ERIC ED465028: School-to-Careers Company of the Year: 2000 Award Winners.

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School-to-Careers Company of the Year: 2000 Award Winners.
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National Employer Leadership Council, Washington, DC.
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National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC.
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2000-00-00
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14p.; Supported by the business community and the National
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School-to-Work Office, a joint initiative of the U.S.
Departments of Education and Labor.
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*Awards; Career Awareness; Career Education; Career
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Exploration; Colleges; *Computer Networks; Computer Science;
*Education Work Relationship; Elementary Secondary
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ABSTRACT
This booklet profiles the four School-to-Careers Company of
the Year Award winners judged to be demonstrating clearly the value and
importance of these three key employer activities: working directly with
students and teachers, building a school-to-careers system in the community,
and strengthening company practice. The four winners and their programs are
Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, California, for Paving the Road to Careers on
the Information Superhighway; Geographic Data Technology, Inc., Lebanon, New
Hampshire, for Helping Young People Map Their Future; Intel
Corporation--Oregon Site, Santa Clara, California, Shaping Technology
Education from Every Angle; and UPS--Louisville, Kentucky, Operation,
Atlanta, Georgia, Delivering Meaningful Opportunities for Students. Each
two-page profile of the winners describes the program and provides contact
information.
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About the National Employer
Leadership Council
NELC Leadership Board of 40
The National Employer
senior business executives, are
Leadership Council (NELC)
committed to sustaining the
is a business membership
significant changes in teaching
organization dedicated to
and learning taking place across
expanding and enhancing
the country as a result of school-
employer involvement in school-
to-careers.
to-careers. NELC members
advocate and support school-to-
For additional information,
careers and its fundamental
please contact:
principles as a means to improve
both academic achievement and
National Employer Leadership
career opportunities for students.
Council
do National Alliance of Business
The diverse companies, business
organizations, and trade
1201 New York Avenue, NW
associations that comprise the
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
NELC work closely with students,
Phone: (800) 360-NELC
teachers, parents, and others to
E-mail: [email protected]
build quality school-to-careers
initiatives at the state and local
Website: wwwnelc.org
levels. NELC members, and the
Me NELC c supported by the business community and the National School-to-Work Office,
a joint initiative of the U.S. apartments of Education and Labor.
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School-to-Careers
Company of the Year Award
The School-to-Careers
2000 Award Winners
Company of the Year Award
honors businesses involved
Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose,
with exemplary school-to-careers
California
Geographic Data
initiatives. Employers are
Technology, Inc., Lebanon,
nominated based on a set of
New Hampshire
criteria that includes: working with
Intel Corporation
Oregon
students, working with schools and
Site, Santa Clara, California
teachers, working with the
Louisville, Kentucky
UPS
community evaluating practices,
Operation, Atlanta, Georgia
and demonstrating results. The
competitive process is based on
peer review and involves members
of the NELC Leadership Board.
Profiles of the businesses
nominated for the Award will be
posted on the NELC website:
www.nelc.org.
The NEW thanks the following board Members for serving on the 2000 School-to-Careers
Company of the Year Award Review Committee: Deborah Gingher, The Prudential Insurance
Company; Peter Joyce, Cisco Systems, Inc.; Susan Levering, Branch Electric Supply Company;
and Jenny Thshida, Charles Schwab, Inc.
Employer Involvement in School-to-Careers
Building a School-to-Careers
he four School-to-Careers
T
System in the Community. To
Company of the Year Award
winners profiled in this booklet are
align their efforts in local
but a few of the thousands of
communities and regions, leading
employers actively engaged in school-
school-to-careers employers work
to-careers initiatives across the
closely with local, state, regional,
country. In every industry and every
and national organizations and
community, employers are partnering
associations. As a result, school-to-
with students, teachers, and
careers provides wide benefits not
community organizations to create
only to students and teachers but
new learning opportunities for the
also to the community as a whole.
workforce of tomorrow.
