Engaging with students can be as unique and innovative as your organization — and grow over time.
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Engaging with students can be as unique and innovative as your organization — and grow over time.
An effective approach will consider capacity: the resources a business has readily available to engage with the education community. Once determined, a range of engagement options is available that have impact on both the business and the students!
In some areas in Connecticut, businesses can connect with schools that host career-themed pathways that align with their industry. From the business perspective, these career-themed pathway programs are ideal partners; school personnel are familiar with how to build and grow the business-education connection, starting at any level of engagement.
In the Greater Hartford area, ReadyCT supports these career-themed pathways:
FIND ALL CAREER-THEMED PATHWAYS HERE!
All career-themed learning pathways supported by ReadyCT are based on the NAF learning model.
Having employees work directly with students as the students prepare to enter the workforce is often part of an overall corporate social responsibility strategy — as well as a workforce strategy.
Among other reasons, employers create internship programs to offer their emerging young leaders an opportunity to develop management and leadership skills.
Pathway sponsorship is a rewarding and strategic investment, allowing employees to help students develop the skills they will need to be successfully while simultaneously giving leadership a direct say in what skills and aptitudes are taught to the students.
Well developed connections often start with the smallest of steps. Engaging with schools and students can begin with low-stakes efforts that result in business-education collaborations offering businesses top talent and students the opportunity to thrive.