Hampton Roads Delegation Attends Workforce Readiness Mission to Germany
德国斯图加特——7月7日. 27, 2023) -汉普顿路联盟, 汉普顿路劳动力委员会, and Virginia Beach Economic Development hosted Presidents and officials of 大学, 社区学院, and technical colleges from Hampton Roads on a visit last week to Stuttgart, 德国-访问财富cff888, 业务, 以及该地区的政治领导人.
2023年7月27日
德国斯图加特——7月7日. 27, 2023) -汉普顿路联盟, 汉普顿路劳动力委员会, and Virginia Beach Economic Development hosted Presidents and officials of 大学, 社区学院, and technical colleges from Hampton Roads on a visit last week to Stuttgart, 德国-访问财富cff888, 业务, 以及该地区的政治领导人. 代表团, which included Hampton Roads 市长 and 业务 leaders, explored Germany’s dual-track vocational education and training (VET) program, 国家劳动力发展管道. 职业财富cff888培训项目大约支持1个.每年在全国范围内培训300万名职业学徒，并作为德国高科技产业中推动人才发展的主要工具.
President Marcia Conston (Tidewater Community College); President Corey McCray (保罗D. 坎普社区学院); President Towuanna Porter Brannon (Virginia Peninsula Community College); Executive Vice President Joel A. English (Centura College and Aviation Institute of Maintenance); Campus President Andy Gladstein (ECPI University); and Associate Vice President for Corporate 合作伙伴hips Sarah Jane Kirkland (老道明大学) conducted a weeklong visit to apprenticeship sites around Baden-Württemberg, 德国西南部地区. The educational and 业务 leaders were joined by Hampton Roads 市长 Kenneth Alexander (诺福克), 鲍比·戴尔(弗吉尼亚海滩), 香农·格洛弗(财富坊cff999), 唐尼·塔克(汉普顿), 里克·韦斯特(切萨皮克).
代表团 visited corporate headquarters of manufacturers, 业务拓展办事处, and the campuses of the technical schools and apprenticeship sites associated with the VET program. 其中包括多瑙埃辛根的Gewerbliche Schulen职业学校和路德维希堡的oscar - walker - shul职业学校. The academic leaders interviewed technical school students, 学校管理人员, 公司领导, 和教师确定如何将这种150年历史的技术财富cff888模式的最佳实践应用到汉普顿路的财富cff888生态系统中.
来自该地区大学的领导, 社区学院, and technical colleges shared key takeaways from their visit.
• “The opportunity to engage with major German industries and 财富cff888机构 was invaluable. 在我们考虑如何加强和扩大整个汉普顿路的学徒计划时，他们的许多最佳实践和创新将影响我们的思维. 从那些早在14岁就开始学徒之路的学生那里听到的消息对我们的团队很有影响, 我对我们接下来将采取的系统性和战略性措施感到兴奋，以加强该地区的劳动力.”
Dr. Marcia Conston, President, Tidewater Community College
•“我们很清楚，德国的技术财富cff888从小学开始，在高中开花结果, 整个德国的创新型制造商和行业都依赖于VET项目中的劳动力发展模式.”
Dr. Joel English, Executive Vice President, Centura College and Aviation Institute of Maintenance
•“德国受到人才短缺的影响, 劳动力技能差距, 低失业率, 以及社会对职业的误解, 交易, 以及技术专业, 就像我们在汉普顿路一样. 但职业财富cff888培训计划表明，企业和政府的协调和有意投资可以支持高等财富cff888人才管道学徒系统，以满足雇主的需求.”
Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon, President, Virginia Peninsula Community College
•“了解到德国学徒制模式如何演变为支持一种认识到技能行业在整个经济中的重要性的文化，这令人鼓舞.”
Andy Gladstein, Campus President, ECPI University
•“德国职业财富cff888培训计划为我们地区类似的学生成功模式的发展提供了一个框架, 劳动力, and economic development as symbiotic components. I am looking forward to implementing this initiative alongside my counterparts at the other institutions.”
Dr. 科里·麦克雷，总统，保罗·D. 坎普社区学院
• “This 劳动力 readiness initiative fully aligns with the strategic vision of 老道明大学, and we are eager to support and advance the work of this coalition. Our strategic plan closely parallels the goals of this initiative, 我们与商界的合作比以往任何时候都更加密切，以建立对我们地区产生重大影响的人才输送渠道. 正是通过与我们宝贵的合作伙伴的这项重要工作，我们将在本地区为子孙后代创造更多的机会!”
Dr. Brian O. Hemphill, President, 老道明大学
职业财富cff888培训计划的一个关键特征是将行业合作伙伴作为投资者纳入财富cff888模式. Not only are the production facilities of manufacturers used as training sites for apprentices, but it is common for German employers to contribute input on curriculum, 培训师监督学徒的工作, 以及用于教授学生在工作场所使用的直接技术和工具的培训设备.
