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Mission
Statement
It is the mission of the Business
/Community /Education Partnership Council to be a proactive resource to
promote reciprocal understanding among businesses, community
organizations, and the school community; to create a climate for
fostering mutually beneficial relationships which promotes the move from
education to careers; and to bring "added value" to the community it
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Objectives
- Actively promote programs and curricular
experiences that involve schools, businesses, and community working
together for the mutual benefit of all.
- Provide opportunities for the business
community to become actively involved in educational endeavors for
school-to-career programs.
- To continue serving as a liaison between
the business, community and the school district.
- To develop a communication structure to
exchange an understanding of each other's needs, requirements,
limitations, and responsibilities.
- To encourage all staff to become actively
involved in business and community partnerships and activities.
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Partnership
Benefits
- Activity -
Business education partnership activities are limited only
by the collective imaginations of the students, business people and the
teachers. You can dive right in and develop an ongoing relationship with a
school, or just commit to a one-time project partnership to "test the
waters." There are no rules. Just ask how.
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Community -
Business people want to give back to their communities but fear they lack
the resources or the time. Business education partnerships are a wonderful
way to give back, and they can be everything you make them. Donations of
money are not required or even asked. Donations of equipment are always
appreciated, but what we really hope to gain from our business partners is
experience. Your knowledge is more valuable than you know, and the
experience you can "donate" to our students will be repaid by the
development of competent, confident graduates.
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Responsibility
- You don't have to have a child in school to be concerned that the
three R's are not enough. Our students today need to know not only what
they can learn, but how to learn. A business person, you know that
learning does not stop when you don your cap and gown. To be successful
and productive, workers must learn throughout their careers, throughout
their lives. Are the courses relevant? How will they relate to future
careers? What skills will students need? Are they learning them?
Answers to these questions will be best obtained with your cooperation.
- Serendipity - Just when you're not expecting
it, your partnership will bring a direct benefit to your business. You
might find your company's name in the newspaper. New clients and employees
are developed through your involvement with students and their schools.
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Benefits to Businesses
- Directly affect your schools and,
ultimately, the community.
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Directly affect quality of
education.
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Influence students' career
decisions
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Promote skill development
that reduces need for on-the-job training.
- Communicate your needs to educators.
- Provide employees with opportunities to
sharpen their communication skills by giving classroom presentations.
- Gain a better understanding of the nature
and needs of the public education system that shapes new hires.
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Benefits to Schools
- Reinforce students' understanding that
what is learned in school applies to the world of work.
- Provide opportunities for students to
observe and/or participate in world of work.
- Private sector resources may benefit
programs.
- Enhance lessons on free enterprise
system.
- Successful role models reinforce good
citizenship.
- Expand awareness of life choices.
- Provide reasons for achieving
academically and for attending school.
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Improve preparation
for the world of work.
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Increase private
sector's understanding of public education.
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Increase staff's
understanding of the private sector.
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Leadership
Business/Community/Education Partnership Executive Council
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Co-Chairs |
Tim Rohlwing and Debbie Hasse |
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Members |
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Dr. Alan Leis - Superintendent |
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Kaye Corrigan |
Maureen Dvorak |
Heather Fitch |
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Dave Griffith |
Mary Beth Marshall |
Nina Menis |
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Don Perry |
Gerry Rounds |
Debbie Shipley |
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Melea Smith |
Susan Stuckey |
Sandra Wearne |
Business/Community/Education Partnerships
To see the current
list of Naperville District 203 partners, click
here. |
