TECHNICAL SKILLS STRATEGIES

• Opportunity to earn professional certificates

  • Microsoft, Square, POS, etc.

  • Project management

  • Design/communication programs

  • Student store management

    • Inventory management

• Understanding technical writing skills and when to use

  • Emails

  • Structuring communication to align with industry-standards

  • Reading comprehension of technical writing

  • Work-based learning tied to

    • Applied projects

      • Student enterprise

  • Using Stukent to develop technical skills

    • Provide business simulations

    • Industry certifications

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS STRATEGIES

• Development of 21st-century skills

  • Digital Resources

  • Communication skills - working with real people

  • Trust to make good mistakes

  • Energy shift toward intrinsic motivation

  • "Shoot for the Moon" mentality

  • Exposure to the Oregon Employability Skills

  • Student leadership opportunties like FBLA or DECA

• Helping to build comfort in networking (human to human)

• Building personal standards with accountability

  • Professional attire

  • Expectations with business standards while taking into account entry into the business world

• Goal Setting/Vision Board/SMART

  • Graphic-design projects

  • Long-term projects

  • EQ scores

PACTEC REGION SECONDARY

• Forest Grove

• Mountainside

• St. Helens

• Westview

PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SECONDARY

• Grant

• Franklin

• Lincoln

• Roosevelt

• McDaniel

PCC POST-SECONDARY

• Business & Entrepreneurship

  • Management

General Business

Leadership Portland with Portland Metro Chamber - https://portlandmetrochamber.com/events-programs/programs/leadership-portland/ 

Portland Small Business Development Center SBDC - https://oregonsbdc.org/center/portland-sbdc/ 

Entrepreneurs’ Organization - https://member.eonetwork.org/portland 

Young Non-Profit Professionals Network of Portland - https://www.ynpnportland.org/ 

Nonprofit Association of Oregon - https://nonprofitoregon.org/ 

Hospitality 

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation - ProStart Competitions https://chooserestaurants.org/programs/prostart/ 

National Restaurant Association - https://restaurant.org/ 

Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association - https://www.oregonrla.org/ 

Sysco 

sysco.com/ 

Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association

https://www.oregonrla.org/ 

Oregon Hospitality Foundation

oregonrla.org/about-ohf/ 

THPRD Fitness 

thprd.org/activities/fitness 

Westside Economic Alliance

westsidealliance.org/ 

Healthy Sustainable Communities

https://hscommunities.com/