Teacher Industry Externships
Teacher Industry Externships
Project Summary
 With a grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Sitka Works will partner with businesses in the Construction, Health Care and Resource Development industries to offer business-related externships for educators working with students in grades 7 through 12.
Business externships provide educators with opportunities to: upgrade their knowledge, discover ways of making their instruction more relevant for students, and learn more about careers in high growth industries. The educator extern will work with a business mentor for up to 2 weeks (80 hours), complete a project for the business, gain a valuable professional growth experience, earn 3 credits from UAA, and receive a stipend of $2000.
Alaska’s Teacher Industry Externship (TIE) program was developed by the Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium (APICC) to help bridge the gap between education and the workforce. In APICC’s first two years, participating educators stated that the most important thing they gained from their externship experience was “information on the opportunities for employment in the mining industry,” “a better understanding of the expectations of the workforce,” and “the variety of jobs available in the oil and gas industry.”
Sitka Works is adopting APICC’s model to work exclusively with Sitka educators and Sitka businesses in the high growth industries mentioned above.
Sitka’s Teacher Industry Externships will all happen between now and June 30, 2008.
Employers benefit by:
- Working with teachers who have a variety of transferable skills
- Voicing ideas about the role of schools
- Investing in tomorrow’s workforce
- Using the workplace as an environment for learning
If you are an employer in the Construction, Health Care, or Resource Management industries, please complete and submit this application by April 30, 2008.
Teachers benefit by:
- Understanding the application of academic and technical skills
- Researching ways to motivate student learning and interests
- Gaining resources for curriculum development
- Updating their skills
If you are a teacher at Sitka High School, Pacific High School, Mt. Edgecumbe High School or Blatchley Middle School, please complete and submit this PDF application or Word Document application by April 30, 2008.
Students whose teachers participate, benefit by:
- Understanding how education helps them achieve their goals
- Having more relevant instruction as it relates to real world application
- Being more motivated to learn
For learn more about how you can participate, contact
Sheila Finkenbinder, 966-3066, or work@sitkaworks.org
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