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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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Raise Your Right Hand: "I Promise to Keep the Best & Brightest on Long Island!"

LI Job Fair for New Graduates

You can help us keep the class of 2008 on Long Island - forward this to every recruiter & new graduate that you know!

The June 4 Long Island Job Fair is the only collaborative workforce initiative uniting high schools, technical schools, and higher education.  Reach both LI graduates and those returning home to begin their careers.  To print the details:  recruiters, click here; new graduates click here!

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Connecting Curriculum to Careers: Long Island S.M.A.R.T. Expo

Can learning Science, Math, Art, Reading and Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) be exciting?  A resounding “Yes!” according to 7th grade Ryan Hillman who attended Long Island’s first S.M.A.R.T. Expo held at the Huntington Hilton on March 27, 2008.  “I got to do fun experiments and design a house,” said the East Meadow middle school student.  Hosted by LI Works Coalition, Junior Achievement of New York, and Motorola, Inc., the first LI S.M.A.R.T. Expo hosted 400 middle school students who participated in hands-on projects with 20 LI businesses and organizations.  Students applied everyday skills from the classroom into various work environments.    View photos of event--www.liworks.org/dsp_photogallery.cfm

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Internship Connection Draws 1,800 Students

Dressed for success with resumes in-hand, more than 1,800 students attended the 11th Annual Long Island Works Coalition (LI Works) Internship/Student Job Fair on January 9 at the Huntington Hilton, Melville. Open to high school juniors through graduate school students, more than 90 organizations screened their future workforce for potential employees.

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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

 

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