On Thursday, April 24, Lincoln Learning Solutions participated in Bring Your Child to Work Day, hosting 30 children of employees. This marks the first Bring Your Child to Work event in the five years since the pandemic. Children ranged in age from 4 to 17.
The Executive Team at Lincoln Learning sees the importance of the event and were happy to bring it back.
“It’s important for kids to understand what their parents do. It’s also important for them to explore different career paths," Billie Morrison, Director of Human Resources said.
After breakfast provided by Lincoln Learning, children were split into small groups for tours of the various departments within the organization.
The tours began with the Executive Team meeting each group to explain how every department contributes to the overall operation of the company. From there, groups visited all departments, including Media, where they were photographed on the greenscreen and added to a video project.
Nathan Sadler, 14, said he found the Media Department to be most interesting.
“I learned how they use different software platforms like Adobe to edit the videos,” Nathan said. He is the son of Casey Sadler who heads up Lincoln’s Training Team.
Groups also visited Academic Affairs for a science lesson on planting with the Instructional Services Team. From there, they learned about payroll, spending, and planning in the Finance Department.
Next, they traveled to Business Development where they learned how Marketing helps to spread the word about Lincoln’s courses and services and how Sales offers demonstrations and travels to conferences around the country to meet potential clients. They also learned about how the Client Success and Training Teams both work to help answer client questions and teach clients how to make learning with Lincoln fun and engaging for students.
Charleigh Book, 15, said she enjoyed learning more about the Business Development Department, which her mom, Dr. Rachel Book, oversees.
“I know a lot more about my mom’s department. She gets to try to meet people and help the students,” Charleigh said. “I like knowing how much my mom does and how hard everyone here works to give us the education we need.”
Students also met with the Facilities Department for a hands-on demonstration of how to hang photos, patch holes, and use power tools to make jobs faster and easier. These demonstrations were a favorite among kids.
“I really liked Maintenance because I got to put wires together and fixed the (paint) patches,” Kenzie Costlow, 8, said. Her mom, Nicole Costlow, works in the Marketing Department.
Finally, groups visited the Information Technology (IT) team to learn how to stay safe online in addition to getting a hands-on demonstration of how to take a laptop apart to add memory.
Livia Chambers, 13, said IT was her favorite stop of the day.
“I thought IT was interesting because I’ve never seen the inside of a computer before,” Livia said. “I liked learning about all the different parts and the memory of the computer.” Livia’s mom, Ashley Walters, works in Finance.
Other highlights of the day included a meet-and-greet from Paul Anthony Dog Training and four therapy dogs, Otis, Gunner, Maggie, and Bella. The Hopewell Township Police Department also visited the office to let children see the inside of a police car.
Dairy Queen in Cranberry added a cherry on top of the day by donating and delivering ice cream sundaes to the group.