media lab
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The high school donates a space and assigns an educator to run the Media Lab Program.
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The school may assign their teacher(s) to the Media lab or may have the support of professional volunteers.
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Interns management.
School benefits:
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Increase attractability leading to the increase of student enrollment.
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Utilizes tech companies' state-of-the-art donated equipment and tools.
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Strengthens relationship with the local tech industry.
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Creates strategic partnerships with local industry.
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Connects extended learning opportunities to student's career cluster of choice.
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Keeps education current by addressing employer needs.
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Provides STEM learning opportunities for teachers
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Complements and reinforces values, culture and the learning opportunities that schools can provide for their students
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Partnerships can serve to strengthen, support, and even transform individual partners, resulting in improved program quality, more efficient use of resources, and better alignment of goals and curricula
Student benefits:
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Fosters an understanding about in-demand careers in which students might be passionate about.
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Provides real-world knowledge and experience of the expectations and workplace demands that employers have.
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Develops technical job skills as well as soft skills (i.e., collaboration, creativity/innovation, communication, critical thinking and problem solving).
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Demonstrates relevance between academic courses and workplace requirements.
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Provides professional references for future college and/or job applications.
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Provides a platform for relationships, advice, direction and guidance from experienced professionals, and role models that many would not have otherwise had.
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Builds leadership skills, a positive self-image and self-confidence.
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May provide elective credits.
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Enhances career portfolio and highlights for resumes. This will strengthen their ability to obtain future jobs, obtain future scholarships, and help with acceptance into college.
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Develop a strong sense of self-efficacy and are better prepared for a wide variety of workplaces.
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Students will also learn valuable life skills including:
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Teamwork and Collaboration
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Project Planning.
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Conflict Resolution

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Provides in-kind donations (technology equipment), training and installation.
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Provides externship opportunities.
Corporate benefits:
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Strengthens partnership with schools and builds a positive community image.
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New market opportunities: the students may become regular clients due to the positive brand image association. And friends and family may become new clients through word-of-mouth.
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Assists young people in finding a career in which she/he might be passionate about.
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Assists young people in understanding what employers expect of employees.
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Contributes to academic growth of students and prepares a highly skilled future workforce. Roughly 65% of paid internships turn into full-time job offers.
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Provides an opportunity to share experiences, insights, and knowledge with students and, subsequently, improves supervisory and motivational skills of employees.
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Energizes current employees who serve as a mentor. Fresh ideas often spark inspiration and motivation.
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Facilitates recruitment of qualified employees and/or interns with lower training and recruitment costs and increased employee retention.
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Increased company presence is created among students, parents, school staff, and the community. This creates a positive image that increases company profits and competitive advantage


Academic Partnership
