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Career Academies 101

Ford NGL thinks career academies are a core part of transforming the schooling experience for high school students. So, where do you start learning about them? Right here!

The goals of this webinar are to:

  • Develop a deeper understanding of career academies
  • Build excitement to start building the structure together
  • Answer the question: “What does this mean for me?”
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The ABCs of Branding and Strategic Communications

The learning goals for this webinar are:

  • You will understand why this tactic matters.
  • You will understand why a partnership system is needed for equity and sustainability.
  • You will be introduced to the key components of, and the systems-level process for, Powerful Partnerships.
  • You will learn some key Dos and Don’ts as you begin this work.
  • You will understand who should be involved in this work
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What’s An Industry Council and Why Should Every Community Have One?

  • What’s the power behind having industry councils? It is a way to maximize business and industry participation in and with career academies and, more specifically, career pathways within academies.This is particularly important in larger communities where you may have the same or similar academies in multiple high schools, allowing you to effectively utilize business and community resources to support academies across the district that fall within one industry sector.
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