TFIM team leaders report on projects Team leaders from high schools participating in The Future Is Mine (TFIM0 convened at the Consortium in early December for a mid-year debriefing on their projects and to begin planning TFIM’s annual Student Leadership Conference. Students and advisors attending the meeting also heard presentations on opportunities for free post-secondary […]
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Consortium and Entertainment technology center partner in professional development opportunity
Educators get mini-course in human centered design The Consortium partnered with Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center in November to provide a professional development opportunity for educators in our Future Ready Alliance. In addition to touring the ETC’s playful work settings–most adorned with movie posters and likenesses of movie and game characters—participants heard presentations on […]
CCK’s fall visits presented trade and technical options for students
CCK helps kids explore trade and apprenticeship opportunities Our College & Career Knowledge (CCK) program had a hectic fall, helping kids explore post-secondary education options at the Pittsburgh Aeronautics Institute (PA) and several apprenticeship training centers. All of the visits were designed to give students who either have ruled college out or remain undecided a […]
Consortium and Simcoach launch Wyldwood Stories
Wyldwood Stories: We have liftoff! More than 100 guests joined us for the Nov. 20th launch of Wyldwood Stories: BB Speaks Up, the first in the series of free video games we’re developing in partnership with Simcoach Games to help kids learn soft skills. “It was a wonderful turnout and we couldn’t be happier with […]
CCK shows apprenticeship options to Pittsburgh Allderdice students
CCK’s apprenticeship training center explorations open possible post-secondary paths Before visiting two trade apprenticeship training centers in November, a young woman from Pittsburgh Allderdice High School told one of her teachers she didn’t know anything about the trades. But by the time she left, she was convinced that she might just have found a […]
Charleroi and Bentworth students kick off SPS project
SPS teams take on waste disposal challenge Our Student Powered Solutions (SPS) teams from Charleroi and Bentworth high schools kicked off a project with DMI Companies, a Monongahela-based manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) components. SPS pairs classrooms with business partners to give students Project-Based Learning opportunities and give businesses a fresh set […]
Leadership training program gets underway
CTC students begin leadership training Our new Leadership in Career & Technical Education (LCTE) program got underway in October when students came together from four career and technology centers (CTCs) for the first of four “pillar days” devoted to developing specific soft skills needed for leadership. For the first session, the students learned a little about […]
Yough students explore apprenticeships with CCK
CCK helps Yough students explore apprenticeships A group of students from Yough High School got a close-up look at trade apprenticeship opportunities this month when two training centers hosted them as part of our College & Career Knowledge (CCK) program. Early in the morning, students visited Steamfitters Local 449’s new state-of-the-art training center in Harmony, […]
Bridges to College Success draws more than 100 educators
Conference offers insight into college transition A panel of business leaders told educators attending our Bridges to College Success conference that they’re looking as much for transferrable, soft skills when they hire as they are for academic and technical proficiency. While not entirely surprised, attendees invariably said that insight underscored the need for giving students […]
SPS teams undertake theater marketing project
SPS teams aim to expand theater’s market As part of our Student Powered Solutions (SPS) program, teams from Albert Gallatin and Laurel Highlands high schools began a semester-long project this month to help Uniontown’s historic State Theatre Center for the Arts attract a younger audience. Opened as a movie theater nearly a century ago, the […]