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usinessesBy Bob BrownLeader-Telegram staffAs the construction season winds down on Eau Claire streets, it's just beginning in the Eau Claire AreaSchool District. |gf|Minus the hard hats, about 200 local educators and business people gathered Monday at DeLong Middle School to draw a blueprint for the building of more extensive working relationships Sarah Harder and MikeBlanchard, co-chairs of the localEducation for Employment Council, gave an overview of the busi-ness-education partnership programs that now exist and urged that more area employers become in volved. 9EIschools seek ways to work togetherH*itWe (in education) have an awful lot tolearn from the knowledge that only comes in a workplace.”Sill S If SRli If — Sarah Harder,|| director of UW-EC educational opportunities office“We’ve provided some roads. The question is whether those roads are going to be used.'' said Harder, director of the educational opportunities office at the University of Wisconsin liau C laire.Monday's meeting was designed to improve communication between two communities that basically feel pretty awkward with oneanother — business and education,” Harder said.§|“We (in education) have an awful lot to learn from the;.knowledge that only comes in a work place,’’ she said. |jt‘ Things change so rapidly, and business and industry are at the forefront of that and have the.:opportunity to come in (to theclassroom )||and help,” said Blanchard, senior vice president for marketing at Luther Hospital.Blanchard explained that the school district s Education for Employment program is Idesigned to ensure that all students - from kindergarten through 12th grade -understand the direct connection between their academic studies and (lieu inline prospects for obtain ingjg remaining! and {advancingSinemployment llK 1 i|fLocal employers play the key role in making that connection for students by taking them into the workplace and showing them how their studies directly apply there,Blanchard said,1 *: ■ ; lillpIn addition to bringing studentsj into the workplace for hands-on ex®perience, employers can help the schools by bringing their expertise into the classroom, he said.While Education for Employment programs primarily are aimed at the 60 percent of students who don’t go on to college, Harder said she sees many students at ( W l-.au Claire who don't have a clue about the employment applications of whatthej learnp ft lS'i?§J§Harder explained that Educationfor Employment programs are designed to help students, by putting them directly into work situations; teachers, by keeping them up to date on the latest developments in the workplace; and businesses, byprov iding them with a well trained.prt d ucti v e work force.
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Eau Claire Leader Telegram
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Oct 29, 1991
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