New program aims to get students to graduation, expand career pathways
Last year the program had 70 students. This year, after restructuring, the program has 135 and counting...
New coordinator will be face of career-work experience effort
Her role includes creating job opportunities, serving as a liaison with businesses and helping students hone skills employers want them to master...
Heavy-metal ready
Fourteen students, including several women, graduated from the first cohort of Metallica Scholars, an eight-week welding course...
Students earn credits, gain jobs through GRCC training program
After more than 600 hours spent learning to build houses, fix cars, take blood pressure and complete other skills needed for jobs available in West Michigan, 52 students graduated in December from the GRCC Job Training programs...
Educators connect students with workforce opportunities
Apprenticeships provide pathways to in-demand, high wage careers, a U.S. Department of Labor representative recently told high school students...
Students tour world of manufacturing
Touring several local plants, students learned manufacturing isn’t what it used to be...
Women in skilled trades hone skills, explore careers, network with industry experts
Project Accelerate is a seven-week, once-weekly course offered through The Build Initiative, a Pontiac-based program that works to build knowledge for women interested in construction and related fields...
Hopes, Dreams and Here We Go
To help seniors prepare for “life’s next step,” Northview’s English 12 classes teach students employability skills such as résumés, job interviews and public speaking...
Grant Gives Students Welding Skills, Virtual-style
Whether you are in high school attempting to settle on a career, an adult back to school to upgrade skills or a young child dreaming of what to be when you grow up, equipment coming soon to Kent Career...
From Construction Class to Happy Homeowners
Talk about being invested in your students' work.
After students spent last school year building a house through the East Kentwood High School residential construction class, Principal Omar Bakri bought it.
"I wasn't planning on it," said Bakri. "I stopped by...
Students Get the Lowdown on High-Tech Jobs
Remington Switzer has been “messing with computers” for most of his life, loves gaming and is interested in a career in programming. But visiting a local website and apps development firm made him realize how many ways he could...
Interviewing 101 Helps Students Hone Skills
Had it been a real job interview, Katlyn Siddall might well have been hired.
In a practice interview in the high school library, Katlyn told Allyson Baumgard her step-by-step plan to become a pediatrician, and why she wants to be...
Pounding, Assembling, Constructing a Possible Future
When it comes to starting early in career exploration, Kentwood elementary students are hitting the nail on the head – literally.
During a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event with a newly-added skilled trades component, fifth-graders recently hammered nails...
Girls ‘Inspired to do More’ at Tech Camp
Eighth-grader Hien-Tran Bui entered coding commands for her website focused on tips for putting on makeup. She had just learned the basics of site-building from women who work in the Information Technology field. Nearby, eighth-grader Mya Proctor designed awebsite...
Wanted: More Than a Few Work-ready Graduates
Let's talk about a glaring example of the disconnect between the workforce and the pipeline of students who will soon enter it.
Last spring, Kent ISD, in partnership with local school districts, area manufacturing representatives, and Grand Rapids Community College,...
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