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Mathematical

Computational

Spoken & Written

Language

Social

Collaborative

Spatial & Mechanical

Business & Financial

Manufacturing Workforce Literacies

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Penn High

School

Mishawaka

School

John

Glenn

High

School

Career

Academy

South

Bend

Schools

The

Crossing

School

Goodwill

Excel

Center for

Adults

Fab Lab

@ Lake

Michigan

College

Maker

Hive in

Elkhart

Sibley

Center

Make

South

Bend

Michiana Chapter

of the National Tool

and Machining

Association (NTMA-

- 34 Companies)

Multiple

manufacturing

Companies

Bridges

Out of

Poverty

Goodwill Conexus

ADEC

Handicap

Services

High SchoolsManufacturing Hands-

on LearningManufacturers Social Services

Riverbend

Math

South

Bend

School

Adult

Training

Dasi /

Solidworks

Horton

GroupSandvick

Digital

Manufacturing

Institute

University

of Notre

Dame

Purdue

University

Lake

Michigan

College

Ivy

Tech

Work One

of Indiana

Michigan

Works

Dept of

Labor

(DOL)

Michiana

Partnership

South Bend

Chamber of

Commerce

Economic

Development

of Elkhart

County

Project

Lead

The

Way

Informal

EducationVendors Higher Education Workforce Development

...but imagine a shared vision...

• Informed and coordinated manufacturers define skillsets and projected workforce size

• Higher ed and apprenticeship programs coordinate to impart those skills at needed scale in ways transparent to students

• Each supporting level of training offers measurably sufficient prerequisite training, with numbers tuned to anticipated WFD need

• common metrics applied and visible across programs to spot skills gaps

• remediation and overflow training strategies available online• transparency and welcoming invitations offered by teachers

who are fully part of the manufacturing community

a common agenda ...

• built on genuine strategic alignment• where the long-term goals of each partner

are acknowledged• putting in common as much as partners

actually have in common• a foundation for trust

… a shared measurement system

• both short-term, performance indicators showing that effort is being applied in agreed-upon direction

• and longer-term impact goals so partners can tell when the collaboration is succeeding

...mutually reinforcing activities

• where each partner shares its gifts freely with others

• with freedom and encouragement to form small collaborations in pursuit of goals that include the larger common agenda

...in continuous communication

• providing shared advantage that comes with awareness of new developments

• encouraging timely collaboration• onboarding new partners• celebrating success real-time

...backbone organizational support

• keeping eyes on the prize• holding up a common vision for partners• coordinating common activities,

measurement and communication of results• onboarding new partners• acting as institutional memory for the

collaboration• serving as point of contact

Collaborative Impact

• Common agenda• Shared metrics• Mutually reinforcing activities• Continuous communication• Backbone organization support