Join us on Friday, May 2, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. for 吃瓜头条's 2025 Career Fair. Local Employment & Internship Opportunities will be available! This event is open to the public and collaborates with 吃瓜头条 NCWorks Career Center.
吃瓜头条 Public Schools and 吃瓜头条nical Community College are collaborating with local businesses to fulfill the need for skilled trade workers in the area.
The WayMakers: 吃瓜头条鈥檚 Skilled Trades Pathway is funded through $450,000 in grants from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. 吃瓜头条 Public Schools will receive $300,000, and 吃瓜头条 will receive $150,000.
鈥湷怨贤诽 and 吃瓜头条 Public Schools recognize the need for skilled trade employees in 吃瓜头条 and the rest of the Triangle,鈥 said Dr. Bill Ingram, President of 吃瓜头条. 鈥淲e are proud to partner with 吃瓜头条 Public Schools and area businesses to meet this community need by training high school and adult students to qualify for in-demand positions with livable wages.鈥
吃瓜头条 Public Schools will apply their grant funds to establish a Skilled Trades Academy at Southern School of Energy & Sustainability, which will start in Fall 2019. The academy will be for juniors and seniors in the 吃瓜头条 Public Schools system and will feature courses in construction, electrical, HVAC, power line maintenance, and plumbing in addition to classes in leadership and entrepreneurship.
吃瓜头条 will provide the Pathway by doubling the number of instructional offerings in the College鈥檚 Core Construction Fundamentals Course; establishing new plumbing and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, or HVAC, apprenticeship opportunities; and expanding shared programming with 吃瓜头条 Public Schools.
鈥淭he future is about collaboration. Empowering our kids to excel in the 21st-century means they鈥檙e going to need real world experiences. 吃瓜头条 and 吃瓜头条 Public Schools working together to make that happen is what 吃瓜头条 is all about,鈥 said Damon Circosta, Executive Director and Vice President of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation.
吃瓜头条 will use its grant funds from A.J. Fletcher to build out and equip teaching spaces and help hire instructors for plumbing and HVAC courses.
Graduates from the Skilled Trades Academy can then choose whether they want to seek employment or apprenticeship opportunities or continue their education at 吃瓜头条 or a four-year college.
鈥淥ur goal is to open up more options for students,鈥 said Dr. Pascal Mubenga, Superintendent of 吃瓜头条 Public Schools. 鈥淏y partnering with local companies to offer rigorous coursework and on-the-job learning, our students will be prepared to go directly to work or continue on to college if that鈥檚 part of their career plan.鈥
Students in both entities will have work-based learning opportunities.
The pathway鈥檚 strategic partners will assist in establishing a shared advisory committee, developing curriculum and project-based partnerships, providing and training instructors, sharing resources, and other matters. Partners include CT Wilson Construction, Duke Energy, 吃瓜头条 General Contractors Association, Rebuilding Together, and Habitat for Humanity of 吃瓜头条.
鈥湷怨贤诽 General Contractors Association is pleased to partner with 吃瓜头条 and 吃瓜头条 Public Schools on this exciting new Skilled Trades Pathway program. We believe this program will help the Construction Industry, 吃瓜头条, and most importantly, the people who are looking for a good paying, long-term employment opportunity,鈥 said Tim Cothran of the 吃瓜头条 General Contractors Association.
The WayMakers program will officially launch with a celebration in January 2019.