Preparing You For The Cannabis Workforce
Green School helps you embark or expand on careers in the cannabis industry. Specializing in today’s most in-demand skills, we are a pioneer in the industry as the leading source for training, staffing, and career transitions. We foster a flourishing community of professionals pursuing careers they love in cannabis and related fields.
We succeed by offering a strong, dynamic education base, teachers who are passionate working professionals, mentors that provide in-house career coaching, and a dedicated alumni association that is always on the leading-edge and ready to help those entering the workforce.
The global legal marijuana market size is expected to reach 66.3 billion by the end of 2025.
More jobs are being created in the cannabis space than in any other space in North America, with salaries sometimes more competitive than other industries.
As of 2019, legal cannabis has Created 211,000 full-time Jobs in America and is expected to create 414,000 jobs in the US by 2021. These jobs require skill and experience that is not taught in any college or traditional trade school, creating a lack of supply in the labor force and undue hurdles for people looking to join the industry.
Over half a million people are arrested for cannabis-related offenses every year.
Americans with a criminal record – whether it’s s for a misdemeanor or a felony – can find it harder to get a job and find housing.
Green School takes repairing the harms caused by marijuana arrests, prosecution, and incarceration seriously, and we believe in reparative justice.
That’s why Green School online courses will be free to anyone who has been a target of our criminal justice system based solely on cannabis related charges.
Full Green School scholarships will be offered for a select number of grant recipients based on merit and need.
Green School will work with organizations dedicated to expunging records of those previously incarcerated for cannabis offenses.