Question 1

How much does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Three paths: $399, $699, or $999 a month depending on the path they choose, with annual plans that save two months.

Question 2

What will my child actually learn?

Accepted Answer

How to run the business behind the trades: reading a P&L, pricing work, hiring and leading teams, handling customers, managing cash flow. The leadership layer most people only learn through a decade of expensive mistakes.

Question 3

Is this a trade school?

Accepted Answer

No. Trade schools teach the craft, and the craft matters. We teach the business: people, money, customers, leadership.

Question 4

How much time does it take each day?

Accepted Answer

About 20 to 30 minutes a day in the SOE app. It is built to fit alongside school, sports, or a part-time job.

Question 5

How old do they have to be?

Accepted Answer

15 and up. Parents stay in the room at Experiential Business Learning Days.

Question 6

Who teaches and mentors the students?

Accepted Answer

Operators, not theorists. Mentors are men and women who run contracting businesses today: hiring teams, signing checks, answering for results. Your child learns from people doing the work.

Question 7

Do they need a job in the trades already?

Accepted Answer

No. A job gives them a place to practice, and we can talk about host companies near you. What they need is the willingness to take on responsibility.

Question 8

My child does not want to swing a hammer. Is this for them?

Accepted Answer

Probably more than you think. SOE does not train technicians. We train the people who guide them: general managers, sales managers, operations leaders, future owners. No tool belt required.

Question 9

How is this different from college?

Accepted Answer

College builds knowledge, and for many kids it is the right path. SOE builds something college rarely teaches: how to lead people, read the numbers, and help run a company.

Question 10

Will they earn a degree or certificate?

Accepted Answer

No degree. Yes, a certificate when they complete their path. What carries the real weight is what they can do: read financials, lead a department, run a meeting, think like an owner, with a mentor who has done it.

Question 11

What happens after they finish?

Accepted Answer

They leave with a certificate, business fluency, a working mentor, and real leadership reps: running meetings, reading financials, managing people. Those are the skills that move a young person into responsibility faster, wherever they go next.

Question 12

Do you take students outside Connecticut?

Accepted Answer

The SOE App is served Globally

Question 13

How do we get started, and what if it is not a fit?

Accepted Answer

Three ways in. If your family is ready, enroll online now: choose the path that fits, check out, and a student advisor reaches out to welcome you. If you want help deciding, take the free Trades Path Finder (about 10 minutes) or talk with an advisor for 15 minutes, parent in the room. Either way, you will know quickly whether it fits.

Straight answers.

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