BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190306T160000Z DTEND:20190306T173000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:2019 Mar Ribbon Cutting & Rebranding: Workforce Center of Excellence DESCRIPTION:RIBBON CUTTING & REBRANDING\n\n\n\nWorkforce Center of Excellence\n\n\n\nALAMO ACADEMIES\n\n Industry-Driven\n Higher Education Program of Studies\n Workforce and Economic Development Partnership: Solving the School-to-Careers Pipeline\n\n\n\nThe Alamo Academies is a national award winning\, innovative\, STEM-based instructional model operated by the Alamo Area Academies Inc.\, a non-profit organization\, in partnership with the Alamo Colleges\, San Antonio area high schools\, industry and the cities of San Antonio\, New Braunfels and Seguin providing America's youth with tuition-free career pathways into critical demand technical STEM occupations. The program utilizes contextualized industry-driven curricula resulting in 94% of graduates entering higher education or high-wage careers in Aerospace\, Manufacturing\, Information Technology\, and Health.\n\n\n\nWHY THE ALAMO ACADEMIES MODEL WAS DEVELOPED\n\n\n\nSan Antonio was one of the first communities in the country to address the "skills-gap" issue through a partnership between the Alamo Colleges\, industry and public schools by founding the Alamo Academies a highly successful "Higher Education Career Academies" model recognized and commended by the U.S. Department of Labor\, Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC)\, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)\, Texas Governor's Office\, the Manufacturing Institute (MI) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The National Journal cited the Alamo Academies as one of the top workforce innovations in the country. The Academies address the region's lack of a high-tech\, high-skilled labor force by developing a pipeline of skilled technicians to staff new jobs and replace an aging workforce in Aerospace\, Information Technology (IT)\, Advanced Manufacturing\, and Health Career sectors. The Academies provide a college pathway for high school juniors and seniors to attain industry and academic certificates that lead to high-wage jobs or to further higher education while addressing critical workforce industry needs. Joe Wilson\, Lockheed Martin\, stated that "We were trying to develop a strategy to replace a retiring workforce. We wanted to make sure we transferred the knowledge and experience employees had before they retired. So back in 1999\, we partnered with the Alamo Colleges to develop a pipeline of young workers prepared to take jobs in our industry. The rest is history." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: \;
\nRIBBON CUTTING &\; REBRANDING
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\nWorkforce Center of Excellence
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\nALAMO ACADEMIES\n\n
\nThe Alamo Academies is a national award winning\, innovative\, STEM-based instructional model operated by the Alamo Area Academies Inc.\, a non-profit organization\, in partnership with the Alamo Colleges\, San Antonio area high schools\, industry and the cities of San Antonio\, New Braunfels and Seguin providing America&rsquo\;s youth with tuition-free career pathways into critical demand technical STEM occupations. The program utilizes contextualized industry-driven curricula resulting in 94% of graduates entering higher education or high-wage careers in Aerospace\, Manufacturing\, Information Technology\, and Health.
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\nWHY THE ALAMO ACADEMIES MODEL WAS DEVELOPED
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\nSan Antonio was one of the first communities in the country to address the &ldquo\;skills-gap&rdquo\; issue through a partnership between the Alamo Colleges\, industry and public schools by founding the Alamo Academies &ndash\; a highly successful &ldquo\;Higher Education Career Academies&rdquo\; model recognized and commended by the U.S. Department of Labor\, Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC)\, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)\, Texas Governor&rsquo\;s Office\, the Manufacturing Institute (MI) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The \;National Journal \;cited the Alamo Academies as one of the top workforce innovations in the country. The Academies address the region&rsquo\;s lack of a high-tech\, high-skilled labor force by developing a pipeline of skilled technicians to staff new jobs and replace an aging workforce in Aerospace\, Information Technology (IT)\, Advanced Manufacturing\, and Health Career sectors. The Academies provide a college pathway for high school juniors and seniors to attain industry and academic certificates that lead to high-wage jobs or to further higher education while addressing critical workforce industry needs. Joe Wilson\, Lockheed Martin\, stated that &ldquo\;We were trying to develop a strategy to replace a retiring workforce. We wanted to make sure we transferred the knowledge and experience employees had before they retired. So back in 1999\, we partnered with the Alamo Colleges to develop a pipeline of young workers prepared to take jobs in our industry. The rest is history.&rdquo\;
\n \; LOCATION:Workforce Center of Excellence Atrium 800 Quintana Rd.\, Bldg 8 San Antonio\, TX 78211 UID:e.2020.10123 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T202324Z URL:https://cm-dev.metrosa.com/events/details/2019-mar-ribbon-cutting-rebranding-workforce-center-of-excellence-10123 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR