Wednesday, July 29,1998
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VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES STEPHANIE POWERS
AS NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SCHOOL-TO-WORK OFFICE
Washington, DC - Vice President Al Gore announced
today that Stephanie Powers, a recognized professional in human services
and workforce development has been named the new Director of the
National School-to-Work Office.
The Vice President made the announcement at his "town hall meeting" in
Manchester, N.H., which focused on the need to set high educational
standards for America's students entering the high skill, high-technology
workplaces of the future.
Powers, a longtime resident of Keene, N.H., spent most ofher professional
career in the state. She left New Hampshire in 1993 to work in the Clinton
Administration at the Labor Department's Employment and Training
Administration, where she has held various jobs. most recently Director of
Communication and Public Affairs.
"Stephanie Powers brings the leadership and experience needed as the
National School-to-Work Office begins to complete the enormous task of
providing venture capital to all states and local communities eager to
bring school-to-work opportunities to their students," the Vice President
said.
The National School-to-Work Office was established in 1994 with the National
School-to-Work Opportunities Act. The Office offers seed money to states and
local communities that form School-to-Work partnerships comprised of schools,
businesses, parents, community leaders, and organized labor. These
partnerships, in turn, give students opportunities to connect today's
classroom lessons with tomorrow's workplace through
internships andapprenticeships, and
by "job shadowing" adults.
"I am honored to be chosen to help advance this important agenda." Powers
said. "I truly believe that School-to-Work offers communities a vital,
crucial role in making the connection between the classroom and the world
of work. And I have seen first hand how those connections show students in
a very real way how
important mastering strong academics is to their success in the workplace as
adults."
Before her government service, Powers spent most of her professional career
providing job opportunities to students and adults with disabilities. She
managed a non-profit office in New Hampshire that placed workers with
severe disabilities in private industry jobs.
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Peter Seidman, Dissemination Program Director
National Center for Research in Vocational Education
University of California at Berkeley
2030 Addison St., Suite 500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1674
<seidman@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
800.762-4093
fax: 510.642.2124
http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/
Forwarded by Susan Carter
edequity-admin@mail.edc.org