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MentorABILITY

MentorABILITY . A Wyoming BLN Model of Revenue Generation for your Consideration Presented by: Lynn Trew Kirkbride WBLN VP Business Development . A New Revenue Stream for your BLN?. MentorABILITY:. The Need for a Diverse Portfolio in times of shrinking funding….

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MentorABILITY

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  1. MentorABILITY A Wyoming BLN Model of Revenue Generation for your Consideration Presented by: Lynn Trew Kirkbride WBLN VP Business Development

  2. A New Revenue Stream for your BLN? MentorABILITY:

  3. The Need for a Diverse Portfolio in times of shrinking funding… This is our time to dig in and get creative!

  4. The WBLN Employer Challenge: “GROW THE TALENT”

  5. What is Wyoming’s MentorABILITY? • An innovative program assisting youth with disabilities through your local school district • Youth ages 14 -21 transitioning from High school to the World of Work • Utilizing employer mentors from your BLN to prepare students for employment “growing the talent”

  6. The Business Case for MA • BLN’s need new sources of revenue • Engages your BLN businesses in meaningful activities • Can pump new life into your BLN • A non-threatening way to involve new businesses that are skeptical

  7. The Business Case for MA (cont.) • Employers have access to potential job candidates • Employer Mentors: Businesses like investing in youth! BIG Return on Investment! New value of the BLN • VR partners love it: an overlooked population • Best disability awareness exercise ever!

  8. Fee for Service Contracts • All contracts are individually negotiated with each school since funds are locally controlled • Modest contracts of $10,000- $28,000 add up • Each contract is customized to the transition needs of that school

  9. Fee for Service Contracts (cont.) • Services are NOT negotiated by the numbers of students served (of which the BLN has no control) • What distinguishes our services from providers is our EMPLOYER NETWORK

  10. Selling it to a School District:A Public Partnership • Transition services are limited and inconsistent from district to district- MA can fill in the gap • MA can be a “coordinated set of activities” for districts to write into their IEP’s • Great concern among districts over federal IDEA indictors 13 and 14- MA helps with these post secondary outcomes • The school picks what they need from a menu of services- augments their services

  11. Selling it to Schools (cont.) • National data states that the number #1 predictor of vocational success is a work experience prior to graduation from high school • Your staff is paid and supervised by you not the school • Gets students hooked into adult VR services prior to graduation • VR likes it because students often have chosen an industry sector to focus their career

  12. Selling it to Schools (cont.) • Access to an existing network of employers (BLN) • BLN Employer mentors can offer employability skills from the real world of business • Helps students build an employer network- which leads to jobs!

  13. MentorABILITY Services are customized to the needs of that district • World of Work Class Examples: • Dress for Success • Job Retention Strategies • Personalities and Careers • Mock Interviews • Careers in the 21st Century • Personal Finances • Empowerment and Disclosure • Networking

  14. MentorABILITY Services (cont.) • Job Site Tours • Career Resource EXPO participation • Summer employment placement • Career Planning

  15. MentorABILITY Services (cont.) • One on One Mentoring • Mentoring Day Luncheon/Awards Events • Graduation Day/Portfolios • Leadership Development: Student Advisory Council • “Why change only one life when you can change two?”

  16. Meet David:

  17. Meet Aaron:

  18. Meet Alex:

  19. Challenges: • Increased pressure on districts to have students meet academic criteria before outside involvement • Longer testing of PAWS (Jan. and March) so less time for involvement • Concern over students leaving school grounds (transportation) • Getting districts to take a chance on something new in a time of shortfall • Letting you into their system (ivory tower syndrome)

  20. Contact: The Wyoming Business Leadership Network yourbln.com Lynn Trew Kirkbride lynnkirkbride@gmail.com (307) 631-0894 Wanda Rogers wrogers@vcn.com (307)783-6302

  21. Thanks for Coming!!!!

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