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The CEO of Joshua's Hand, a community development organization, is retiring. Cedric Walker also has been serving as pastor of Joshua's Temple Mission ...
FWCS Career Academy programs certified by state ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette Nine programs in the Fort Wayne Community Schools Career Academy received designations Monday signaling they are models in work-based learning. The Career Academy received State Earn and Learn certifications for carpentry; electrical; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; masonry; welding; automotive service technology; automotive collision repair; software development; and networking, according to the district. SEAL programs were developed in those pathways to address regional and state workforce needs,...
WORK TO BE DONE Rick Farrant The unemployment rate in northeast Indiana has been running below 5%, the labor force grew for the first time in 10 months in March, and employers throughout the region are hiring. By a number of metrics, the region's workforce landscape seems to be healthy and the economy rebounding from a virus-fueled slowdown. But there is one glaring exception. Throughout virtually every industry in northeast Indiana, employers are asking the same question: Where are the workers? There is an air of frustration bordering on desperation, and there seems to be no speedy remedy ot...
SOUTH BEND â South Bend schools is celebrating the launch of its participation in a state certification program for high school health sciences instruction. South Bendâs health sciences program, housed at Clay High School, is joining the State Earn and Learn, or SEAL, certification program, which allows high school students to directly enter the workforce with internship, job shadowing or other hands-on experience. The SEAL certification program is supported through federal funding. During the pandemic, South Bend students have earned this experience through partnerships with local ...
Indianapolis-based Hardon Educational Institute LLC is partnering with Indiana’s Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship to develop two state-certified programs to help Indianapolis high scho