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Academic & Career Planning
The goal of Academic & Career Planning (ACP) is to prepare students and their families to make more informed choices about college and career pathways after high school, beginning in sixth grade. Partnerships between businesses and educational institutions are a great way to create valuable experiences for students.
Read MorePartnering with Waukesha County schools
We know that every day, our schools are doing more and more to partner with business. We too, are expanding our efforts in the area of K-12 relationships, business and education partnerships, workforce development and supporting districts in their academic and career planning work. In recent years, this work has increased dramatically. We’re excited that for the 2018-19 school year, 12 school districts in Waukesha County have committed to work with the Alliance to take these efforts to the next level.
Read MoreSchools are out for summer
Waukesha County schools wrapped up the school year last week. Below represents a portion of the Alliance’s work over the past year to develop our future workforce by connecting businesses and educational institutions: More than 400 students participated in 18 Schools2Skills tours More than 500 students toured the Health Care Career Expo More than 900…
Read MoreThinking differently about workforce
The benefits of hiring from outside your traditional candidate pool are numerous. Click to connect with resources to help you do that.
Read MoreCongrats Elmbrook School District!
On Tuesday, May 1, the State of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awarded the School District of Elmbrook a $25,000 grant to create a Makerspace and Fabrication Lab or “Fab Lab” at Brookfield Central High School.
Read MoreNew Education Initiatives
Because of the workforce issue and with the launch of Academic and Career Planning throughout Wisconsin in 2017, our new initiatives to connect businesses and educational institutions are of the utmost importance.
Read MoreReaching out to YPs
We’ve revamped our Young Professionals of Waukesha County program to give YPs the opportunity to get to know each other, access professional development opportunities and build lasting connections with each other and the community.
Read MoreCongrats to Ryan O’Toole, one of our 2018 Emerging Leaders of Waukesha County!
Get to know him a little bit.
Read MoreSet your employees up for success
By: Aleta Norris, Principal at Living As A Leader Employers (and anyone in a leadership role) should be having regular conversations with their employees. The key word is ‘conversation.’ Employees want to talk WITH their leaders! Employees also have an interest in talking with their leaders regularly about their performance, not just once a year. …
Read MoreCongrats to John Dunn, one of our 2018 Emerging Leaders of Waukesha County!
Get to know him a little bit. Name: John Dunn Title/Company: VP Technical Product Management, GE Digital/GE Healthcare Hometown: Munster, IN Favorite part of your job: I enjoy solving puzzles. Pulling the people, process and technology together to deliver health care equipment to the world is a never-ending puzzle. If you could tell someone why it’s…
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