L&G and WRCC Nail Informational Interviews with Local Employers
The end of the semester was a busy one for Leland & Gray’s Senior Survival and Windham Regional Career Center’s Professional Communications classes, both working in collaboration with the Pipelines and Pathways Program. Students spent the semester learning about professionalism, resumes, and interview skills, all leading up to informational interviews in sectors related to their goals and passions. Thirty-five students participated.
Many thanks to the Brattleboro Food Coop, Windham County Sheriff’s Department, Brattleboro Community Television, Fulflex, GPI Construction, Frank the Welder, Brattleboro Fire Department, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Stop & Go Automotive, JC Electric, Southern Vermont Therapeutic Riding Center, Sotheby’s Realty, Brattleboro Reformer, BDCC Entrepreneurship, Community College of Vermont, WRCC Carpentry and WRCC Early Childhood Programs.
Pictured above are three L&G students interested in careers as diesel mechanics, interviewing with Kelly Tully, VP of Operations and Cota & Cota. Past informational interviews have led to career opportunities for Windham County students, and we look forward to more job offers in June, after graduation!
BDCC’s Pipelines and Pathways Program (P3) provides employment oriented career-planning for the region’s high school students. It brings training in 21st Century skills, work-based learning, and personal learning plan (PLP) engagement opportunities to all four public high schools in Windham County. The program assists in developing workforce-oriented curricula, expanding classroom relationships, and growing work-based learning through opportunities with local employers. It also supports teachers working face to face with students to implement personal learning plans and seize the myriad opportunities presented by Vermont’s Flexible Pathways Initiative under Act 77. Pipelines & Pathways is a BDCC Workforce Center of Excellence program based on SeVEDS strategies to increase the size and quality of the workforce. For more information please visit https://brattleborodevelopment.com/workforce/
Funding for P3 is provided by the McClure Foundation, Vermont Training Program, Vermont Community Foundation, the Windham County Economic Development Program, The Thomas Thompson Trust, the George W. Mergens Foundation, People’s United a Division of M&T Bank, Tom Smith – Omega Optical, Chroma Technology in Bellows Falls, and The West River Education District in Townshend.
