To SUPPORT & ADVANCEthe charitable interests of the

Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce through

EDUCATION & WORKFORCEdevelopment initiatives

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS

Women’s Round Table: Creates a community of learning and growing for women meets third Friday morning of each month.

Atypical Tea: Four part learning series that tackles a theme that will benefit and grow women in their various roles of leadership.

Mentorship: Creating a program to serve women in need of mentors, mentees, and peer-to-peer relationships.

WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT (WILD)Round Tables: Connection of diverse business owners with resources for growing businesses.

• Minority• Veteran• Entrepreneurs• Non-Profits

Supplier Diversity Initiative: Provide business opportunities, certification assistance and education to small and diverse area suppliers who seek access to the Southeastern Minnesota economy and business community.

DIVERSITY IN BUSINESS

• Gathering of SE MN resources• Development of Common App for Hospitality, IT, and Construction• Development of phase one of website• Focus groups for user interface (HR, RCTC/WSU-R/UMR students)• Focus groups for beta testing

THE HUB

External Program: Develop and Deliver a training and toolkit for companies who want to host an internship/externship Collaborating with RCTC/WSU-R/UMR/Mayo.

Internal Program: Creating meaningful intern experiences as a model for the internship/externship program (3 per year: Fall, Spring, Summer).

INTERNSHIP/EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Create a scholarship program that represents and reflects the mission of the Foundation: To support and advance the charitable interests of the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce through education and workforce development initiatives.

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Chamber engagement/input for collaborative efforts like Rochester Works, Girl Scouts of America, DMC learning environments, Maxability, etc.

Connecting Businesses to Resources to support and grow businesses.

CONNECTIONS & COLLABORATIONS

• Spousal Referral Program• Young Professionals Network

J2G TALENT

A cohort of business leaders come together for the 27th year of the Chamber’s leadership program. 38 leaders will tackle:

• Personal Leadership• Professional Leadership• Community Impact Project• Rochester Region History and Impact

LEADERSHIP GREATER ROCHESTER (LGR)

3 day workshop pairing Educators and business professionals to learn about each other’s professional needs.

FULL CIRCLE CLASSROOM

The Impact: According to participants surveyed, based on their experience at STEM Summit:

• 80% of students plan to further explore a STEM career

• 35% plan to take more STEM classes• 20% plan to take harder STEM classes• 45% plan to work harder in their STEM classes

STEM SUMMIT

380 7th graders from John Adams will be in teams of 10 to experience a four hour project on-site with an area business or organization to explore career choices. Secured bussing through RPS for career day 8/25/2015.

CAREER CHOICE DAY

Working on a roundtable of construction companies to assist with a revamp of RCTC construction curriculum so students can earn a higher apprenticeship upon graduating the program.

RCTC CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUM

Working with St. Mary’s, RPS and REA to discuss how to offer a certification in cross-sector Professional Development to better support Educators with knowledge of workforce needs. Looking at an internship component to wrap into this certification. Need REA to see how we can talk differently about pay scale and how Districts can honor professional development past lanes and steps

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS

Flip Grid development for video bank of business leaders answering student questions online.

BUSINESS LEADER VIDEOS

Senior class internship class pilot with Byron High School.

SENIOR CLASS INTERNSHIP PILOT

Connecting professionals in business and community to K-12 classrooms to provide experiential learning opportunities (to replace reading in the classroom).

CONNECTING PROFESSIONALS

• CTECH support

J2G WORKFORCE