Please Answer The Following Please Answer The Following Questions:Questions:1. What industry/career field was 1. What industry/career field was your first job in?your first job in?2. Are you working in the same field 2. Are you working in the same field presently?presently?3. Did you know someone working in 3. Did you know someone working in the field you got your first job in or the field you got your first job in or at your present workplace?at your present workplace?

A Leg Up On All The Rest!A Leg Up On All The Rest!Connecting Students With Industry PartnersConnecting Students With Industry Partners

NCPN- October 12, 2007NCPN- October 12, 2007

Program OutlineProgram Outline

I.I. How Tech Prep Connect Got How Tech Prep Connect Got StartedStarted

II.II. How We Got Business/Industry How We Got Business/Industry InvolvedInvolved

III.III. Program Outcomes and Program Outcomes and AssessmentAssessment

Program Start-UpProgram Start-Up1.1. What is Tech Prep Connect?What is Tech Prep Connect?2.2. FIPSE Grant- Fund for the FIPSE Grant- Fund for the

Improvement of Post-Secondary Improvement of Post-Secondary EducationEducation

3.3. Beginning to formally recognize Beginning to formally recognize what we were already doingwhat we were already doing

Getting Getting Business/Industry Business/Industry

InvolvedInvolved1.1. Planned a breakfastPlanned a breakfast2.2. Described Tech Prep Connect Described Tech Prep Connect

programs in detailprograms in detail3.3. Introduction of studentsIntroduction of students4.4. Memorandum Of Memorandum Of

UnderstandingUnderstanding5.5. Website designWebsite design

Program Program Outcomes & Outcomes & AssessmentAssessment1.Successful activities- Problem-Based

Learning, Lunch With the Leaders, Site Visits

2. Not-so-successful activities- Externships, E-Mentoring

3. Program Concerns- Continued funding? Advisory Board Membership Teacher Investment

Program Concerns Program Concerns Con’tCon’t

1.1. Grant funds are diminishing!Grant funds are diminishing!

2.2. Advisory Board attendance was very Advisory Board attendance was very good last May, but will we be able to good last May, but will we be able to find partners who have a desire to find partners who have a desire to work directly with students?work directly with students?

3.3. Teacher investment has gotten Teacher investment has gotten better. They went out this past better. They went out this past summer to recruit partners for summer to recruit partners for various activities.various activities.

Future?Future?1.1. Ohio- HEI- Higher Ohio- HEI- Higher

Education Index/ Education Index/ Contacting Tech Prep Contacting Tech Prep alumnialumni

2.2. Other grant Other grant opportunities or opportunities or Advisory Board Advisory Board donationsdonations

3.3. Senior surveys Senior surveys

Questions/Comments/Questions/Comments/Concerns?Concerns?

For more information, contact:

Dave Janikdjanik@bgsu.edu