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DC Postsecondary Success Collaborative

Collaborating for Careers: Strengthening Educator-Industry Partnerships

Best Practices in

Postsecondary Success

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Welcome!

DC Postsecondary Success Collaborative

Mukta Ghorpadey

Co-Executive Director of Collaborative

Amelia Hogan

Co-Executive Director of Collaborative

Founder, PathForward Partners

Nicole Savage

Knowledge Network Facilitator

Founder, BlackprintEd LLC

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Knowledge Networks

Knowledge Networks (KNs) are smaller professional learning communities within the Collaborative that meet bi-monthly, with the goal of fostering deeper community-building while creating the opportunity for professional development around common topics and problems of practice.

Best Practices in Postsecondary Success

“Train-the-trainer” style skill-building professional learning sessions, with knowledge- and resource-sharing opportunities from within and outside of our network of experts.

Tuesday, February 25: 3:30-4:45pm

Tuesday, May 13: 3:30pm-4:45pm

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Introductions

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  • Name
  • Company/Organization
  • Role

Knowledge Network Padlet

How did you land in your current career?

Describe what career exposure looked like when you were in high school.

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Agenda

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Welcome, Intros, Overview

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Employability Skills

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Closing

Industry Partner Panel

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Questions

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Collaborating for Careers: Strengthening Educator-Industry Partnerships

By the end of this session educators and partners will:

  • Learn about the skills that will help a student transition into work/career after high school.
  • Learn about the range of activities and programs that can happen through industry partnerships
  • Have the opportunity to ask questions about building partnerships and connecting students for career exposure.

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Which skills have you found most useful in your career?

Introductions

Reflection

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5 minutes

Question:

When and where did you learn these skills?

Breakout Rooms

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Industry Partners

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Industry Partner Panelists

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Alec Mulgrave

Holder Construction

Tanya Borachi

Federal City Council

Lisa Waldschmitt

Destination DC

Brittany Anderson

Destination DC

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Feedback

3-Question Zoom Poll Exit Survey

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Next Steps: Knowledge Network

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Continue to add resources, needs, and opportunities related to postsecondary advising best practices to our shared resource hub:

The Padlet!

Save the date for our next Knowledge Network session: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 3:30-4:45 pm

HBCU session preview in February - feedback!

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Next Steps: The Collaborative

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Check out our website for info, resources, & more!

Save the Date: Next month’s Roundtable!

Friday, Jan 17, 11am - 12:15 pm [In-person with Hybrid Option]

The Call for Proposals is Live for the 2025 Postsecondary Success Summit! (3/21/25). Learn more about our Summit mission and themes, and apply here: www.dcpostsecondarysuccess.org/call-for-proposals

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Have upcoming opportunities or announcements? We’ll add it to our monthly newsletter: www.dcpostsecondarysuccess.org/submit-to-newsletter

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Thanks for Joining Us!

Until Next Time!

DC Postsecondary Success Collaborative

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