Business

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Business and Labor Benefit from the Consortium

As we enter the new century, preparing the nation's workforce is more important than ever before. The PrepWork Consortium is working with business and labor partners, educators, students and parents to bring together classroom and workplace experiences.

    Through Tech Prep courses and Skill Standards-based Curriculum Development Projects, employers experience:
  • An increase in the pool of qualified applicants who can meet current and future workforce demands
  • A reduction in the cost of employee recruitment, selection and training
  • A strengthening of the links between work and learning as well as labor market supply and demand
  • An enhancement of employee morale as it supports employees and parents and improves employer/employee relationships
  • An enhancement of the company's reputation by positioning it on the important issues of education reform

Want to partner with the PrepWork Consortium?

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    There are many ways to be involved...
  • Partnership
    Help design and implement school-to-career programs by working directly with schools in your community.
  • Work-Based Learning
    Make your workplace available to students and educators to gain firsthand work experience.
  • School-Based Learning
    Assist educators and school-to-career coordinators to link their academics to workplace needs and standards.
  • Connections
    Network with colleagues and peers to involve them in local school-to-career activities.
    Ten Ways Employers can participate...
  1. Give company tours for students and educators.
  2. Arrange speaking engagements.
  3. Invite teachers to work with mentors from your company.
  4. Connect students with a mentor at your company.
  5. Arrange for students to shadow employees.
  6. Offer internships to students and teachers.
  7. Offer scholarships to successful interns to assist them in further training.
  8. Encourage workers who are parents to involve their children in school-to-career activities.
  9. Develop paid positions for students and educators with work-based learning built into the job requirements.
  10. Partner with educators to develop skill standards that can be adapted to school curriculula.

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