danville/boyle county chamber of commerce 2010 teachers academy

Teacher AcademyOpening Session

June 7, 2010

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.

--- Garrison Keillor

Danville/Boyle County Chamber of Commerce

Workforce Development Committee

Goal/Purpose:

To identify the factors that enable and inhibit

an adequately skilled labor force

to support economic growth

in Danville and Boyle County

and to identify strategies to address those factors.

Results of 2006 BGADD survey of manufacturing employers:

deficiencies of current employees:

- Verbal communications - Team leadership/supervisory skills - Critical thinking skills - Advanced computer skills - Teamwork

and deficiencies among job applicants:

- Undesirable attitude/conduct - Undependable - Unacceptable drug test - Lack of pertinent experience - Criminal record

June 14, 2007 Focus Panel of Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, and Mercer employers confirmed the survey results as applicable in this region

June 2007 Focus Panel of local employers:

One of the causal factors identified was a

“disconnect between education and business.”

The skills needed

in theworkplace

What students

learn in school

“What are the top three challenges facing Kentuckyover the next five years?”

• Locating qualified employee applicants 38%• Increasing healthcare costs 32%• Ensuring the KY educational system is effective and affordable 23%• Managing the wave of retiring baby boomers 17%• Growth of the industrial base 15%• Attracting new companies to the Commonwealth 14%• Recruitment of technically-trained employees 13%

“In the Eye of the Storm: Confronting Kentucky’s Looming Workforce Crisis”

Findings from CEO Dialogue Sessions conducted by KCTCS in 2007



“What are the top three challenges facing the region’s

business and industry over the next three years?”

• Lack of a sufficient pool of qualified workers 50%• Availability of technically-skilled employees 32%• Escalating health care costs 30%• Global competition, particularly from China 17%• Improving the skills of current employees 13%

“What are the top three economic development

issues facing Kentucky?”

• Lack of a sufficient pool of qualified workers 50%• Availability of technically-skilled employees 32%• Escalating health care costs 30%• Global competition, particularly from China 17%• Improving the skills of current employees 13%



The future workforce is here, and it is ill-prepared.

--- Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Skills of New Entrants of the 21st Century Workforce; report on survey by The Conference Board and SHRM

“It is clear from the report that greater communication and collaboration between the business sector and educators is critical to ensure that young people are prepared to enter the workplace of the 21st century.”

--- Richard Cavanaugh, President and CEO, The Conference Board

“The illiterate of the 21st century

will not be those who cannot read and write

– but those who cannot learn, unlearn,

and re-learn.”

---- Alvin Toffler, futurist

Danville/Boyle County Chamber of CommerceWorkforce Development Committee

Teacher Academy

Teacher Academy Goals

* To increase educator awareness of career opportunities and required skills of jobs among local businesses and industries;

* To provide educators with “real world” examples of the application of academic content and soft skills taught in schools; and

* To begin to build collaborative relationships among school systems and the business community.


Teacher Academy

During your visits to business sites:

• follow all company rules regarding safety and visitors;

• ask questions that are related to jobs, job requirements, employer expectations, and education requirements;

• identify the non-manufacturing and/or professional career opportunities within the company;

• observe the skills/knowledge needed in order to learn the jobs that you observe; and

• collect examples of ‘real world’ applications of academic subjects you teach.


Teacher Academy

After the Teacher Academy:

• utilize what you have learned, the examples you have collected, and the business contacts that you have made during the program in your classrooms during the 2009-2010 school year,

• provide a report on the experience to your school’s principal, site based council and/or school board, and

• respond to the follow up request by the Workforce Development Committee approximately six months after the Teacher Academy on how the experience has influenced instruction.

“Coming together is a beginning.

Keeping together is progress.

Working together is success.”

---- Henry Ford

Let’s take a break

Table 1Keith Lile

Ann Carter

Ryan Adams

Janette Beard

Victoria Brushway

Ashley Collier

Michelle Feistritzer

Lee Alan Roher

Laura Willis

Susan Wysong

David Edwards

Table 2Joey Harris

Steve Rinehart

Roger Hartner

Rob Kremer

J. D. Smith

Sandra Smock

Barbara Terry

Mike Tetirick

Amy Tracy

Angie Lamere

Table 3Sean Cain

Jean Abney

Bret Baierlein

Chris Davis

Connie Howerton

Cecile Napier

Megan Ralston

Michael Spears

Richard Terry

Michelle Thompson

Amy Isola

Dana Frondal

Table 4Gail Jackson

Ryan Beard

Amy Bradshaw

Thea Long

Linda Maxwell

Stephanie Miracle

Kim Singleton

Shauna Sinkhorn

Julia Snellen

Candi Campbell

It’s lunch time!

Table 1Ennis Tillman

Ryan Adams

Janette Beard

Victoria Brushway

Ashley Collier

Michelle Feistritzer

Lee Alan Roher

Laura Willis

Susan Wysong

Table 2B. J. Sullivan

Roger Hartner

J. D. Smith

Sandra Smock

Barbara Terry

Mike Tetirick

Barbara Terry

Amy Tracy

Laura Willis

Table 3Jennifer Kinslow

Jean Abney

Bret Baierlein

Chris Davis

Connie Howerton

Cecile Napier

Megan Ralston

Michael Spears

Richard Terry

Michelle Thompson

Table 4Gail Jackson

Ryan Beard

Amy Bradshaw

Thea Long

Linda Maxwell

Stephanie Miracle

Kim Singleton

Shauna Sinkhorn

Julia Snellen

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