort of vocational orientation which might or might not teach the basic skills of the job but which severely lacks the training in wisdom and knowledge of the foundational type, the wisdom of God.
