From: The National "All Means All" Award Team
Re: Opportunity to Apply for an "All Means All" School-to-Work
Award
Are you working toward providing School-to-Work Opportunities that meet t=
he =
future goals of ALL types of learners? Have you developed strategies in =
this =
area that are working? If you answered "yes" for your partners or someon=
e you =
know, we want to hear about it!
We are sending this announcement to introduce our new project, "Ensuring =
ALL =
Means ALL in the Provision of School-to-Work Opportunities." This projec=
t is =
one of 28 Multi-district outreach projects funded by the Federal Office o=
f =
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. It is three years in leng=
th and =
is jointly sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, &=
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Learning and the Institute on Community Integration at the University of =
Minnesota. =
Purpose of the Project
The purpose of this project is to use an Award Nomination process to reco=
gnize =
and celebrate the efforts of local school-to-work partners who are commit=
ted to =
doing "whatever it takes" to ensure access and benefit by ALL LEARNERS wi=
thin =
their local school-to-work system.
This project is searching for those around the country using a strategy t=
hat all
learners are accessing and benefitting from within their school-to-work s=
ystem. =
It may be a strategy used in a community setting, by a business, or in a =
school =
setting. Any organization can be nominated to become an All Means All =
School-to-Work Award site. An organization can nominate themselves or ano=
ther =
organization they feel deserves to become an award site.
Please consider:
=A5 completing an All Means All School-to-Work Award Nomination;
=A5 sharing this information with others who may be interested in nomina=
ting =
themselves or another partner in school-to-work for the award;
=A5 nominating a school, community, or business partner for the award. =
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For more information on the All Means All School-to-Work Project or techn=
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assistance to begin including all learners:
Contact the Project Coordinator, Pam Stenhjem at 612/625-3863 or e-mail a=
t =
For an Informational Brochure on the project or an All Means All Award =
Nomination Packet:
Contact the Project Secretary, Teresa Henne at 612/296-2965 or email at =
All forms can also be downloaded from out new website at: =
www.ici.coled.umn.edu/all. This website should be up and running by Wedn=
esday, =
October 8th.
Thank you for your time and for considering involvement in our efforts! =
Good =
luck to each of you.
Pam Stenhjem, Project Coordinator
All Means All School-to-Work Project
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
email: huntx010@maroon.tc.umn.edu
phone: 612/625-3863
WEBSITE: www.ici.coled.umn.edu/all
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be =
undertaken with painstaking excellence. -Martin Luther King, Jr.