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**Cancelled** Facilitating Relevant Business-Education Partnerships

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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 6/13/2016 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 6/10/2016 12:01 AM
Agency: CESA 5
Agency Contact: Joel Mindham
Agency Assistant: Melissa Sumwalt 608-745-5478
Schedule:
Location Facility Date Time Notes
Madison College-Portage Campus
330 W Collins St.
Portage, WI 53901 		To be determined 6/20/2016 08:30 AM - 02:30 PM
TBD TBD 6/21/2016 08:30 AM - 02:30 PM
TBD TBD 6/22/2016 08:30 AM - 02:30 PM
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This course is designed to provide an understanding and commitment to the importance of building a common working relationship between local employers and educators.  These partnerships promote cooperation between schools and industry that provide the resources and insight needed to prepare students for local high skill, high wage, high demand careers.  The major areas of study will cover different types of business-education partnerships, seeking out area employers, and maintaining worthwhile partnerships.  Highlights of this course will include tours and conversations with local employers from a variety of industries and best-practices from current regional partnerships.  By the end of this course, each student will have developed a contact list of area employers they may call upon to enrich their repective courses or schools along with a working plan to implement a partnership activity.

Instructional Methodology:

  • Small group discussions
  • Large group discussions
  • Employer tours and presentations
  • Online discussions
  • Web-based research and data analyzation

Learning Objectives:

  • Develop a commitment to building a common working relationship between schools and their local business community.
  • Develop a better understanding of local industry and the product(s) and/or services they provide.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the various types of business-education partnerships.
  • Progress in aligning our work as educators with local labor market information to promote a stronger transition from school to careers and support students' academic and career planning.
  • Develop a list of business contacts available for use to your classroom or program.
  • Plan at least one business-education partnership activity to be implemented in the 2016-17 school year.

This is a one credit course through Viterbo.  The cost of the credit is $110. (More information regarding payment coming soon.)

Employer tours include:

  • Gumz Farms
  • Divine Savior Healthcare
  • Chula Vista Resorts


 

 

Teacher Standards
WES1The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
WES4The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology to encourage children’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
WES7The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
WES10The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well being and who acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
Cancellation Policy: Registered participants will receive a full refund if they cancel before 10 working days before an event, minus any material costs that have already been incurred. Because of our commitment to the trainer and the food vendor, participants who cancel less than 10 working days or do not attend, will be billed the full fee. CESA 5 reserves the right to cancel any event. Registered participants will be notified via email if a cancellation occurs and will receive a full refund. Inclement weather policy: Every effort will be made to hold an event. CESA 5 will notify participants via email as soon as possible if an event has been canceled due to weather conditions.