Human-Centered Design training can help districts be more agile and responsive At a time of unprecedented change, school systems need tools to ensure they’re agile and responsive. That’s why the Consortium will be offering customized Human-Centered Design (HCD) workshops to help districts and their educators address challenges while taking full stock of stakeholder needs. Education […]
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Consortium to offer PBL training
Consortium trainings offer PBL strategies for both classroom and online learning Whether students are in classrooms or learning online, the training we offer in Project-Based Learning (PBL) can help teachers use PBL strategies to create engaging learning opportunities. The Consortium’s trainings this year will adopt a hybrid model, combining videos our PBL team has created […]
CPE expands Career Journeys
Career Journeys video series now spans 16 different career clusters Our library of Career Journeys videos now includes interviews with more than 50 professionals whose jobs span all 16 career clusters that the U.S. Department of Labor uses to track employment. That’s up from just a handful of interviews last spring when we launched the […]
CPE welcomes new Board member
CPE welcomes new Board member We’re pleased to welcome Don Martin, Ed.D., Executive Director of Intermediate Unit 1, to our Board of Directors. His appointment was approved in July. “We’ve always valued Don’s insight and we’ll certainly benefit from his extensive experience in education, both in the classroom and at the administrative level,” said The […]
Career Journeys videos feature nursing, entrepreneurship and farming
Three different people, three different paths… In our latest Career Journeys videos, LaTrenda Sherrill, M.B.A., a business consultant, talks about entrepreneurship. Omar Badran tells us about nursing and his work as a service Improvement Specialist for UPMC’s Intensive Care Units. And the Rev. Lee Scott shares the soul-nurturing satisfactions he finds tending his family’s farm […]
Covestro features Student Powered Solutions project in new magazine
Student Powered Solutions project makes Covestro’s sustainability magazine We’re honored that one of our Student Powered Solutions projects was featured in Covestro LLC’s newly issues sustainability magazine. A team of Covestro employees working on the company’s Future of Mobility initiative engaged student teams to envision what features would be needed in autonomous vehicles. To learn […]
PBL team tapped for TechBoston training
Consortium instructors help TechBoston apply PBL to emergency remote learning Our Project-Based Learning (PBL) team worked with a group of Boston educators during the spring on ways of adapting PBL techniques to remote instruction at a time when they, along with teachers across the country, were thrown headlong into creating virtual classrooms. PBL instructors Aaron […]
An expression of support
An expression of support… The magnitude of the loss and frustration being felt in our Black community is unfathomable. Words cannot express our sorrow and concern for those who are grieving. Please know that we love and care for you. But it’s not enough to express our sympathy. We must act as well. Since the […]
Consortium collaborates with Partner4Work on summer youth employment
Consortium to provide curriculum and training for summer youth employment program In collaboration with Partner4Work, The Consortium will be offering both curriculum and staff training to agencies that provide summer employment for youth as part of the Learn & Earn program. In past years, as part of a federally-funded initiative that the state administers through […]
TFIM takes career exploration to virtual format
Virtual format enabled TFIM to continue career explorations Virtual presentations and chats with professionals from two disparate fields—wildlife conservation and engineering—provided excellent opportunities this month for interested students to explore those careers. At the same time, the events provided proof of a concept for The Future Is Mine (TFIM). TFIM, our career exploration program for […]