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February 28, 2014

February 28, 2014. Raising Aspirations Passport to College. Adams Scholarship Reception. December 2, 2013. Berkshire County Goes to College December Third-Grade Visits. MCLA and BCC. Raising Aspirations. 8 th Grade North County Career Fair Student Focus Groups

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February 28, 2014

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  1. February 28, 2014

  2. Raising Aspirations Passport to College

  3. Adams Scholarship Reception December 2, 2013

  4. Berkshire County Goes to College December Third-Grade Visits MCLA and BCC

  5. Raising Aspirations • 8th Grade North County Career Fair • Student Focus Groups • Reach Out for EducationEpisodes • College Planning Workshops • Financial Aid Information Nights • Parent/Family College Awareness Workshops

  6. Berkshire County Goes to College: Sixth-Grade Visits • Week of April 8-12 • MCLA • BCC • Bard Simon’s Rock • Williams

  7. Workforce Readiness • Amp It Up Campaign • Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaboration • Paper Industry Training Program • Manufacturing Training Cohorts BCC/BCREB • UMass Donahue Institute County Manufacturing Study • Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing • BCC unveiled a new state-of-the-art lab containing advanced manufacturing equipment

  8. STEM • Region I High School Science & Engineering Fair at MCLA • MCLA’s Annual Undergraduate Research Conference - April 17. • MCLA STEM Academy, Feigenbaum Center and sponsorship for Berkshire County students • Annual STEM Summit and Region I Science and Engineering Fair May 3rd • 7th Annual Berkshire STEM Career Fair was hosted on November 22nd at BCC

  9. Training Programs • Berkshire Community College Medical Coding • Berkshire County Regional Employment BoardEnhanced CNA Training: • $350,000 grant (2013-2015) • Pathways out of Poverty • Mass Clean Energy Center

  10. Youth Programs • High School Robotics Challenge • Youth Leadership Program (YLP) • AMP it Up presentation at SABIC • STEM Career Fair • Manufacturing focus • Financial Literacy • Working to coordinate with DESE requirements

  11. Readiness Center • Improving Teacher Quality grant • PARCC involvement • Professional Learning Networks • 2 + 2 in Early Education • 2 + 2 Business Administration

  12. Representative Paul Mark, Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher EducationStudent Loan and Debt

  13. Mark MaloyBerkshire Regional Planning Commission

  14. Table Exercise Questions • What additional information do we need to better understand this conversation and who should be involved? • What are your suggestions for a process and/or an organizational structure to manage the study of this topic? • What kind of role should the Compact and its members be willing to play in supporting/facilitating/convening? • What are the recommended next steps to advance this study and conversation?

  15. www.berkshirecompact.orgwww.mcla.edu/readiness

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