We are looking at these teachers to teach manufacturing technology. Standards will help them, all teachers, to see how they should teach to the enterprise. Involvement Bob Stander Labor has changed through the years as evidenced by its proactive role during the past 5-8 years in building STW partnerships. We want to help promote the notion that young people need career pathways and to expose the myth that college is the only way to success. We believe labor adds value to the partnership.
Labor has a phenomenal infrastructure that can garner quick response.
Labor needs to grow and can grow in its training and retraining efforts. Apprenticeships, while not new to construction, are new in industrial applications. We realize that training and retraining efforts that have been effective for years need to be upgraded to include academics. It s hard for schools to avoid its private agenda vs seeking what industry needs in terms of academics. Highlighted USA Today s feature on semiconductor as positive reporting to expose the myth that college is the only way to success.