在一周内, the delegation also visited the corporate headquarters of Stihl and IMS:Gear, manufacturers with facilities in both Hampton Roads and southern Germany, 了解公司如何依靠当地中学财富cff888系统中的学徒来满足劳动力需求.
Reimagining Career and Technical Education in Hampton Roads
作为下一步, 学术带头人, 市长, and 业务 leaders agreed to focus on collaboration between high schools, 大学, 社区学院, 和汉普顿路的技术学院, in order to emulate the attributes of the VET program.
“There is clearly both 政治 and financial support for educational pathways in Virginia, 我们希望财富cff888, 政治, 商业领袖能够在汉普顿路有效地工作，抓住这一使命的重点,肖恩·艾弗里说。, 总裁兼首席执行官, 汉普顿路劳动力委员会.
Based on the delegation’s findings during the mission, 下一步还将包括与汉普顿路和弗吉尼亚州的立法者和商界领袖进行对话，分享可能在汉普顿路有效的职业财富cff888培训模式的要素. Modeling many attributes of the German VET program, 代表团已经开始建立合作伙伴关系，通过培养满足关键行业需求的熟练劳动力，促进汉普顿路的经济增长，最大限度地提高经济发展机会. This program will emphasize socio-economic equity, 文化敏感性, 以及所有学生的历史意识, 不管他们的背景如何, while drawing from the German educational model. 这个项目, coordinated by the 汉普顿路劳动力委员会, 会以工作为基础的学习为特色吗, 实习和学徒, and collaboration between 财富cff888机构 and industry.
“As the Alliance and Workforce Council draft an MOU between Hampton Roads municipalities, 财富cff888机构, and 业务 organizations to articulate the goals of the effort, 我们期待着整个区域的合作, 以相互尊重和共同承诺为特征，实施德国财富cff888模式的特点,道格·史密斯说, 总裁兼首席执行官 of the Hampton Roads Alliance.
领导人计划定期集会, 邀请立法者和商界领袖加入技术财富cff888联盟，以加强弗吉尼亚州东南部学生的机会，并加强劳动力发展途径，以支持当地工业.
关于汉普顿路联盟
The Hampton Roads Alliance is the leading regional economic development organization for Hampton Roads, VA. 它是一个非营利组织, public-private partnership representing 13 localities and nearly 70 private sector investors. With the support of its community and 业务 partners, 该联盟作为该地区经济发展的单一联络点，帮助正在考虑扩张或搬迁到汉普顿路地区的国内和国际公司. Its mission is to work collaboratively to attract, grow and retain higher-wage industries and talent to create a more resilient, 包容和多样化的选择区域.
关于汉普顿路劳动力委员会
Established by the Hampton Roads Workforce Development Board, 汉普顿路劳动力委员会负责监督汉普顿路地区所有地区的人才和劳动力发展计划. 汉普顿路劳动力委员会提供战略性的劳动力发展解决方案，旨在帮助企业获得合格的工人和求职者，以寻找合适的工作机会和培训机会，以提高他们的财富cff888潜力.
关于保罗·D. 坎普社区学院
保罗D. 坎普社区学院(坎普)成立于1970年，为富兰克林和萨福克市以及怀特岛和南安普顿县提供高等财富cff888. Camp educates students from every life category, 网上和校园, 在萨福克和富兰克林, 以及在史密斯菲尔德的中心.
About Centura College and Aviation Institute of Maintenance
成立于1969年, Centura学院和航空维修学院(AIM)属于美国海岸到海岸的20个校园网络，总部位于弗吉尼亚海滩, Va. The schools feature Virginia’s largest welding training facility, the state’s only vocational Wind Turbine Technician program, and provides roughly 25% of all certified aircraft technicians to American industry every year.
关于ECPI大学
成立于诺福克, 1966年的弗吉尼亚州, ECPI University demonstrated early on its commitment to forward-thinking, 以市场为基础的课程, being among the first to offer classes in the growing field of computer programming. ECPI University operates additional campuses and locations in Virginia, 北卡罗莱纳, 南卡罗来纳, 佛罗里达, 德州, 通过在线课程.
关于老道明大学
老道明大学, 位于诺福克, is Virginia’s forward-focused public doctoral research university with more than 23,000名学生, R1研究排名第一, 严谨的学者, an energetic residential community and initiatives that contribute $2.每年为弗吉尼亚经济贡献60亿美元.
弗吉尼亚半岛社区学院简介
成立于1967年, the college has two campuses and several satellite training centers serving the cities of Hampton, 纽波特纽斯, Poquoson, and Williamsburg and the counties of James City and York. It is the fifth largest of Virginia’s Community Colleges serving a diverse learner population.
关于潮水社区学院
成立于1968年, Tidewater Community College (TCC) serves South Hampton Roads with four campuses in Chesapeake, 诺福克, 财富坊cff999和弗吉尼亚海滩, 六个区域中心. TCC is the second largest of the 23 Virginia 社区学院, 招收近25人,2020-21学年将有1000名学生.