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NORTH CENTRAL SCHOOL TO CAREER PARTNERSHIP
The Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce has been a proud participant in the North Central School to Career Partnership since 1997. The School to Career Partnership is a state initiative sponsored through the Massachusetts Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The School to Career Partnership has successfully facilitated over 30,000 work-based internships for students in the North Central Massachusetts Region. We have also developed and presented over 30 professional development programs for teachers and businesses, and placed well over 100 teachers in structured externship experiences.
School-To-Career- it's for everyone!
School-To-Career is based on the premise that education works best when students can connect their academics to the world of work, their future careers and their daily lives. It encourages high academic achievement, provides high skill development and promotes life-long learning.
School-to-Career is intended for every student – regardless of individual or cultural barriers. Students who want to be doctors, novelists, engineers or firefighters can each benefit from a “test drive” of their potential choice outside the classroom.
Making this new vision of education come to life in our community requires the involvement of many North Central Massachusetts and Greater Gardner employers, parents, students and community organizations.
Our Partnership includes students and teachers from:
Gardner
Murdock
Oakmont
Narragansett
Leominster CTE
Fitchburg
Clinton
Nashoba
Quabbin
North Central Charter School
Stetson School
Lunenburg
Fitchburg Alternative High School
Monty Tech
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The Partnership has provided:
- Onsite opportunities to identify and develop critical workplace skills
- Access to additional industry resources, expertise and experience
- Opportunities to work with employers in developing contextual learning programs and curriculum
This is your chance to impact the career choices of more than 9,000 students in the Greater Gardner area!
Benefits to Students:
- Brings relevance to academic subjects
- Applies academic principles at the workplace
- Identifies and develops critical workplace skills
- Increases/enhances academic performance
- Motivates excellence in academic subject areas
- Provides exposure and experience in a real-world setting
What Does This Partnership Offer You as a Business Owner?
► Strengthens links between learning and work
►Improves/increases community relations
► Provides opportunities to get involved in education reform
►Enhances employee morale and productivity
► Develops highly skilled, motivated workers
► Reduces/eliminates training needs & turnover
►Provides ability to shape your future work force.
Women in Technology The Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce, and the School to Career Partnership have partnered with Tyco in an initiative to increase career opportunities for young women in our community. The Women in Technology Program exposes young women to career in Information Technology and Engineering while allowing them to participant in actual work projects at Tyco. |
Teacher Externships The School to Career Partnership offers educators in our region an opportunity to leave the classroom and enter the business world to gain valuable insight to bring back into their curriculum. Externships are offered once or twice a year through Fitchburg State College Graduate and Continuing Education Department. |
Massachusetts Work Based Learning Plans Created by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Massachusetts Work-Based Learning Plan is a evaluation tool used to develop skills necessary to enter the work envirornment and allows students to understand and improve on employer expectations. |
Construction Career Days This event is a great opportunity for juniors and seniors in high school to learn about the wide variety of career paths possible in the construction field. The event is a hands-on career exposure forum for high school students, with construction equipment for the students to try out, design challenges to figure out, and skilled volunteers from many construction disciplines to talk to the students about their career, the skills they use every day and the technical knowledge and professionalism necessary to perform their job. |
Department of Education Connecting Activities (CA) is a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education initiative designed to drive and sustain the statewide school-to-career system. Working in partnership with the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, it establishes public-private partnerships through the 16 local Workforce Investment Boards to connect schools and businesses to provide structured work-based learning experiences for students that support both academic and employability skill attainment. Department of Education/Connecting Activities
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Workforce Investment Board The North Central Workforce Investment Board is a private non-profit corporation designated by the Governor to serve as the local workforce investment board for the north central region under the Federal Workforce Investment Act. |