ASHLAND — The North Central Workforce Alliance of Ohio (NCWA) recently piloted a program at Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center to help teachers connect what they do in the classroom with the “real” world of business and industry.
Participants heard first-day presentations from NCWA members Jane Hunt and Jeanne Gogolski of The Ohio Soybean Council.
“We want to let teachers know about community resources and the career paths that are available locally,” Hunt said.
As part of helping teachers to understand today’s education-business connection, the group toured five local businesses – Agri Sludge of Shreve, Meyers Hatchery of Polk, and three Wooster businesses, LuK, ArtiFlex Manufacturing, and Buckeye Container.
Teachers attending the two day professional development opportunity received Continuing Education Credits via Ashland University.
The North Central Workforce Alliance is a business-driven partnership consisting of employers from North Central Ohio whose focus is to share resources and ideas to solve common problems in attracting, training, and retaining the qualified and dedicated employees needed to grow area businesses.
