Schools opened their doors to business reps during Companies in the Classroom Sixteen districts across five counties became hosts last month for Companies in the Classroom, an event that gave representatives from nearly 40 regional businesses and eight post-secondary institutions a close-up look at learning in 2020. After shadowing a student at Quaker Valley […]
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Covestro hosts poster session on final Youthquake projects
Youthquake reverberates in projects targeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Students who participated in last fall’s Thinc30 Youthquake reconvened in March to present final projects ranging from plans for a school greenhouse and an urban parks awareness campaign to water bottle recycling and school-based toiletries pantry from youth in low-income families. The projects all aimed […]
PNC hosts Educator in the Workforce
New PNC hires share insights on what schools can do to prepare grads for the workplace When PNC Financial Group hosted our Educator in the Workforce session earlier this month, participants didn’t just get an overview of careers in banking. The teachers and counselors also got some classroom tips. Attendees learned from a panel of […]
Alliance holds Target Day around Student Plans
Eight districts convene around career learning and student plans More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Education implemented its Future Ready Index, districts still are finding their way toward meeting the state’s standards around career learning. The Index is a yardstick for measuring how well schools are preparing students to establish career paths […]
Be A Middle School Mentor builds confidence, social skills
Students gain confidence and build social skills through Be A Middle School Mentor National Mentoring Month found students participating in our Be A Middle School Mentor (BAMSM) programs researching colleges with the help of adults offering an hour of their time each week. One Monday earlier this month, for example, Kara Prentice was on the […]
Educators debrief on projects completed using Human-Centered Design
Human-Centered Design gives educators durable strategies for problem-solving Although their projects varied widely, many of the educators participating in Expanding Innovation 2.1 during the fall semester had a similar outcome from the experience. When they gathered to present their work earlier this month, one after another marveled at the utility of the human-centered design (HCD) […]
Three employers host Educator in the Workforce
Allegheny Health Network, Duquesne Light and Covestro host latest immersion opportunities for Educator in the Workforce Academic and technical skills are important to employers, of course. But participants in our Educator in the Workforce program are hearing time and again that they’re not all that’s important and, sometimes, not even most important. At Duquesne Light […]
Consortium staffers to speak at SAS Institute
Consortium staffers to speak at SAS Institute Conference Three Consortium staffers will be presenting at the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s upcoming annual SAS Institute Conference, which begins Sunday, December 8 at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center in Hershey, PA. The theme for this year’s event is “Bridging the Skills Gap…A Pathway to Employability.” In […]
Schools and employers gathered to explore partnership opportunities
Employers and educators brainstorm ideas for work-based learning experiences Educators and employers met at the Consortium in late October to see how they might work together to provide students with work-based learning experiences. Work-based learning experiences are among three industry-based learning indicators that the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) accepts as evidence students are meeting […]
FedEx Ground, Aerotech open their doors to Educator in the Workforce
FedEx Ground, Aerotech hosted school year’s first two immersion days for Educator in the Workforce For Natalie Grattan, a Social Studies teacher at Baldwin Whitehall High School who’s involved in shaping a career learning course, a visit to FedEx Ground provided some needed talking points. “Coming here today, we have more concrete things we can […]