Business and Education Partnership Monographs
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Turning Students Into Employees: The School-to-Work Payoff
Features examples of the types of business/education partnerships developed by members and corporate affiliates of the National Tech Prep Network (NTPN) and describes the success of Tech Prep within a School-to-Work system. It provides case studies demonstrating how schools and businesses are using Tech Prep to create a vital workforce.
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs:
A Model for Preparing Automotive Technicians: Training for a Qualified Workforce
Features the detailed process by which a Texas high school, two automotive manufacturers, a local technical college, local business representatives, and CORD endeavored to create the Automotive Technology Education Careers (ATEC) program.
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Washington State Manufacturing Tech Prep Program Guide
For several years, the manufacturing industry in Washington state struggled with short- and long-term workforce and educational issues. As a result, an organization identified as the Manufacturing Technology Advisory Group (MTAG) was chartered. Members of the committee included industry, labor, state government, education and community organizations. Their challenge was to identify basic worker standards as core competencies and to find ways to integrate the core competencies into the high school and community college systems. The method of integration selected was a Manufacturing Tech Prep Program that included training in the core competencies during the 11th and 12th grade high school years and a continuation of training in more advanced skills through a Manufacturing Technology Associate Degree program at participating community colleges.
This document was created to help employers understand the types of support high school and community college students need to connect what they learn in school to what they will be asked to do at a worksite.
The Manufacturing Tech Prep efforts are still going strong in Washington state. We hope this publication will assist other states in partnering for similar purposes in their states. Working together, we can make a difference.
A Dose of Reality: Twelve Steps in Developing Real-World Lesson Plans
Imagine developing a curriculum that could answer the age-old student questions, "Why do I need to know this?" and "What is this good for?"
To enable teachers to answer these questions for their students, the Illinois Mid-South Regional Partnership Coalition and Southern Illinois business and industry joined forces to produce classroom materials that demonstrate real-world applications.
The first effort was to develop materials in mathematics for grades K-14, materials that show a strong connection between the mathematics concepts being taught in the classroom and the mathematics concepts being used in Southern Illinois business and industry. The mathematics problems were divided into appropriate grade levels: 1-4, 5-7, 7-12, 11-14, and 13-14, with overlap where needed.
The second materials-development effort involved classroom materials in communication. These also were to demonstrate a clear connection between communication as taught in the classroom and real-world communication that occurs daily in business and industry.
The end product of each effort was a three-ring binder of lesson plans designed for easy classroom use by teachers. The materials demonstrate forcefully the real-world applications of mathematics and communication in the workplace, relating them specifically to businesses and industries in Southern Illinois-businesses and industries know by name to both teachers and students. Thus, the final published materials enable students to see the connection between what they are learning in the classroom and how they will apply that knowledge outside of school.
This outline of the process is designed to encourage you in your efforts to involve businesses in your community in helping you develop real-world lesson plans that teach the concepts and skills those businesses require of their employees.
In the broader perspective, with the help of businesses and contact persons all over the United States-and through our combined efforts-we can develop a network of real-world lesson plans that serves students nationally, perhaps even globally. I sincerely hope you will think about how you can contribute to making learning relevant for our students by working with your own business community and adding to our initial endeavor.
Exemplary Worksite Learning Award Summaries
Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Building the Workforce of the Future
Features three of the six 1997-1998 recipients of the Exemplary Worksite Learning Award. Readers are provided with detailed information about the worksite learning activities of these three sites that help students make the connection between classroom learning and their worksite experiences.
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Connecting the Classroom to the Workplace
Features the winners of the 1999 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award, including Stark County (Ohio) Tech Prep Consortium's Medical Tech Prep program, the Manufacturing Skilled Trades program of the Peoria (Illinois) Educational Region for Employment and Career Training, and Pasco-Hernando Community College's Workplace Learning Partnerships program
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Fostering Business and Education Collaboration
Features winners of the 2000 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award, including Lincoln County Schools (North Carolina) Apprenticeship 2000, Bristol Tech Prep Consortium's (Massachusetts) Women in Technology Program, and Rock Valley College (Illinois) Business and Financial Services Youth Apprenticeship.
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Providing Focus and Context for Students (Temporarily Unavailable)
Features the winners of the 2001 EWSLA Award: L&P Machine Products Leggett & Platt Student Learner Program; Carthage, Missouri; Kent Tech Prep Consortium Engineering Technologies Program; Warren, Ohio; North Central Texas Tech Prep Consortium Texas Instruments TechKNOW-Ed Program; Dallas, Texas
2002 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award Winners Connections Newsletter Articles (Vol. 12, Issue #6 of Connections newsletter)
Features the winners of the 2002 EWSLA Award: Dehryl A. Dennis Professional-Technical Education Center, Boise, Idaho; Manufacturing Support Occupations Work-Based Learning Program, Mossville, Ill; United Parcel Service School-to-Career Program, Louisville, Ky.
2003 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award Winners Program Summaries
Features winners of the 2003 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award: Grand Geneva Resort and Spa and Gateway Technical College, Racine, Wi.; Lakeland Community College Tech Prep Consortium, Lakeland Community College, and Progressive Insurance, Kirtland, Oh; Tri-County Workforce Readiness Partnership and Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Allendale, SC.
2004 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award Winners Program Summaries
Features winners of the 2004 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award: Pinellas County Schools and Acheiva Credit Union, St. Petersburg, Florida; Genesee Community College and Veterans Administration of WNY Health Care System, Batavia, New York; and Lancaster High School and Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, Ohio.
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