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Career Academies 101
Ford NGL thinks career academies are a core part of transforming the schooling experience for high school students. So, where do you start learning about them? Right here!
This goals of this webinar are to:
- Develop a deeper understanding of career academies
- Build excitement to start building a dream together!
- Answer the question: “What does this mean for me?”
Webinar Replay
Career academies, along with Freshman Academy, are at the center of the model of college, career, and life readiness that Ford NGL thinks is the best system and structure to ensure that students can engage with academic content while also seeing and experiencing connections between that content and its real-world
Topic 1: Goals for this webinar
Ford NGL thinks career academies are a core part of transforming the schooling experience for high school students. So, where do you start learning about them? Right here! This goals of this webinar are to:
There’s a Difference Between Branding & Marketing. Your Community Needs Both!
This webinar focuses on how to stand out as a enrollment option for students and parents among all of their school choices. How do you do this? It is all about your school’s or district’s brand!
What is an industry council and why should every community have one?
- What’s the power behind having industry councils? Is it really a way to maximize business and industry participation in and with career academies (pathways)?
This is particularly important in larger communities where you may have the same or similar academies in multiple high schools, so that you can best utilize business and community effectively to equitably support academies across the district that fall within one industry sector.
About this Webinar
Coachella Valley, California has one of the strongest industry council structures and we want to share what it has learned with you. You will learn how this community drive talent development and business expansion related to their targeted industries, while supporting shared stewardship via a community-connected approach. Webinar Goals:
Strategies & Tactics to take Partnerships to the Next Level
How do you engage partners so they stay engaged? Use some of core practices shared by Marc and Kim. Curious about what those are? Shh…we’ll share one righ now: Invite partners into the work-based learning experience design process! There’s so much more to come!
Ondemand Webinar and Resources
Listen as Kim McNulty, Direct of Next Generation Learning, and Sheila Thornton, VP for Workforce Excellence (both are with the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership), as they share what they have learned with you. Be sure to stay tuned for the Q&A at the end!
