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Thursday, November 18, 2010
A local coalition is challenging others to redefine how people view college and who should attend.
A local coalition is challenging others to redefine how people view college and who should attend.
“College is any education you receive after you graduate with a high school diploma – whether it’s 6 weeks or 10 years,” said Kent Cocking, director of guidance at Marion High School.
Kent is part of a small steering team for Grant County’s College Success Coalition, which formed earlier this year. The purpose of the Coalition is to establish community partnerships around a common goal – to get local youths to complete their educations.
On November 29th, community members and leaders are invited to participate in an education forum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Marion’s Ivy Tech Community College conference center. One of the purposes of the meeting will be to discuss local activities that are taking place to promote education and college success to youths. The community, including representatives from businesses, organizations, clubs, non-profits and churches are encouraged to attend the lunch.
“There is a need to coordinate the activities of people in the community who do things for college success,” said Coalition Steering Team member Ellen Spitzer. “We want a lot of different sections of the community to join the discussion. We want to know about what they’re doing so that we don’t continue to repeat the same activities.
Debbie Dailey, director of guidance at Mississinewa High School, said: “Sometimes we hear negative in the community, such as comments about the unemployment rate and ask, ‘What are people doing to fix that?’ This College Success Coalition initiative is trying to put positive energy behind something needed in the community. We want people to come to the meeting who are interested in seeing the workforce change.”
Bengie Rodriguez, a manager at Grant County’s Wal-mart Distribution Center, is encouraging businesses to participate in the forum, pointing toward the push in the workforce sector for education and the new expectations employers place on future employees. “At Wal-mart, there is a real push to go to school,” he said.
Cocking agreed that it’s vital for businesses and organizations with opportunities that allow students to further their educations beyond high school to join in on the community discussion.
“We spend way too much time in education circles pushing kids into four-year colleges,” he said. “Many four-year college students already know how to get there. But there are so many opportunities for kids in the community to get trainings beyond that,” Cocking added, pointing toward examples of certifications and apprenticeships that can help prepare students for the workforce. “We need to centralize as a community so that parents and students know how to access these opportunities. We should devise wrap around services for every kid that leaves high school so that no matter where they’re going, they’re prepared.”
To RSVP for the Nov. 29th community forum, call Project Leadership at 651-0650 or e-mail tpearson@projectleadership.org.
“College is any education you receive after you graduate with a high school diploma – whether it’s 6 weeks or 10 years,” said Kent Cocking, director of guidance at Marion High School.
Kent is part of a small steering team for Grant County’s College Success Coalition, which formed earlier this year. The purpose of the Coalition is to establish community partnerships around a common goal – to get local youths to complete their educations.
On November 29th, community members and leaders are invited to participate in an education forum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Marion’s Ivy Tech Community College conference center. One of the purposes of the meeting will be to discuss local activities that are taking place to promote education and college success to youths. The community, including representatives from businesses, organizations, clubs, non-profits and churches are encouraged to attend the lunch.
“There is a need to coordinate the activities of people in the community who do things for college success,” said Coalition Steering Team member Ellen Spitzer. “We want a lot of different sections of the community to join the discussion. We want to know about what they’re doing so that we don’t continue to repeat the same activities.
Debbie Dailey, director of guidance at Mississinewa High School, said: “Sometimes we hear negative in the community, such as comments about the unemployment rate and ask, ‘What are people doing to fix that?’ This College Success Coalition initiative is trying to put positive energy behind something needed in the community. We want people to come to the meeting who are interested in seeing the workforce change.”
Bengie Rodriguez, a manager at Grant County’s Wal-mart Distribution Center, is encouraging businesses to participate in the forum, pointing toward the push in the workforce sector for education and the new expectations employers place on future employees. “At Wal-mart, there is a real push to go to school,” he said.
Cocking agreed that it’s vital for businesses and organizations with opportunities that allow students to further their educations beyond high school to join in on the community discussion.
“We spend way too much time in education circles pushing kids into four-year colleges,” he said. “Many four-year college students already know how to get there. But there are so many opportunities for kids in the community to get trainings beyond that,” Cocking added, pointing toward examples of certifications and apprenticeships that can help prepare students for the workforce. “We need to centralize as a community so that parents and students know how to access these opportunities. We should devise wrap around services for every kid that leaves high school so that no matter where they’re going, they’re prepared.”
To RSVP for the Nov. 29th community forum, call Project Leadership at 651-0650 or e-mail tpearson@projectleadership.org.
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