Danville/Boyle County Chamber of Commerce 2010 Teachers Academy
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The Danville/Boyle County Chamber of Commerce held its 2010 Teacher Academy June 7-9. This is the opening presentation explaining the program.
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Danville/Boyle County Chamber of Commerce 2010 Teachers Academy
- 1. Teacher Academy Opening Session June 7, 2010
- 9. Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. --- Garrison Keillor
- 17. “ The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write – but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and re-learn.” ---- Alvin Toffler, futurist Danville/Boyle County Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development Committee Teacher Academy
- 18. Teacher Academy Goals * To increase educator awareness of career opportunities and required skills of jobs among local businesses and industries; * To provide educators with “real world” examples of the application of academic content and soft skills taught in schools; and * To begin to build collaborative relationships among school systems and the business community.
- 28. Let’s take a break Table 4 Gail Jackson Ryan Beard Amy Bradshaw Thea Long Linda Maxwell Stephanie Miracle Kim Singleton Shauna Sinkhorn Julia Snellen Candi Campbell Table 3 Sean Cain Jean Abney Bret Baierlein Chris Davis Connie Howerton Cecile Napier Megan Ralston Michael Spears Richard Terry Michelle Thompson Amy Isola Dana Frondal Table 2 Joey Harris Steve Rinehart Roger Hartner Rob Kremer J. D. Smith Sandra Smock Barbara Terry Mike Tetirick Amy Tracy Angie Lamere Table 1 Keith Lile Ann Carter Ryan Adams Janette Beard Victoria Brushway Ashley Collier Michelle Feistritzer Lee Alan Roher Laura Willis Susan Wysong David Edwards
- 29. It’s lunch time! Table 4 Gail Jackson Ryan Beard Amy Bradshaw Thea Long Linda Maxwell Stephanie Miracle Kim Singleton Shauna Sinkhorn Julia Snellen Table 3 Jennifer Kinslow Jean Abney Bret Baierlein Chris Davis Connie Howerton Cecile Napier Megan Ralston Michael Spears Richard Terry Michelle Thompson Table 2 B. J. Sullivan Roger Hartner J. D. Smith Sandra Smock Barbara Terry Mike Tetirick Barbara Terry Amy Tracy Laura Willis Table 1 Ennis Tillman Ryan Adams Janette Beard Victoria Brushway Ashley Collier Michelle Feistritzer Lee Alan Roher Laura Willis Susan Wysong
Editor's Notes
- I am certain that all of the teachers present recognize these scenes from your own classroom experience: - polite students, always eager to learn and participate, - lots of quality one-on-one time with each student, and - students who always get along together and work effectively with minimal supervision and direction. No?
- Then what about these images? - a mountain of tests to grade, forms to fill out, and reports to do, - that dull throbbing headache at the end of the week (or the end of the day!), or - the “why am I still doing this?” question that you ask yourself.
- Or the urge to go somewhere alone and just scream until you feel better!
- Or the urge to climb the walls – or go over the wall and escape!
- In spite of all of those urges, you show up each day to do a difficult – and very important job! You contribute not only to the education and social development of your students, but also to the economic development of the community, the region, and the state. For all that you do, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, the Workforce Development Committee, and the businesses participating in the Teacher Academy, I offer you a sincere “Thank YOU”.
- The Workforce Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce was created in 2007 after the Chamber’s Board of Directors identified workforce development as one of the areas in which the Chamber should focus its efforts. The goal or purpose of the committee was defined in this way.
- The Bluegrass Area Development District seeks to address the needs of the 17 counties in Central Kentucky. BGADD with the Workforce Investment Board surveyed manufacturing employers in the region in 2006 about job skills deficiencies that they were experiencing among their current employees and among applicants for jobs. The survey respondents were 141 of the 446 manufacturing companies with 500 or fewer employees – and represented 47% of the total employment of those companies with less than 500 employees In June of last year, the results of the survey were presented to employers in the four counties surrounding Danville. The participating companies confirmed their experience to be essentially the same as the results of the survey. The Focus Panel of local employers were also asked for ideas for solutions. One of the themes that emerged within the selected solutions was that “workforce development requires collaboration”.
- A number of recent state and national studies and reports, have reached similar conclusions about the job readiness of high school and post-secondary graduates. This one by The Conference Board concluded, “The future workforce is here – and it is ill-prepared.” Many of the reports have also reached similar conclusions that “greater communication and collaboration between the business sector and educators” are needed to address the problem.