Experience The Trades Event
For over a decade, the Waukesha County Business Alliance has worked to develop our future workforce by exposing students to the career opportunities available in our region. With manufacturing and construction being driver industries in Waukesha County, the Alliance is proud to ignite students’ passion for the trades through their third annual Experience the Trades expo.
Experience the Trades was hosted on October 10 at the Waukesha County Expo Center and provided over 1,200 middle and high school students from Waukesha County and beyond the opportunity to meet over 30 local manufacturing and construction employers. Students got to ‘try on’ the trades through interactive and hands-on demonstrations.
This year’s expo was a remarkable showcase of the collaboration that can happen when business and educational institutions come together. Thank you to the schools, businesses and sponsors who made Experience the Trades a great success!
ARC Network
Our first ARC network meeting in October was a huge success! Thanks to all 23 districts who joined us virtually and in person. We look forward to continuing the conversation around the new WI Career Readiness Standards at our next meeting on November 21. See the flier for additional details, dates, and registration.
Redefining Ready Network
Thanks to those who joined us in October. In the coming network meetings, we will be joined by leading practitioners from around the state to discuss their Redefining Ready journey and its impact. Additionally, we will be joined by several SIS vendors and the DPI to enhance our data collection and representation practices.
See the flier for additional details. Registration is still open! Join us as we continue to draw meaningful connections between Wisconsin Career Readiness Standards and Portrait of a Graduate Work. Next meeting is on November 21.
ACP Updates
Xello Updates
Xello now has the ability to pull student records directly from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) via an application programming interface (API) defined by the Ed-Fi framework. Click here to learn more.
*NEW Career Clusters Framework
Do you use the National Career Clusters Framework to help learners explore their career interests and find programs that launches them to success? Good news: the Framework just got a new look! Explore the newly modernized Framework that will help learners get a fuller picture of today’s world of work.
24/25 WI Career Readiness Quarterly Convenings hosted by DPI Theme: Career Connected Learning for All Topics for Discussion:
December 10, 2024: 8:30-10:00 AM (Sign-Up): Defining Career Connected Learning
March 11, 2025: 8:30-10:00 AM (Sign-Up): Leveraging the Career Readiness Standards
May 13, 2025: 8:30-10:00 AM (Sign-Up): Connecting Competency Based Education Practices and Career Readiness
Strategies to Increase Dual Enrollment Offerings In Your School November 19, 2024 from 3-3:45pm
In this webinar, you will hear how Wisconsin school districts and higher education partners are finding creative ways to offer more dual enrollment opportunities for students. Click here to register.
Elementary ACP Resources
Did you know DPI created a great resource for elementary educators looking to implement career-connected learning? Click here to check it out.
RCP Updates
Career Based Learning Celebrations
The M7 Region has recorded 22 unique Career Based Learning Experiences, reaching 1,656 students since the start of the 2024-25 school year. Be sure to submit your CBLE data through the Inspire M7 platform to help our region showcase its innovation and leadership in Career Readiness Programming.
CBLEs reported:
- 5% Post Secondary Visit
- 21% Company Tour
- 26% Career Fair
- 43% Classroom Speaker
The M7 Region has set a goal to improve CBLE data tracking by 90% during the 2024-25 school year so that we can make more informed decisions about how to support and enhance this work with schools and school leaders, and to identify which pathways need more support, etc.
As such, we are asking EVERY SCHOOL to support EVERY EDUCATOR in recording at least one Career Based Learning Experience this school year using this form.
Pathway Teacher Convening THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED to February 28th, 2025. CTE Teachers in CESA #1 can register here.
National Career Clusters Framework
Are you a CTE educator looking to create more dynamic and interdisciplinary programs of study to better support learners in achieving good jobs? We’ve got good news! The newly modernized National Career Clusters Framework gives permission to get creative about CTE program design. Check it out!
Health Science Educators
Click here to view the updates to the standards and click here to view a webinar recording about the new standards from DPI Health Science Consultant, Christina Patrin.
Trades Hiring Event
Click here to view the flyer for a trades hiring event that is being held on March 5, 2025 from 5-7 PM at Franklin HS.
Inspire M7 Updates
MKE Hour of Tech
A regional effort across Southeast Wisconsin to inspire and show students the power of technology and innovation.
December 9-13, 2024 - Click here for details and registration Contact Quentin Prince, Hour of Tech Program Manager
Waukesha County Business Alliance Events for Waukesha County Schools Contact Lexi Podjasek with questions.
April 24, 2025 - Mini Business World p/b WMC at Carroll University (Grades 8-12)
Perkins Consortium
- October budget modifications have been submitted to DPI and district leaders will be notified when approval is received.
- November 12 is our Data Trainingto prepare for the DPI's December Snapshot. The event is now going to be held virtually. In addition, Perkins consortium districts can also sign up for a one-on-one data follow up session using this link.
Pathway Teacher Convening THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED to February 28th, 2025.
