Gorge Governors Summit Site for Career Connected Learning

Join us for the Governors Summit on Career Connected Learning May 31, 2017 from 10:00am-1:30pm. Our local site for the summit is the Dallesport Elementary School in Lyle, WA. This site was chosen as a central location for all interested Columbia River Gorge participants.  We hope you will join us. Please view our flyer with more information about the event. Click here to register for the event.

There will be 740,000 job openings over the next five years in Washington. Washington’s young people deserve an education that prepares them to take part in our economy, and real world, hands-on career connected learning is a key part of this preparation. Such preparation also equips employers with a workforce ready for 21st century challenges and innovation.

Please join us for Governor Inslee’s Summit on Career Connected Learning on May 31, 2017. You’ll be part of a group of industry, policy, and education leaders working together to share best practices and policies to increase and strengthen career-related opportunities in high demand jobs for Washington’s youth. The Governor’s Summit is the culmination of an 18-month, multi-state Policy Academy, co-chaired by the Governor’s office and the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.

The regional sites will connect via webinar technology with the central Summit during the general session to learn about statewide career connected learning activities and plans. You’ll then convene locally to discuss the information shared by the panelists and address local opportunities, challenges, and solutions to provide youth with career connected learning experiences. Information gathered at these sites will be collected and shared with the Governor’s office and others working on next steps regarding career connected learning in our state.

Washington was one of six states selected by the National Governors Association (NGA) to participate in a Policy Academy, funded by the Siemens Foundation, to identify promising practices, resources, and policies aimed at increasing career-related opportunities in high demand jobs for Washington’s youth. As part of the NGA Policy Academy, the Governor’s Summit on Career Connected Learning is being co-hosted by the Workforce Board, the Governor’s Office, OSPI, Washington STEM, and WSU Extension. Join us at the Summit to:

• Build a network of champions committed to supporting early, frequent, and excellent career-connected learning opportunities for Washington’s youth, especially those from under-represented populations.
• Highlight promising practices and programs in career-connected learning from Washington NGA Policy Academy Learning Labs.
• Inspire business, industry, labor and education stakeholders with actionable steps they can take in their own communities to support high quality career-connected learning and pathways to great jobs.

Here’s the link to register!.

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