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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
Business & Community
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
Business & Community
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
Business & Community
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
Business & Community
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
Business & Community
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
Business & Community
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?
Business & Community
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
Business & Community
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!
Krista [email protected]
Helen [email protected]