The 3rd Annual Business & Education Summit was held on August 24th, 2009. This year's Summit featured Phil Gardner from Michigan State University, Jim fisher from SCTEA, Shelly Stefanczyk from Junior Achievement and a viewing of a video featuring Dalton Sherman.
This year's Roundtable Discussions provide a brainstorming session to come up with projects that we would like to get involved in during the coming year.
Lunch & Learn Program
Lunch & Learn Program is looking for volunteers to spend their lunch hour with a BMHS freshmen student. Students are selected based on low academic grades, attendance, behavior and desire to learn. We hope to provide academic, social and emotional support for struggling students. For more information, or to take part in the program, click here.
From previous Summit's we have tackled the following projects:
Things we are doing now...
Continue the Connections Initiative event
Develop a Speakers Bureau Pool
Distribute GBEDC and Chamber newsletter to staff members and teachers
Develop a Greater Beloit Business & Education blog
Have businesses adopt a school
Form a taskforce to pursue mentoring program - Lunch & Learn
Have High School students perform mock interviews
Raise money for ACT and SAT testing
Things we are working on...
Develop a financial literacy program - Develop the Game of Life program
Have students visit area colleges and job center
Other ideas that came from the Summit...
Implement a Distinguished Gentleman Program
Expand apprenticeship and internship programs
Business Education Day where teachers visit businesses and business people visit schools
Develop a job shadowing program
Provide free college tuition to any student who graduates from BMHS
If you would like to get involved in these projects, please e-mail us at el-amins@ci.beloit.wi.us. Also, if you have any project suggestions, please let us know as well.
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- Develop a Speakers Bureau Pool -
Rick Barder, Chair of the Education & Training Committee has put together a list of area business people who volunteered to speak at any of the area schools. Rick then sent that list to all area principals. Since then, one volunteer, that we know of, has presented to an area school.
- Have businesses adopt a school -
Jim Agate, Chair of the Business Education Partnership has initiated this taskforce by adopting a school himself, along with his companies; The Rock, Papa Murphys and Culvers. Jim is working on getting other area businesses involved.
- Form a taskforce to pursue a mentoring program -
Rick Barder, Chair of the Education & Training Committee has put together a Lunch & Learn program at Beloit Memorial High School. Area business people have volunteered to be involved and currently there are 20 volunteer/student matches. This program is running for an eight-week period.
-2009 Connections Initiative-
This year's Connections Initiative took all of the Beloit Memorial High School freshman to 26 area businesses. The freshman students spent two hours with the businesses finding out more about them and finding out more about careers that are offered.
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