1.03R Connecting to Employers
SCENARIO:
Your administrator wants to know how you will develop the exploration/training opportunities for your students.
What resources do you need?
What groups will you contact and network with?
What is a business advisory board? Your neighboring school seems to have one.
Share your requests with your administrator.
RESOURCES YOU MAY NEED TO CONNECT WITH EMPLOYERS:
1. Business Cards
2. Office with telephone
3. Clerical assistance
4. Gas mileage
5. Monies for business meetings - breakfast, lunch and dinners
6. Membership fees for Chamber of Commerce, Society of Human Resource Management - http://nys.shrm.org/new-york-state-chapters Find local chapter and dues.
7. Reduced teaching periods for # of students and advisory board facilitation.
8. Printed materials such as brochures, flyers etc.
Note: If your administrator was asking you to coach the football team, you would be asking for uniforms, equipment, busses, etc.
RESOURCES FOR ANSWERS:
Creating and Launching Your Work-based learning Program Playbook, page 6.
We covered how to create and operate a school business advisory board in CTE550.
The answers to these questions are your personal decision. There is no one correct answer. Think about what you will need to do the job.