News and Announcments
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News and Announcements
Welcome Our New Consultant - Tola Francis-Sanusi
Tola Francis-Sanusi is the new Tech Prep Consultant at Marion Technical College. She worked with the Royal Mail in the U.K and New York for thirteen years and with Pfizer in New York for six years. She taught business education at Harding High School, Olentangy High School and as an adjunct for MTC. She earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix, B.S. from the College of Staten Island and BSc. from University of Greenwich.
Central Region SuccessBound Conference, Tue, Apr 12, 2022
You can access the program, session descriptions, PowerPoints, and more by clicking on SuccessBound in the menu bar.
The department is working on an initiative that will award college credit for earning third party credentials. These will function like other state-wide agreements, and credit will be awarded regardless of where you intend to use it.
"Career and Technical Education Should Be the Rule, Not the Exception"
Tim Hodges, Ph.D., the Director of Research for Gallup's Education Practice masterfully articulates the value of career technical education for the future of our economy and workforce. Click HERE to read the entire article.
Apprenticeship Initiative Gaining Momentum
An influential coalition of partners in the service area of the Central Region Tech Prep Center is investigating the creation of additional internship and apprenticeship opportunities for students. Representatives of business and industry, Ohio Job and Family Services, the Ohio Department of Education, community colleges, career centers, and technical skill centers have had several meetings.
The overall goal is to:
Improve communication between business and industry, the State of Ohio, secondary and postsecondary education institutions, MAGNET, and other supporting initiatives to create a seamless pathway for skilled workers to enter employment opportunities which will lead to a stronger workforce and increase economic development.
The group has investigated the needs of business and industry, state requirements and procedures for implementation, model programs already in place, and funding opportunities. Next steps could include, but not be limited to, combining the efforts of several career centers to form a cohort of students and create agreement "templates" that could be used by other career centers and for additional pathways. A decision was made early on to limit the focus of our initial discussions to manufacturing. However, the ultimate goal is a model that can be easily adapted to other pathways and other workforce needs.
Apprenticeship is gaining momentum nationwide and is receiving Federal funding which could dramatically impact this initiative. To learn more, click HERE for an interesting brief on "Revisiting Apprenticeships" from the American Council on Education / Center for Education Attainment & Innovation.