ProStart® &
Student Programs
ProStart®
Alaska Contacts:
SARAH SHEPARD
prostart@alaskacharr.com
907-274-8133
800-478-2427
1503 W. 31st Avenue
Suite 202
Anchorage, AK 99503
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to the CHARR office
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STUDENTS
Today's students are the next generation of the hospitality industry. The ProStart® program gives students a head start toward exciting and rewarding careers in the industry, such an executive chef, general manager and restaurant owner.
With the ProStart® Program, students are hired for internships by qualified food service operations. They receive firsthand training from worksite mentors. In the classroom, lessons and activities are used to help students make real-world connections. Practical, lively learning takes place both on the job and in the classroom.
How You Can Benefit:
• Learn life, career and employability skills
• Build relationships with mentors and role models
• Gain exposure to industry leaders
• Receive a national certificate
• Scholarship opportunities including a $2000 ProStart scholarship!
• Earn college credit at state and national culinary and hospitality programs
• Participate in the ProStart® Invitational at state and national levels
• Increase your marketability
Your Responsibilities:
• Take courses like food preparation, business accounting, workplace safety and marketing
• Work in a paid, mentored internship
• Build a relationship with your mentor
• Complete a competency checklist
• Pass the national exams
• Maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 overall
• This program translates into real skills, real knowledge and real jobsNational GoProStart website: http://www.goprostart.com/home.html
ProStart® is a registered trademark of the National Restaurant Assocation Educational Foundation and is used under license by National Restaurant Association Solutions, LLC, a wholly owned subsidary of the National Restaurant Association. Visit the national ProStart® site at www.prostart.restaurant.org.
