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Reading, Writing and Relevance

Written by Claude Solnik and appearing in LIBN on Friday, June 13, 2008

Long Island schools are gearing up for a revolutionary change in how information is delivered in the classroom.

They’re looking at an approach that brings the workplace into the classroom, and not just through internships and career fairs.

Seven Long Island school districts in September plan to launch “career academies,” programs designed to make education more relevant to the working world.

Philadelphia originated this education prototype in 1969 and today, one in 10 high school students there are in such a program.

Florida rolled out academies in all of its schools; they’re common in California – every district in Sacramento offers them – they’re and catching on in many states. Long Island districts would be among the first in New York to roll out this particular format.

In the career academy concept, students attend classes in traditional subjects that are slightly tailored to particular industries.

“We’re focusing on health care, green technology, business,” said Cheryl Davidson, executive director of Melville-based Long Island Works Coalition, which is helping schools organize academies. “That’s really where we see job growth. It’ll help the economic engine of Long Island.”

 

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Internship Grant Award from the NYS Department of Labor

LI Works is the recipient of a grant from the NYS Department of Labor to Develop and Broker Student Internship Opportunities.     Internships are great way for students to learn about and connect to LI businesses, and for businesses to grow their own workforce.

 

LI Works has developed a three part program for all businesses and students that meet NYS DOL requirements. 

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Hot off The Press

LONG ISLAND EDUCATION AND BUSINESS PARTNER ON CAREER ACADEMIES


Long Island Association
 -  Ford PAS -  Long Island Works
          
            May 13, 2008 (Melville, NY): The Long Island Association (LIA), the region’s largest business and civic organization, the Long Island Works Coalition (LI Works), the Ford Motor Company Fund, and seven Long Island school districts today announced that they will collaborate on the creation of career academies at seven Long Island high schools to be opened in September 2008.  The seven school districts are: Bridgehampton, Central Islip, East Islip, Middle Country, Wantagh, William Floyd, and Wyandanch. 

 

Career academies are an innovative and highly successful way of teaching basic academics (math, science, English, social studies) by using the context of real world career examples.  Career academies are not to be confused with traditional vocational education.  Career academies improve the teaching of academic subjects by making the lessons more relevant to real working world situations. 

 

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Next Generation Learning Communities

Even temperatures of 119 degrees couldn’t wilt the excitement and enthusiasm at a conference I (Cheryl Davidson, director, LI Works Coalition) attended last week. Sitting in a hotel in Palm Springs, CA, surrounded by hundreds of people representing chambers of commerce, government and education, I knew that the presentation I was listening to would be transformational. Hosted by Ford Motor Company Fund, Cheryl Carrier began talking about Ford’s commitment to Next Generation Learning Communities (NGLC) also known as Career Academies. Even through this tough economic time, Ford is more committed than ever to transforming the way communities work together to keep the U.S. competitive and ensure our future workforce has the skills and education needed to do this.

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Career Academies

Career Academies :  Linking Economic and Workforce Development with Education

  • Teaching academic subjects within an industry context
  • Focus on academic Rigor, Relevancy in learning and Relationships between students/teachers/college/ community
  • Prepare all high school students with career education
  • Are being successfully implemented across the country with impressive results