Strengthening Company
Since its inception, the National
Practice. Implementing high-
Employer Leadership Council and its
quality school-to-careers activities
members have promoted a wide range
requires that all employees actively
of activities for employers in school-
support the company's
to-careers through the Employer
involvement. No matter how large
Participation Model (EPM). The
or small the company, employees
EPM presents specific roles for
need to understand their
employers in three main areas:
importance to local school-to-
Working Directly with
careers activities.
Students and Teachers. This
It is equally important for
category includes a range of
employers and their school-to-careers
activities to connect young people
partners to regularly assess and
and educators with the world of
evaluate their activities. This ensures
work. It provides a framework for
that school-to-careers activities in
developing increasingly substantive
local communities are improved
workplace experiences as students
continuously.
progress through school. It also
This year's winners all clearly
involves young people working
demonstrate the value and
directly with adult mentors and
importance of these key employer
supervisors. At the same time,
activities. Through their efforts, and
employer representatives work
those of thousands of other employers
closely with teachers to develop
across the country, school-to-careers
classroom activities that reinforce
supports effective teaching and
work-based learning experiences.
learning for the 21st Century.
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
Paving the Road to Careers
on the Information Superhighway
a Quality Assurance Plan. The
cisco Systems, Inc., a
management system permits
worldwide leader in
networking for the Internet,
students to access content from
is committed to working with
inside or outside the classroom,
educational systems and
proceed through each lesson at
institutions around the globe to
their own pace, view video and
ensure that today's students master
other visual explanations of the
the necessary skills for success.
technology, and take frequent tests
Toward that end, Cisco's
online to assess comprehension
and retention.
comprehensive e-learning system,
known as the Cisco Networking
Developed in concert with
leading educators to ensure sound
Academy Program, fosters student
development and exposure to
pedagogy, the Cisco Networking
information technology through
Academy provides a skills-based,
its networking curriculum.
hands-on learning environment
Launched in the fall of 1997
complete with trained instructors
in Washington, D.C., the Cisco
and Cisco hardware. Semesters 1 to
4 of the program cover networking
Networking Academy Program
fundamentals and are taught at
centers on teaching high school,
community and technical college,
the secondary and postsecondary
and four-year college students to
levels. Students who complete the
design, build, and maintain
course and pass the test modules
computer networks. The
are prepared to take the Cisco
curriculum is web-based and
Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
certification. The industry-
delivered over each Academy's
network to students' desktop recognized certification qualifies
computers through the Cisco
the student for entry-level network
manager jobs with an average
Networking Academy Management
starting salary of $25,000 and
System (CNAMS). Furthermore,
higher. In addition, Cisco has
CNAMS provides online testing,
initiated a continuation program
student-performance tracking, and
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Increasingly, all businesses
with Semesters 5 to 8, which will
will rely on a highly trained,
prepare students for the Cisco
technology-literate workforce in
Certified Network Professional
order to thrive in the coming
certification.
years. Through its rich school-to-
Three years after its inception,
careers partnership, Cisco Systems
the Cisco Networking Academy
is securing a promising future for
Program is growing at a
students and businesses in today's
phenomenal rate. Educational
flourishing Internet Economy.
institutions and governments, all
50 U.S. States, the District of
Contact:
Columbia, and more than 60
Kevin Warner
countries around the world have
Director, Worldwide Education
Cisco Systems, Inc.
adopted the program. Over
170 W. Tasman Drive
100,000 students will be enrolled
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
in the networking academy in
[phone]; Fax: [phone]
school year 2000-2001, and there
E-mail: [email protected]
will be over 3,600 networking
Website: www.cisco.comIedu/academies
academy programs worldwide.
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Geographic Data Technology, Inc.
