2017 Employer Educator Summit
50% of Iowa's jobs require workers with Middle Skills, but only 33% of our workforce has those skills. Join us to learn more about the Middle Skills Gap and how our education system and our business community can work together to develop citizens who possess the right skills for our changing society.
The Employer Educator Summit agenda will feature a number of speakers and round table discussions, all-the-while playing up this year's theme of creating a "Recipe for Workforce Success."
Tentative Agenda (9 am - 3 pm):
- Finding Your Recipe - Welcome, Evan Blakley
- Gathering Ingredients - Future Ready Iowa, Beth Townsend
- Mixing it Up - Success Story Panel: Businesses, Workforce Warrior Award Recipients
- A Little of This, a Little of That - Communications, IowaWORKS Staff
- Kick it Up a Notch - Keynote, Brenda Clarke Hamilton
- Not Just Your Family Dinner - Lunch & round table discussions
- It's All in the Presentation - Keynote, Brenda Clarke Hamilton
- Keep Your Fork - Success Story Panel: Educators, Workforce Warrior Award Recipients
- Dish It Up - Closing, Evan Blakley
Do you have a great collaborative program between local business(es) and school(s) that you'd like to share? Submit your Workforce Warrior initiative by September 8th. Those awarded will receive a $500 stipend to be used to further the goals or results of the partnership. Click below for more details: