SANFORD - Central Carolina Works (CCW) -- an educational initiative by a consortium including 中央卡罗莱纳社区学院, 当地的学校, 业务, 行业, and community leaders -- presented the 4th Annual Bridging Education and 职业生涯s summer symposium on June 18 at Sanford Contractors.

CCW funds the placement of career and college advisors in each of the public high schools in Chatham, 哈尼特, 和李县. These advisors work one-on-one with students to help them take advantage of the state-funded 职业生涯 and 大学 Promise (CCP) dual-enrollment program, which offers tuition-free college courses to qualifying high school students.

职业生涯 & 大学 Promise students in Lee County have a new opportunity on the horizon. Central Carolina Promises is a new initiative created in partnership between the college and the Lee County Board of Commissioners. 从今年秋天开始, Lee County Schools' newest graduates who meet certain criteria may attend 中央卡罗莱纳社区学院 for two years tuition-free. Future graduating classes will be required to complete at least 12 credit hours or four classes of CCP credit during their 11th and/or 12th grade years to be eligible. 2018届毕业生必须提交居留决定, 大学申请, FAFSA, 并承诺会考虑申请这个机会. 李县2018年秋季申请截止日期为7月16日, and the application as well as more information on Central Carolina Promises can be found at www.预备.edu/promise. Similar initiatives are being considered in both Chatham and 哈尼特 counties for implementation at a later date. All of this information was incorporated into this year's EWIF symposium.

《推荐正规买球平台》, made possible by the Education Workforce and Innovation Fund (EWIF) grant from the North Carolina Governor's Office, offered a unique opportunity for collaboration as it connected high school English, 社会研究, 和CTE教师到当地工业. This collaboration allows for more effective bridging of the gap between education and the world of work, as teachers were able to see first-hand what demands exist within 行业.

With the information the teachers garnered through the tours of four area 业务es in various industries, 演讲, 和讨论, they were presented with an opportunity on creating a 职业生涯-Focused Unit (CFU) to incorporate into their curriculum The CFU is a unit embedded within the standard curriculum that incorporates course relevance to career fields. This allows the teacher to connect what the students are learning to real world application in the workplace.

欢迎出席研讨会的嘉宾. T.E. Marchant, 推荐正规买球平台 President; Dr. Brian Merritt, 推荐正规买球平台学习副总裁 & Workforce Development; and Brent Sloan, Sanford Contractors Human Resources Director. 欢迎仪式结束后. Merritt介绍了主讲人Dr. June Atkinson, the first female Superintendent of Public Instruction in North Carolina.

Dr. Atkinson served as the North Carolina State Superintendent from August 2005 until January 2017. 除了她多年的督学经历之外. Atkinson has experience in the classroom as a teacher in Virginia and North Carolina. 在她的主题演讲中. Atkinson addressed the need for public education to adapt to the 21st Century. A part of that adaptation is making a better connection between 行业 and education.

在主题演讲之后, 开尔文狩猎, 推荐正规买球平台学生拓展与招生主任, led an 行业 panel discussion that included representation from a range of industries. Participants on the panel included: Sgt James Estes from the Lee County Sheriff's Office, 我是《正规买球app十佳排行》的扎卡里·霍纳, 我是桑福德承包商的布伦特·斯隆, 烟草路高尔夫球场的玛莎·哈德森, 还有来自Pentair的Ginny Phillips. 小组讨论涵盖了行业需求等主题, 劳动力问题, 教育要求.

After the panel discussion and a break for lunch, Lara Abels, 推荐正规买球平台 Lee County Lead 大学 & 职业生涯 Advisor, introduced a video produced by Meredith Galloway -- a former symposium participant. 加洛韦为她的课堂制作了一个CFU, which focused on the solar panel 行业 and provided insight into how the process works and how to implement a CFU in the classroom. 她让学生们对太阳能电池板进行研究, 写商务信函, 准备演讲. 通过她的CFU, 学生们能够以各种方式学习英语, 沟通, 批判性阅读技能在现代工业中得到了应用. She went beyond grammar rules and classical literature to show English as seen in practical application.

参与者们参观了当地的四个企业——基督教青年会, 舒适第一, 中卡罗莱纳电力设备, 和烟草路高尔夫球场. 在旅游期间, the hosts discussed their particular 行业 needs and how those needs can be met through education. Participants were also provided opportunities to ask questions and provide feedback. During these exchanges it was apparent that 沟通 skills and trainability were often just as, 如果不超过, 比目前在特定职业领域的知识水平更重要. A common theme was that the hard skills are easily trained if the soft skills and willingness to learn are present.

《推荐正规买球平台》 ended with another panel discussion with employees of Sanford Contractors and an opportunity for the participants to hold group discussions amongst themselves. 中国共产党顾问领导小组讨论. 在这些讨论中, participants generated ideas on how they could implement the CFU in their own classrooms.

Details about Central Carolina Works and a free electronic newsletter it publishes monthly are available at www.预备.edu/high-school/ccp. More information about 中央卡罗莱纳社区学院 is available on its website at www.预备.edu.