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CEW Governor’s Institute 2009. Community Learning Opportunities @ Hatboro-Horsham High School Rich Levin & Terrie Pancio. Community Learning Opportunities. Internship WIN ( W orking IN itiatives) Service Learning Hatters Helping Hatters. Thinking Like an Entrepreneur.
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CEW Governor’s Institute 2009 Community Learning Opportunities @ Hatboro-Horsham High School Rich Levin & Terrie Pancio
Community Learning Opportunities • Internship • WIN (Working INitiatives) • Service Learning • Hatters Helping Hatters
Thinking Like an Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is a process through which people pursue opportunity, use resources, and initiate change to create value.
Entrepreneurial Mindset? • Problem Solvers • Can anticipate and troubleshoot problems • Looks at problems as opportunities • Networks • Connects with others and builds strategic relationships. • Market Awareness • Can scan the marketplace and assess potential needs and gaps.
Entrepreneurial Mindset? • Low Support Needs • Provides for own needs with little support from others. • Rationale Decision Maker • Has a basis for making effective decisions. • Good Judgment • Can pick the right people to help execute vision.
Internship • In the beginning… • Interview – accept – begin Internship • Friday Seminars • The end…
WIN (Working INitiatives) • Classroom instruction + job instruction • Emphasis on student’s education and employability skills
Service Learning …an intentional process of teaching and experiential learning that uses hands-on service and reflective thinking to provide richness and meaning to service experiences • Identify a need in the community • Find a community partner • Plan & implement a project with your community partner • Present and reflect on the experience
Hatters Helping Hatters • Opportunity to serve within the high school – needs based • Examples: • Tutoring • Working with special needs children • Supporting the TV studio • Assisting with technology • Developing databases • Working in various high school offices • Pass/Fail experience
Additional Resources & Information • Contact Information: • Sue Fox: sfox@hatboro-horsham.org • Rich Levin: rlevin@hatboro-horsham.org • Terrie Pancio: tpancio@hatboro-horsham.org • Websites: • HHHS Career Development page: www.hatboro-horsham.org/cd • More HHHS Internship information: www.hatboro-horsham.org/pancio and click on the ‘Internship’ pages on the left hand side