Creating meaningful partnerships between schools and the business community, helen rowe

Business/Community OrganizationDate of Presentation

Creating Meaningful Partnerships Between Schools and the Business Community

Today’s Session

Volunteering: the good, the bad, and the messy

Our approach Volunteer support tools

Training Handbook, web portal and

more Making the “match” work

for you Questions?

Expected Outcomes From This Session

Participants will gain new ideas and strategies to connect

students with business and community partners through: project-based learning long-term engagements in schools trained volunteers

Our Approach

Philadelphia Academies Inc. founded the Career Academy model in 1969 Initiated by business partners One school, small cohort of

students Career Academies today

10 career areas, 16 schools 400 volunteers

Volunteering: The Good, the Bad, & the Messy

Think about when you have worked with a volunteer or have been a volunteer yourself: Successes? Challenges?

“They taught me that if there’s something you want, don’t try to do it, just do it.”-Jacques Wells

The Messy

Why Volunteers lacked self-awareness Schools were not always clear on

how to utilize volunteers “One shot” volunteer engagements

How did we clean up the mess? Design Team Focus Groups New tools for Volunteers

Volunteer Support Tools

Web Portal Volunteer Handbook Supports for In-school

Personnel Career Academy Institute for

Business and Community Partners

Business & Community Partner Orientation

How do we match our volunteers?

Four Ways to Serve Guest Instructor Industry Content Coach Industry Site Tour Coordinator Internship/Workplace Coach

Objectives of Business & Community Partner Training

Participants will: Understand PAI’s mission, history, and value Develop a foundation in current educational

approaches Gain strategies for engaging high school students Feel prepared for their volunteer experience Understand how to match their skills and interests

with PAI Have role clarity and clarity about expectations

Business & Community

Partner Orientation

Agenda Welcome and Introductions The Philadelphia Academies’

Story Partnering with PAI

Ways to Serve Roles Benefits Rights and Responsibilities

21st Century Skills Project Based Learning Engaging Youth Boundaries Next Steps

• Understand PAI’s mission, history, and value

• See value of PAI for networking

• Understand how to match skills and interests

• Role clarity• Clarity of expectations

• Foundation in current educational approaches

• Basis for applying knowledge in volunteer work• Understand strategies for engaging

HS students• Understand healthy boundaries• Feel prepared and supported


Partner Orientation

Overview of the Business & Community Partner Orientation

Why Partner with PAI?

To effect change in the lives of teens

To utilize existing skills and to learn new ones

To teach your skills to others

To improve your health To meet new people


Partner Orientation

Everybody Wins!

You Meet new people Give back Make a difference in the

lives of teens Business

Employees acquire additional skills

Builds community support Workforce development

Community Community grows stronger


Partner Orientation

Triple Bottom Line

ProductA secondary

education system that meets the

demands of industry

Social Return improved economic

competitiveness and

decrease in poverty, crime and violence

Return on

Investment

50,000 ready-to-work local

graduates annually

More businesses locating in

region


Partner Orientation

Rights & Responsibilities

Rights To be recognized for your

efforts To be given guidance and

direction To be supported in your

endeavors To be safe

Responsibilities To be punctual and

dependable To perform the duties

associated with your “partner” role

To communicate with PAI

“They taught me that if there’s something you want, don’t try to do it, just do it.”-Jacques Wells


Partner Orientation

Boundaries & Expectations

When working with students, remember: Students are at the center Set and enforce limits Keep your promises Listen and ask questions Be patient Be flexible

“Now it’s my responsibility to help other people succeed that way my teachers helped me.”-Latoya Scott


Partner Orientation

Traditional Education vs. Project-Based Learning

Project Based Learning

• Promotes broader set of skills than traditional curriculum

• Concerned with issues that matter to students; connects lessons to those issues

• Inquiry based

Traditional• Provides little reference

to world of work• Casts students in

passive roles• Recall is valued, rather

than ability to synthesize, hypothesize, and generalize

How is it different?


Partner Orientation

Project-based learning in Career Academies

Why does it work? Project-based learning

promotes teamwork, collaboration, and critical thinking

Students are presented with real problems, promoting skills they need on the job

PBL lends itself to participation from business and community partners

“I learned about managing people and resources as a junior and senior in high school.”-Curtis Redding


Partner Orientation

ACTIVITY: Experiencing “the Match”

Think about connecting students with business and community partners through:

project-based learning long-term engagements in

schools trained volunteers

Outline an experience for students where you would engage volunteers based on the menu of four

Guest Instructor Industry Content Coach Industry Site Tour Coordinator Internship/Workplace Coach

Questions?

Thank You

YOUR PARTICIPATIONAND COMMITMENT ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED!

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Helen [email protected]

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Creating meaningful partnerships between schools and the business community, helen rowe

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