Kalamazoo County’s Successful Collaboration Model:

Preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s careers

Last Revised: June 2011

Executive Council:

Consortium membership: Kalamazoo RESA Superintendent, 9 LEA Superintendents, KVCC President

Purpose: Approval of all EFE operations, program additions and deletions

Educational Advisory Group (EAG)

Membership: Workforce Dev, Career Tech Ed, Post Sec, Adult Ed, Sec, Business & Industry

Purpose: Advisory of Federal Grants-Perkins and Tech Prep for Region

EFE Council

Membership: Business & Industry, Workforce Dev, Economic Dev, Post Sec, Local Districts,

Labor Org

Purpose: Advisory for program plan, research and development

Kalamazoo RESA

Education for Employment (EFE)

Executive Director

Central Office Staff

Kalamazoo County EFE Programs

36 career pathway programs

22 program sites

60 instructors

182 course sections

3,837 student enrollment

Kalamazoo County Council of Principals

Kalamazoo County Guidance Council

Kalamazoo County

EFE Program Advisory Committees

Kalamazoo County EFE College Articulation

10 partnering colleges and universities

Kalamazoo County Career Education Events

Kalamazoo County Education for Employment Consortium

Audits: TRAC, Civil Rights

Kalamazoo Area College Access Network

Kalamazoo County Education for Employment Consortium

The Consortium Contract

• Membership: Climax-Scotts, Comstock, Galesburg-Augusta, Gull Lake, Kalamazoo, Parchment, Portage, Schoolcraft, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo RESA, Kalamazoo Valley Community College

• Consortium membership approved by LEA school boards Contract began in 1982--Renewed in 1997 In process for renewal until 2027 (15 year)

• Contract designates Kalamazoo RESA hires Assistant Superintendent/Executive Director as appointed by the Executive Council

• Nonpublic schools/home schools participate through student residence within the 9 LEAs

Charter Schools If charter high schools choose to join, consortium membership votes to accept.

Membership includes all Kalamazoo County LEA boards.

Kalamazoo County Education for Employment 2011-2012 Funding Sources

2011-2012 Student Billable Hour Cost: $809

Kalamazoo County Education for Employment Consortium

EFE Programs

Kalamazoo County Education for Employment Consortium

Collaboration of Services

Kalamazoo County Education for Employment Consortium

•Economic Workforce/Education Partnerships: Workforce Development, Southwest Michigan First, Chamber of Commerce, Kalamazoo Human Resources Management Association, Upjohn Institute•Over 400 businesses participate in EFE Council or pathway advisory committees•Over 300 supervisors/precepts for cooperative education, apprenticeships and internships•35-40 businesses and organizations donate to scholarships for Outstanding EFE Seniors ($57,000 in scholarships)•50 businesses participate in Job Fair•16 business offer EFE program training on site:

Business & Industry

Kalamazoo County Education for EmploymentRecognition and Awards

Exemplary Program Award-Health Services, MCLN, 1991 Business/Industry Recognition Award, MI Council Voc Ed, 1992-1994 Exemplary Program-EFE, National Institute of Work and Learning, 1992 Outstanding Business/Education, MI Occ Ed Assoc, 1992 Outstanding Business/Industry Partnership Award-Hospitality, MOEA, 1993 Exemplary Program Award-Law Enforcement, MCLN, 1993 Exemplary Business /Labor Involvement Award-Health Occupations, National Assoc of

State Councils on Voc Ed, 1993 President Clinton recognizes the exemplary quality of the KRESA EFE program, 1994 Education Excellence Award-EFE, MASB, 1995 Outstanding School/Business Partnership Award-Health Occ and Bronson, EMAF, 1996 Innovator to Watch, Michigan Jobs Commission, 1997 Michigan’s Best Education Excellence Award Program (runner up), MASB, 1997 Excellence in Practice Award-EFE, Michigan Governor’s Career Ed Conference, 2004 CTE Administrator of the Year , Deb Miller, Michigan Association of Secondary School

Principals (MASSP) , 2009-2010 Mich. Design Educators Association's MDEA Educator of the Year, Marvin Gage, 2010 Wells Cook Master Teacher of Secondary Business Education Award , Amy Meyer,

Michigan Business Education Association , 2010