BRINGING RELEVANCY TO EDUCATION

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BRINGING RELEVANCY TO EDUCATION

• Genesee Intermediate School District
• Gary Tower, Director CTE
• John Burmeister, Grants Director
• Larry Casler, Director, GAMSC
• Donna Burmeister, Career Prep Coord.

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Funding Source

• Community Foundation of Greater Flint Flint
  Women and Girls Fund
• RFP solicited proposals for programs that
  promoted development and individual
  self-sufficiency
• Targeted age group Grades 6 - 12

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GISDs Project Purpose

• to increase career awareness and economic
  opportunity by encouraging the pursuit of
  nontraditional career opportunities for young
  women in grades 8-11

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Program Participants

• Received 125 applications from students in grades
  6 11
• Accepted 91 students in grades 8 11 (focus of
  career planning model)
• Participating students from 14 local school
  districts
• Utilized web-based EDP to assist with
  identification of appropriate students

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Program Participants

• Distribution by grade
• 8th 53
• 9th 12
• 10th 11
• 11th 15
• 23 (25) economically at risk

• Distribution by ethnicity
• White 67
• African American 20
• American Indian 2
• Asian 1
• Bi-racial 1

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Project Activities

• February 18, 2004 Orientation
• Held at GASC Technology Center
• Keynote Speakers Angie Schramski and Glenda
  Lewis (TV newscasters)
• Ice breakers by Base Camp Challenge Center Staff
  to encourage collegiality

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Project Activities

• March 26, 2004 MCC Regional Technology Center
• Opportunity to experience technologies used to
  design, develop, support, install and/or maintain
  physical systems
• Experience included choice of two hands-on
  activities in either advanced financial,
  electronics, rapid proto-typing, robotics,
  simulation technology or web page design

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Project Activities

• April 21, 2004 Base Camp Challenge Center
• Participated in team-building, leadership
  development activities and challenge course
  activities to face and conquer personal
  challenges, develop mutual respect for team
  members and experience shared accomplishments
• Experienced the vertical climbing wall, high
  ropes course, keypunch and whale watch activities

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Project Activities

• June 16, 2004 Rowe, Inc.
• Participated in hands-on activities in the areas
  of engineering, surveying and landscape
  architecture using instruments and technology
  used in these career areas

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Project Activities

• August 17, 2004
• Tours of General Motors Flint Assembly and
  Powertrain facilities to observe 21st century
  manufacturing techniques
• Observed total assembly of Chevrolet truck and
  3800 engine

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Project Activities

• October 1, 2004
• Exposed to careers in science and astronomy at
  the Flint Cultural Center Longway Planetarium and
  technology evolution Sloan Museum

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Project Activities

• October 19, 2004
• Visit to GASC Technology Center to investigate
  careers in environmental/forensic sciences, video
  production, building trades, manufacturing
  propulsion and public safety/homeland security
• Featured Speaker Bellandra Benefield Foster,
  owner of BBF Engineering Services of Detroit

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Project Activities

• Recognition Event on December 1, 2004 held at
  Weekdays (GASC Technology Center)
• Keynote Speaker Laurie Moncrieff, President of
  Schmald Tool Die, Inc.

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Recognition of Students

• Certificate of Participation
• Copy of DVD/VHS
• Perfect attendance recognition two ninth
  graders from Swartz Creek High School

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Next Steps

• Seek funding for year two
• Expand program to sixth through eighth-grade
  girls
• Encourage institutionalization of gender
  equity activities into 6 12 curriculum

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Genesee Intermediate School District Board of
Education

• Paul D. Newman, President
• Peggy J. Tortorice, Vice President
• Robert E. Mark, Secretary
• Jerry G. Ragsdale, Treasurer
• Lawrence P. Ford, Trustee
• Thomas Svitkovich, Ed.D., Superintendent