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Progress Report April 26, 2011

Progress Report April 26, 2011. Region Team Members. Meetings. Work Ready Certified Community Status and Go For Gold. Regional Industry Partnership. What’s New?. April Meeting VHS and Tift HS: adding new biotech courses in Fall 2011

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Progress Report April 26, 2011

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  1. Progress ReportApril 26, 2011

  2. Region Team Members

  3. Meetings

  4. Work Ready Certified Community Status and Go For Gold

  5. Regional Industry Partnership

  6. What’s New? April Meeting • VHS and Tift HS: adding new biotech courses in Fall 2011 • WGTC is preparing budget, looking at space, and planning curriculum for biotech • School meetings in process • VHS and Brooks HS retested seniors • Meeting with HS re: funding for HSGR/Gold • Found trainer for mechanical skills for GWRRIN • GOWD made videos of local leaders • Cook County sponsored ball teams with Be Work Ready shirts to reach community • March Meeting • New B&I for GIFT program • Person dedicated to “Go for the Gold” efforts • Facebook: Wiregrass Work Ready • Engineering Workshop for Girls

  7. Best Practices April Meeting • Sharing best practices and ideas regularly with Wiregrass WRR • Partnering with VSU and HA to offer KeyTrain lab at community skills center • Promoting Work Ready through softball teams which reach a large audience • High schools collaborating with each other on using KeyTrain and increasing HSGR • Encouraging county leadership teams to take greater responsibility for marketing Work Ready services to businesses and achieving goals

  8. Issues/Concerns April Meeting • Determining who to train for WR leadership and what to include March Meeting • Limited time during the sustaining grant to work with teachers (only one summer) • Impact that Federal formula for determining HSGR • Limited time to impact graduation rates for this year • Developing leaders for our region • Concern about whether federal budgetary changes to WIA funds will impact the sustainability grants

  9. Questions? Comments? Recommendations?

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