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A Chance to Tell Us What YOU Think
The Partnership is looking for your feedback. If you didn't get a chance to participate last week, don't worry. There is still time to
complete this BRIEF SIX-QUESTION SURVEY, and let us know your thoughts on our weekly publication.
From the entire Stark Education Partnership team, thank you for taking the time to provide us with your valuable opinions.
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Sustaining YEC's Five Successful Years of Entrepreneurial Learning
Looking back, the Young Entrepreneurs Consortium (YEC) [1] has exceeded ALL GOALS since its creation five years ago through a Straight A grant from the Ohio Department of Education. YEC's main objective was to increase student achievement by building an
education-to-employment model impacting grades 6-14. Students gained exposure to an array of business and technical pathways, work-based learning experiences and problem-based learning in order to prepare them to compete in the 21st century global economy.
Almost 18,000 local students, teachers and countless families have already been impacted by YECs successful strategies. The continuation of the high impact teaching and learning approaches put into place during the grant period will be its true measure of success.
Successful Strategies Over the Five Year Grant
A key instructional approach -
Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
- encouraged students to conduct research and apply knowledge and skills to solve problems. This student-centered learning promotes creative thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and flexibility - all important life skills for college and job success. The Stark County ESC and its partner districts developed a cadre of PBL trainers who initially trained grant participants and then expanded the training into every school district. SCESC continues to support the trainers.
Work-Based Learning (WBL)
complements academic, technical, and social skills by providing students hands-on and collaborative activities with the workforce. YEC students participated in apprenticeships, internships, camps and classes paving the way for pursuit of personal and professional aspirations.
A step in creating entrepreneurship pathways for students is Building Teacher Capacity so that dual enrollment (College Credit Plus) programs can be taught in home high schools. The YEC grant funded the credentialing of 36 teachers in math, English and business.
Ongoing Entrepreneurial Efforts
Through the Strengthening Stark initiative, there are new opportunities in Greater Stark County that will help develop, encourage and support entrepreneurial thinking. Students teams in 6-8th grade are participating in the Middle School Stark Tank, and a comparable high school program will feature a competition during its Stark Tank: High School Edition this spring.
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The Consortium is comprised of 12 school districts, three career and technical centers, four higher education partners, and business/community partners representing a 12-county service area including Carroll, Guernsey, Holmes, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Portage, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas, Washington, and Wayne counties.
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