Filling out this survey will help the American Landscape Institute (ALI) identify companies interested in sponsoring an existing employee or a student who is searching for a sponsoring company.
If your company has an existing employee you wish to sponsor, or if you are interested in interviewing a student applicant, please fill out the information below and we will contact you. ALI will help students match with participating companies. Students must go through each companies' interview process. If he/she is hired, the student will work for your company during the spring/summer of 2024. In either summer or fall semester 2024, students will attend all day classes every Friday, at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), for 2 years. The classes are held at the CCBC Dundalk campus.
Students might also attend field trips/workshops 1 Saturday each semester, depending upon the class. The student will earn 39 college credits and a 2 Year Certificate in Landscape Installation, Maintenance and Design from CCBC, while gaining valuable on-the-job training at your company. Participating companies pay an 80% scholarship towards the student's tuition, the student pays 20%.The total cost to sponsor a student is approx. $950 per semester, for 7 semesters. (companies pay each semester, not the total cost up front)