EDUCATION &
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT:
Provides leadership, information
and support to help meet the current and future employee needs of First Coast
businesses.
Career
Academies:
Implement
the Career Academy model and provide career-related business experiences (particularly with
targeted industries) to high school students.
Success
Measures:
* Engage volunteer leadership in Career Academies
through
participation in leadership
councils, mentoring, tutoring, curriculum
assistance, etc.
*
Recruit businesses to provide 150 students (minimum 130) with
job shadow opportunities.
*
Recruit businesses to provide 150 (minimum 130) students with
internship (practicum)
opportunities.
* Produce marketing materials in
support of the program.
Work Keys:
Serves as a
regional
business-education partnership that develops and implements a
workforce
preparedness program to produce graduates with certified skills who can
work as
effective employees of local companies.
Success Measures:
* Offer assessments and access
to Keys2Work website to regional schools.
* Conduct training of testing
coordinators and other key
stakeholders.
Career Destinations:
Presents
employment and
educational opportunities to high school seniors and other individuals
transitioning to the world of work.
Success
Measures:
*
Hold an event to offer a minimum of 40 businesses the
opportunity to interact with
students
from across the First Coast region and
recruit postsecondary
institutions
to provide attendees with educational
information.
*
Market event regionally to business, military and postsecondary
educational intuitions
through print, radio and TV ads and
Chamber generated marketing materials.
SUCCESS Measures /
School Partners:
Offers
opportunities for
members to become involved in meaningful opportunities with the Duval School
district to improve student performance.
Success
Measures:
* Develop a process whereby
members can easily access volunteer
opportunities.
*
Acquire statistics/measurements of SUCCESS Measures and publish
to the community at large and
Chamber membership.
"UnCool to Miss School"
Campaign:
Creates
awareness of the
first day of school through a direct marketing campaign
targeted to
employers, parents & children.
Success
Measures:
*
Implement marketing beginning in early August (two weeks prior
to the first day of school).
* Report results to Chamber
members and the community at-large
upon completion (2-3 weeks after the
first day of school).
