Employer Engagement for Educators (March 29, 2017, Allegheny Intermediate Unit)
Date and time
Location
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
475 Waterfront Drive East Homestead, PA 15120Description
Administrators, counselors, and other stakeholders won’t want to miss this informative workshop designed to jumpstart or reinvigorate a school’s approach to employer engagement. Facilitator Thom Suddreth, a former business owner who speaks nationally on this subject, will address the following topics:
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Essentials of Partnerships
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Partnership Models
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Recruiting Partners
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Measuring Outcomes
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Engaging and Sustaining Partners
Every participant will also receive a copy of the Employer Engagement Toolkit, written by NC3T’s Brett Pawlowski and Charlie Katz, former Director of Corporate Engagement with the National Academy Foundation.
There is no cost for PA-PIN members to attend. (Not a member? Join for free at www.pinmembers.com.)
The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. (coffee and registration at 8:30) and concludes no later than noon. Ample free parking is available.
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The National Center for College and Career Transitions, or NC3T, has a twofold mission: “Every Learner with a Dream and a Plan, and Every Community with a Capable, Ready Workforce.” The organization works to connect schools, postsecondary institutions, and employers in order to introduce students to the array of options available to them, and to help them prepare for the types of opportunities for which they are best suited.
NC3T provides planning, coaching, technical assistance and tools to help community-based leadership teams plan and implement their college-career pathway systems.