1 / 8

Holly Parker MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator

Holly Parker MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator. What are the Learning Communities?. Cluster-based initiatives supporting and sustaining WIRED projects Separately funded by a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation

grant
Download Presentation

Holly Parker MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Holly ParkerMMITLearning Communities Coordinator

  2. What are the Learning Communities? • Cluster-based initiatives supporting and sustaining WIRED projects • Separately funded by a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation • Effort to foster sustainable practices and ongoing collaboration (beyond the limited lifespan of WIRED funds and similar constraints)

  3. LearningCommunities will provide a venue to: • align and link existing efforts • promote partnerships and resource-sharing • represent a broad range of diverse stakeholders • avoid duplication and/or depletion of existing projects • accelerate innovation and collaboration • improve outcomes

  4. Initial Learning Communities: • Advanced Manufacturing • Healthcare • Entrepreneurship • Bio-economy

  5. Who participates in the Learning Communities? • All MMIT WIRED-funded partners • Suppliers • Manufacturers • Higher education • R&D • K-12 • Regional Skills Alliances • Michigan Works Agencies • State & Local • Investors • Providers • Hospitals • Organized Labor • Youth • Etc. (including, we hope – you!)

  6. Learning Communities Champions • Leadership of Learning Communities • MMIT Board members for one year • Healthcare: Norma Hagenow (Genesys) • Advanced Manufacturing: Kathy Conklin (Saginaw County Business and Education Partnership)

  7. Convened by our Champions, Learning Communities will meet throughout the region to: • Identify sector-based, regional challenges • Inventory assets and best practices • Provide examples of successful adaptation • Prioritize strategies for fostering innovation, talent and collaboration (the MMIT goals)

  8. Learning Communities • Visit www.midmiinnovationteam.org • Please contact Holly Parker, MMIT Learning Communities Coordinator, at h.parker@primacivitas.org or 517.999.3382.

More Related