Aligned for Success Challenge
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Timeline
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February 11, 2025Experience start
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March 8, 2025Phase One – Learner Exploration
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March 21, 2025Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
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May 6, 2025Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
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May 10, 2025Phase Four – Final Deliverable
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May 24, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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February 11, 2025Experience start
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March 8, 2025Phase One – Learner Exploration
Challenge Exploration
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March 21, 2025Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
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May 6, 2025Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
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May 10, 2025Phase Four – Final Deliverable
Phase Four – Final Deliverable
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May 24, 2025Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Skills
adult education business presentations creative problem solving collaborative communications critical thinking interviewing skillsThe systemic issue our team asks student teams to address is the significant disconnect between education on all levels; K12, higher education, adult education, and the local
workforce, resulting in a lack of career awareness and exposure experiences for learners in Lenawee County.
We ask that student teams focus on K-12. This disconnect manifests as learners graduating without a clear understanding of the career opportunities available within their community, the skills and education required for these careers, and the pathways to
achieve them.
Consequently, there is a mismatch between the skills that learners acquire during their education and the needs of local employers, which hinders both learner career readiness and the ability of businesses to find qualified local talent.
Learners
We are asking the student teams to develop potential strategies where they consider impact, feasibility, and alignment with community needs. Students will include preliminary action plansfor said strategies.
Project timeline
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February 11, 2025Experience start
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March 8, 2025Phase One – Learner Exploration
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March 21, 2025Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
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May 6, 2025Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
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May 10, 2025Phase Four – Final Deliverable
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May 24, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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February 11, 2025Experience start
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March 8, 2025Phase One – Learner Exploration
Challenge Exploration
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March 21, 2025Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
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May 6, 2025Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
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May 10, 2025Phase Four – Final Deliverable
Phase Four – Final Deliverable
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May 24, 2025Experience end
Project examples
Requirements
- Conduct Needs Assessment: Collect quantitative and qualitative data on current career awareness and exposure programs, workforce needs, and educational alignment.
- Conduct surveys, focus groups, and interviews with students, educators, employers, and community members to gather diverse perspectives.
- Analyse Data: Identify key gaps, challenges, and opportunities based on collected data.
- Review Best Practices: Research successful career readiness and exposure programs in other communities.
- Conduct sessions to generate potential strategies for addressing identified challenges.
- Evaluate and prioritize strategies based on impact, feasibility, and alignment with community needs.
- Develop an action plan for those strategies.
- Create a presentation describing the process taken, strategies discussed, strategies chosen and why, as well as the action plan.
- Provide employer with a report and the action plan.
Main contact
Timeline
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February 11, 2025Experience start
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March 8, 2025Phase One – Learner Exploration
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March 21, 2025Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
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May 6, 2025Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
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May 10, 2025Phase Four – Final Deliverable
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May 24, 2025Experience end
Timeline
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February 11, 2025Experience start
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March 8, 2025Phase One – Learner Exploration
Challenge Exploration
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March 21, 2025Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
Phase Two – Hypothesis Forming
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May 6, 2025Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
Phase Three – Ideation & Finalization
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May 10, 2025Phase Four – Final Deliverable
Phase Four – Final Deliverable
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May 24, 2025Experience end