Helping Young People Map Their Future
on map reading and lessons on
Geographic Data Technology
latitude and longitude for younger
(GDT) is a 21st-century
mapping company, in that
students.
all its maps are computer
Activities for older students
provide opportunities to
databases. Over the past 20 years,
contextualize lessons on
GDT has become the premiere
digital map supplier for business
geography, cartography,
trigonometry, statistics, and
applications and its USA database
is now the most-often-used
skills that GTD
computer science
resource for Internet locator and
employees use on a daily basis. For
routing applications. example, in the spring of 2000,
GDT worked with the local school
GDT's subject is geography,
district's sixth grade class to create
and, more specifically, Geographic
an accurate map of a new three-
Information Systems (GIS). This
mile recreational trail recently
intersection of geography and
established in town. The sixth
information technology provides
graders presented the map to the
many opportunities to work with
town Conservation Commission
schools, including curriculum
development. Thus, the entire and a computerized GIS
representation of the trail to the
enterprise has immersed itself in
Town Planner. GDT's "formula"
school-to-careers activities.
for an effective educational
For many years GDT has
experience is to involve students as
hosted tours for school groups at
peers with adults on real
all levels. A particularly popular
community projects, using
activity is a "scavenger hunt"
professional equipment,
where students use professional
procedures, and standards. At the
Global Positioning System
equipment to find "treasure" (T- other end of the spectrum are
shirts) hidden on the company
intensive guest lectures and
discussions on technology and the
grounds. This exercise
ethics of GIS for Dartmouth
contextualizes classroom activities
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GDT plans to expand its
College geography students.
activities with schools to include
For the November 19th, 1999,
working with local teachers to
GIS DAY celebration, GDT staff
train GDT volunteers to be more
members went into 22 local
effective in the classroom. GDT has
schools and conducted
also partnered with local
presentations on what GIS is and
community colleges and
how it affects the students' lives.
vocational centers to create courses
The same day, GDT also offered an
and internships around GIS.
Open House with tours, visual
Geographic Data Technology works
demonstrations, and a job fair. The
to make a difference in education
company reached over 800
at all levels in the community.
students and had over 200 people
at the Open House.
Contact:
GDT employees work in
Deb McCaffrey
collaboration with or serve on the
Marketing Coordinator
Geographic Data Technology
Boards of local schools, the Upper
11 Lafayette Street
Valley Business and Education
Lebanon, NH 03766
Partnership (UVBEP), the New
[phone] x1333;
Hampshire Job Bank, New
Fax: [phone]
Hampshire Technical College, and
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.geographic.com
the Upper Valley Teacher Institute.
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Intel Corporation
(Oregon Site)
Shaping Technology Education from Every Angle
"StRUT" schools. Students in the
Aast Intel, the span of school-to-
careers programs is growing
StRUT classes refurbish the
rapidly as the Internet donated computers and distribute
them to classrooms throughout
Economy in which it competes. As
their school district. Today there
a leader in the high-tech industiy,
are over 2,500 StRUT students in
Intel recognizes the necessity for
125 schools who participate in the
(1) improvement in science and
math education, (2) effective use program.
Intel wanted to assist students
of technology in the classroom, (3)
inside and outside of the
broad access to technology, and
classroom, so a new partnership
(4) encouragement for women
and minorities to enter technical
with the Beaverton Police Activities
League and the Portland Salvation
careers. In order to meet these
objectives, Intel Oregon organized Army has led to two Intel
Computer Clubhouses. The
16 separate programs and donated
$9.4 million in cash and
Clubhouses, supplied with high-
equipment to education programs
end technology, will provide an
educational and recreational after-
in 1999.
school "hangout" for students.
Intel encourages hands-on
Students who attend the Computer
training in the technology field. In
Clubhouse will receive school-to-
partnership with the Northwest
careers opportunities such as job
Regional Education Service
shadows, internships, and tours at
District, Intel's innovative Students
Intel. Intel Oregon will open
Recycling Used Technology
additional Clubhouses within the
(StRUT) program provides
next four years as part of Intel's
students with a technical
comprehensive plan to establish
background in computers while
expanding computer access in the
100 Computer Clubhouses
classroom. In this program, Intel
worldwide.
and other enterprises donate new
While its efforts to reach
students are laudable, Intel
and used computers and parts to
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