Iowa's 麻豆原创s Prepare Students for the Workforce
In today's fast-paced and ever-changing world, a traditional classroom education is no longer sufficient to prepare students for the challenges of the workforce. To meet this need, Grant Wood Area Education Agency has changed the learning environment through High School Registered Apprenticeships programs. Students benefit from paid, on-the-job work experience before they graduate high school, and area businesses benefit from filling their labor gaps with these skilled employees.
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| "The healthcare industry has been fighting against stagnation. Before the apprenticeship, Meth-Wick spent $1 million on a recruiting agency, which was 'not sustainable.' After the high school apprenticeship program was introduced, Meth Wick went from two years of almost no job applicants to 'struggling to find places' for high school students interested in apprenticing." 鈥� Amber Jedlicka, Director of operations at |  |
| "After I finish this I will get an apprenticeship certificate and that looks very very good on a job application. Not a lot of people can say they've worked somewhere 2,000 hours and have the paperwork to prove it." 鈥� Christopher Yenter, senior at Williamsburg High School, welder at Kinze Manufacturing | 
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| "Employers are desperate for employees...there are students who are 'lost at 鈥楥鈥� 鈥� as in the letter grade C 鈥� who are 'drifting through school.' Work-based learning could help them find a passion and 鈥渋gnite their fires.' I鈥檝e met countless kids who say, 鈥業 found a purpose, I found a direction, I found a cause, I found an interest.鈥� Jeff Weld, Executive director of the Iowa Governor鈥檚 STEM Advisory Council |  |
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