Community & Partners
Community engagement and collaboration are important to student achievement. This page is designed to strengthen partnerships between the School District of Janesville, business leaders, and the Janesville community. We depend on the support of professionals, businesses, educational and civic organizations to provide learning experiences for our students to become college & career ready. There are many ways to get involved!
Please contact Chris Maedke if you would like more information or have additional ideas. Below are resources and information organized by topic area.
Career based learning activities for students
Job Shadow: Opportunity for a student to see how an organization works.
CTSO: Act as an industry mentor to a Career and Technical Student Organization (STEM Forward FutureCity, Robotics, SkillsUSA, DECA, etc.)
Service Opportunities: Unpaid work experience and/or project based service opportunities.
Mentorship: Career and post-secondary guidance from someone already working in one of the student(s) areas of interest.
Students can earn credit for this. Currently we offer a mentorship course with the partnership from SSI Technologies.
Co-op: Paid and supervised work experience. This is often a student's first experience in the world of work.
Internship: Paid or un-paid work experience within a student's area(s) of interest
Youth Apprenticeship: Wisconsin's nationally recognized paid internship program. Students are placed in a 1 or 2 year program and are assessed by the employer according to skills standards checklists in partnership with School District of Janesville teaching staff.
Special Projects: Limited term projects that allow students to apply what they are learning in school in the world of work.
2016-17 Students from Craig & Parker High School worked with the City of Janesville and studied the collection of leaves and how they affected the storm water.
Volunteer. Become a career coach by spending less than an hour per week, you can share your experience and advice with students by contributing to mediated, threaded discussions online.
Offer work-based learning opportunities - You can post and coordinate work-based learning activities like job shadowing, company tours, internships, etc. that your business offers directly with students/job seekers and educators.
Employers - You can setup and maintain a company profile to describe your business, highlight your unique attributes, and communicate your areas of need to the future employees as well as parents and educators.
Companies:
Increase your business’ visibility and highlight your community involvement
Promote careers that are available in Rock County and help students realize that there are many opportunities in your community
Nurture your future workforce by connecting with them early in their career development
Bridge the skills gap of students coming out of high school by communicating what the real world needs
Help build Wisconsin into a workforce-strong and economically vibrant state
Positively affect and directly address the region’s drop-out, graduation and unemployment rates
Volunteers:
Give back to your community by taking part in helping our youth reach their full career potential
Bridge the skills gap of students coming out of high school by communicating what the real world needs
Positively affect and directly address the region’s drop-out, graduation and unemployment rates
Participation is free and is easily tailored to your level of involvement and schedule.
Business Partnership
If you are willing to help prepare School District of Janesville students for the world of work, civic life and/or help them learn about careers in your industry, please complete the following form. We will keep you on our contacts list and will contact you as specific needs arise.
If you wish to offer an opportunity to School District of Janesville students, please click the link provided to the left "student opportunities" and answer as completely as possible. After this information is submitted, we will contact you with any additional questions.
Questions? Please contact christopher.maedke@janesville.k12.wi.us or call 608-743-5037.
ACADEMIC AND CAREER PLANNING (ACP)
ACP Information from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
What is ACP?
Academic and Career Planning, or ACP, is a student-driven, adult-supported process in which students create and cultivate their own unique and information-based visions for post-secondary success, obtained through self-exploration, career exploration, and the development of career management and planning skills.
Why ACP?
Education for Employment was established in 1985 in response to the growing concern over the number of youth who failed to make a successful transition from school to postsecondary endeavors. s. 121.02 (1)(m), Wis. Stats., states that every school board shall provide access to an Education for Employment program. Chapter PI 26, the administrative rule for this program, was revised and became effective on July 1, 2004. On June 30, 2013, Wisconsin Statute 115.28(59) was signed to require implementation of academic and career planning (ACP) statewide beginning in 2017-18 for pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 in a school district.
It was determined that rather than creating a new rule addressing ACP, the current PI26 would be updated and revised to include the required ACP components.
Reference:
Wisconsin Department of Instruction, https://dpi.wi.gov/acp.
contact information
Curriculum Coordinator
christopher.maedke@janesville.k12.wi.us
Chris Maedke 608-743-5037