My name is Pam Stenhjem and I coordinate a project here at the University=
of =
Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration called the *All Means All =
School-to-Work Project*. We have a website with a question and answer pa=
ge =
called School-to-Work (STW) Wizards. Anyone can access the site, ask a q=
uestion
about STW, and then we send it out to our resident STW Wizards to see if =
they =
can come up with some practical, common sense solutions to the questions.=
We =
then post the answers on our website within a few weeks. The website add=
ress is
www.ici.coled.umn.edu/all if you are interested in looking at the site or=
=
previous questions asked.
We have received two questions just recently that I would really like to =
receive
additional feedback on. If anyone out there has ideas, strategies, or wa=
ys to =
address these questions, I would really appreciate some help. I will pos=
t them =
below.
Thanks much (in advance) for any assistance you can provide!
Pam
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Question 1
Is there is a working program with juveniles on probation, working with c=
ourt =
counselors who have school-to-work activities included in their probation=
?
Question 2 (several questions sent at once)
=A5 How can a Dept such as Office of Public Instruction promote School t=
o work?
=A5 Are there some creative ways to support vocational student organizat=
ions =
within limited fiscal and time constraints?
=A5 How does an agency provide assistance to school districts in modelin=
g ways to
work together and share resources to promote school improvement?
Pam Stenhjem, Project Coordinator
All Means All School-to-Work Project &
Transition Assistance Project
104 Pattee Hall, 150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55124
phone: 612/625-3863 =
email: huntx010@maroon.tc.umn.edu
website: www.ici.coled.umn.edu/all
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. -Chinese=
=
Proverb