COLLABORATOR
Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems.
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
~ Henry Ford
Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems.
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
~ Henry Ford
ARTIFACTS
The following artifacts, with an accompanying rationale, can be found on this page:
- Newsletter because it is a way to communicate with students, parents, colleagues, and stakeholders
- Voice Thread because that tool enables others to talk, collaborate, and reflect about issues.
- Infographic because it gives a quick overview of our department's industry partnerships, as well as job and salary outlook
- A short statement I have prepared about the importance of collaboration with stakeholders.
Engaging stakeholders in any educational program can sometimes be a trying experience, while still proving to be a worthwhile endeavor. In Career Technical Education (CTE), one of our chief goals is to create and maintain positive connections within the community. In fact, doing so is a requirement for high school and college CTE programs, departments, and schools. The key to these successful networking connections with stakeholders is to make them feel that they are a valued member of the leadership team. The local Chambers of Commerce and city governments of Huntsville, Decatur, Madison, and Athens are representative of the instrumental communities for our college and program. They actively work to recruit new industry to this area while promoting rapport and communication among existing local businesses. One of the better ways to engage these stakeholders is to invite them to be members of our department’s Advisory Council. The council can make suggestions based on what is needed to meet current or projected industry needs. At every meeting, the Advisory Council is given the opportunity to give feedback to our faculty and staff on improvements for the program as a whole. An example would be the council’s suggestions and approval of updates in curriculum and credentialing to best meet the needs of the local business economy.
RESOURCES