2. Business Friends of Education
Nine business and industry partnerships have been named 2008 Business Friends of Education by State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster.
Burmaster noted that business partnerships are the foundation for successful school- and work-based programs.
“Work-based learning empowers students to apply academic and technical knowledge in a dynamic business or industry setting. As a result of service-learning, State Certified Co-op, Youth Apprenticeships, and industry partnerships, our youth are better prepared for their future roles in the 21st century global workforce.”
Awards were presented to:
- Dan Scheuers and the staff of Waupun Equipment Company for nearly 10 years as workplace mentors to students in the Waupun area. Many students stay on after high school while continuing their education at the local technical college.
- First Community Credit Union for its 17-year relationship with Sparta area schools. The on-the-job training students receive at First Community has had such a long-term impact that some of the credit union's management employees started their careers as high school students.
- All About Learning, led by Heidi Krueger and Lisa Turnacliff, for partnering with Oconomowoc High School to provide mentorship and paid work experience for childcare service students.
- Jean Vetter and Times Printing for having the foresight to promote a graphic arts program in the Random Lake School District in 1989. As the program grew and the state developed a Youth Apprenticeship program in printing, Times Printing began training students in all aspects of the industry as well as supporting their academic achievement in school.
- Educators Credit Union and Charles DuFord for supporting work-based learning and financial literacy through its branch located inside Kenosha's Bradford High School. Duford and the staff of Educators Credit Union are said to spend so much time volunteering at the high school they could be mistaken for Bradford faculty members.
- St. Mary's at Felician Village for providing many Family and Consumer Education students in the Manitowoc School District an extension of their classroom for the past 20 years.
- Carla Leuck and her staff at Royal Credit Union for 15 years of providing mentors and training sites for Eau Claire School District students and for helping open branches in both Eau Claire high schools. These institutions are student-run model-training sites that provide hands-on learning.
- Nick Rolf and Household Utilities Incorporated of Kiel (HUI) for partnering with Lakeshore Technical College and its School-to-Work consortium for the past eight years. HUI also offers tuition support for work-based students to go on to pursue an education at Lakeshore Tech and ultimately employment at HUI.
- Waunakee Manor and Health Care Center in Waunakee, for its support to Youth Apprenticeships and work-based education.
More information, and photographs, are available on the DPI website.
You can also receive SEAchange by email. For more information about SEAchange, contact: Benson Gardner at (608) 266-3374.
Last updated on 3/10/2008
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