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2010 Grant Letter.pdf
2010 grant application.pdf

Hytrol Workforce Readiness Grant

The Workforce Training Consortium encourages innovative educational projects in Northeast Arkansas by awarding grants from the
Hytrol Workforce Readiness Fund.
 

The goal of the program is to encourage educators in
Northeast Arkansas to instill higher workforce readiness skills in their students.

Grant applications will be reviewed and awarded annually.
Applicants will be notified in writing of the acceptance or rejection of their application.

Deadline is March 31, 2010

The 2010/2011 Workforce Readiness Grant will be $5,324.00

Grant Application Form. pdf

Grant Letter.pdf

 

The goal of the program is to encourage educators in
Northeast Arkansas to
instill higher workforce readiness skills in their students.

67% of high school graduates will not earn a college degree.(http://arkedu.state.ar.us/next_step/ppt/achieve_ar_summit_presentation.ppt )

 

In a recent survey of industries in the Jonesboro area, companies were asked
"What would make your company more competitive?", here are their responses.

Notice how most items deal with employees with equipment and investments are on the bottom of the list.
  • Readily available employees
  • Available employees with acceptable work ethic
  • Dependable applicants
  • Trained employees
  • Available employee market
  • Safety & retention
  • Keeping a trained workforce
  • Trained employees who show up everyday
  • Availability of trained and skilled welders
  • Trained machine operators (heavy equipment), trained maintenance, skilled personnel
  • Readily available employees
  • Ready to work and trained employees
  • Readily available, trained employee workforce
  • Skilled employees
  • Upgrade production equipment
  • Reduced health care cost
  • Capital investment

 

Pass Recipients
2005/2006
Paula Eaton
8th grade Career Orientation
Valley View Junior High		 Software that will help students develop reasoning skills, team work, doing problem solving type activities and activities that used student's knowledge to solve problems.
Sandra Lusby -
Area Health Education Center
UAMS		 Purchased BIOLIKE Body Parts and Fandex Family Field Guides to use in Career Orientation classes throughout NE Arkansas. Her goal was to develop interest in the medical fields.
2006/2007
Carilyn Rouyer
Walnut Ridge High School		 Employability Skills videos, used to help students that will not be going on to college prepare to enter the workforce.
Shantele Raper
Academic Center of Excellence Osceola		 Purchased Lego's Robotic kits and accessories to develop teamwork, problem solving skills, scientific method, and computer technology skills.
2007/2008
Jennifer Wray
Valley View High School

Purchased Employability and Work Maturity Skills software to help her Family & Consumer Sciences and Workplace Readiness students. This software will help students to make smarter career choices and acquire the appropriate workplace behavior.
Kathy Baldridge
Buffulo Island School

Purchased materials to incorporate a role-playing activity in her Word Processing class. The students will learn how to work on their own in an office type environment, create business cards, business documents as administrative assistants.
Amy Biggers
Harrisburg High School

Purchased software to be used in her high school math classes to improve math skills used in the workplace and in all aspects of life. Using the software, she would like to start a peer tutoring program in her classroom.
2008/2009
Amy Biggers
Harrisburg High School		 Purchased a Visual Presenter to be used in with a classroom SmartBoard. It will allow her to show images on the screen. Her main reason will show students how to use a tape measure, showing more details of the tape measure and being able to measure beyond 1/16".
Shantele Raper
Academic Center of Excellence Osceola		 Purchased the "Create a KNEX Community" project. The project will help students understand the importance of problem solving and team work skills in the real world. They will apply workplace readiness skills to a real world scenario by building a small community which connects t o an island amusement park by various bridges. The students will gain educational pathways for careers in related areas such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

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