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Introducing our relationship with JAG Schools
Exciting News from Cornerstone Aviation Academy!
Cornerstone Aviation Academy (CSAA) is expanding access to aviation and STEM education through its collaboration with Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG). Together, we introduce students to aviation and aerospace careers through engaging, hands-on learning and career exploration.
This Relationship Provides Students:
Explore high-demand careers in aviation and aerospace
Empowering students to through hands-on learning
Flight simulation, drone technology,
Exposure to the wide range of opportunities in the aviation industry
Showing Kansas students success truly takes flight in the air & on the ground.
Jobs for America’s Graduates
Cornerstone Aviation Academy proudly collaborates with Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) to introduce students to aviation careers and create meaningful pathways from the classroom to the workforce.
JAG is a national nonprofit organization that helps young people develop the skills, confidence, and support needed to succeed in education, employment, and life. Since its establishment in 1980, JAG has served more than 1.7 million young people through programs across the country.
Preparing Students for Successful Futures
JAG programs are delivered through schools by trained Career Specialists who provide students with individualized guidance, career exploration, leadership development, employability training, and academic support.
Students build practical skills that are valuable in every career, including:
Communication and teamwork
Community involvement and service
Résumé writing & interview preparation
Career planning and goal setting
Problem-solving and critical thinking
Financial literacy
Leadership and professionalism
Workplace expectations & responsibility
JAG students also participate in employer presentations, career fairs, workplace tours, job-shadowing experiences, internships, leadership events, and other forms of work-based learning. Career Specialists continue supporting students for 12 months after graduation as they transition into employment, postsecondary education, occupational training, military service, or apprenticeship.
JAG-Kansas
Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas is a statewide nonprofit organization that helps students overcome barriers, earn their high school diplomas, and move toward successful careers.
During the 2025–2026 school year, JAG-K operated approximately 120 programs in 54 Kansas school districts and served about 6,500 students. Its school-based model combines career development, leadership, academic support, employer engagement, community service, individualized career planning, and industry-aligned credentials.
Connecting JAG Students to Aviation Careers
Through Cornerstone Aviation Academy, JAG students can explore the wide variety of careers available throughout the aviation and aerospace industries.
Aviation career presentations
FAA Aviation Career Education Camps
Airport and aviation employer tours
Hands-on aviation & STEM activities
Job-shadowing and work-based learning
Aviation Maintenance Pre-Apprenticeship
Direct pathways into Cornerstone’s Registered Apprenticeship
Connections to aviation employers and postsecondary institutions
Mentoring by aviation professionals
Students are introduced not only to pilots, but also to the many professionals who keep the aviation industry operating safely and efficiently. Career areas may include aviation maintenance, avionics, aircraft inspection, nondestructive testing, airport operations, drone technology, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, and other technical and professional occupations.
FROM CAREER EXPLORATION TO APPRENTICESHIP
JAG helps students develop the employability, leadership, and life skills needed to prepare for the workplace. Cornerstone builds upon that foundation through aviation-specific career exploration, technical preparation, employer engagement, work-based learning, and apprenticeship-connected experiences.
Together, JAG and Cornerstone create a structured pathway that helps students:
Explore aviation careers → Build employability skills → Participate in aviation work-based learning → Complete a pre-apprenticeship → Advance into a Registered Apprenticeship, postsecondary education, military service, or aviation employment
JAG’s classroom-to-career model aligns naturally with skilled-trade and apprenticeship pathways by connecting academic support, workforce preparation, career exploration, and employer engagement.
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Expanding Access to Opportunity
Cornerstone and JAG share the belief that a student’s circumstances should not determine their future. By working together, we can reach students who may not otherwise have access to aviation careers, help them recognize their abilities, and connect them with the education, experience, mentoring, and industry relationships needed to succeed.
This partnership helps students build successful futures while strengthening the aviation workforce pipeline throughout the Kansas City region and beyond.