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Career Showcase for High School Freshmen Set for Oct. 27, 2021

By Mike Danahey
Elgin Courier-News | Oct 22, 2021 at 7:01 PM
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The Northern Kane County Regional Vocational System and the Alignment Collaborative for Education will host a Freshmen Curriculum to Career Showcase online from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27.

The free event is open to any freshmen who is attending high schools in School District U-46, Burlington Central District 303, St. Charles District 303 and Dundee District 300. Parents and guardians are also encouraged to attend.

The showcase will provide course information for students who will be sophomores next year and explain how course selections might align with possible college or career options after high school graduation, a news release said.

Sessions will be provided on such professions as automotive technician; business and IT; digital arts; education and early childhood; engineering; health care; manufacturing; veterinary science; and welding. Students can register for sessions related to two fields.

To register, go to docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeZQN6lXrlPOBnxAb6Znej-y9W6_IvvNQKcUiFKad1o0bg-Q/viewform.

For more information, go to northernkanepathways.com and www.align4edu.org or call 224-227-7534.

Explore Engages More Than 100 Business and Community Career Professionals

On October 7th, 2,572 students from U-46’s eight middle schools visited with more than 100 business and career professionals at Alignment’s annual EXPLORE event.  Students selected up to 18 careers for exploration in this all-day event.  Careers were grouped to align with U-46’s five educational pathways to include:

  • Arts and Communications
  • Finance, Business, Information Technology, and Hospitality
  • Heath Sciences, Human Services, Public Services, and Education
  • Liberal Arts
  • Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology, and Trades

Students as part of the exploration process studied specific careers in a Q&A format gaining valuable information about the types of jobs available; the education and training required to qualify for those jobs, and the advice from business professionals about related high school course preparation and work-based learning opportunities.

Thank you to all of our volunteers for once again making Explore a showcase event, and a special thanks to our event sponsors: Advocate Aurora Health, Bear Family Restaurants, Blackhawk Bank, City of Elgin, Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce, Elgin Community College, Elgin Sweeper, Gail Borden Public Library, Harting USA, HLR Engineering, Hoffer Plastics, KCT Credit Union, Nicor, NTN Bearing, and Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System.

EXPLORE Fall 2021 – 48 Hours Away

The Alignment Collaborative for Education and School District U-46 will host over 2,700 8th graders and 100 plus business and community professionals to introduce students to more than 75 careers on October 7th.  Thank you to our career professionals and our sponsoring organizations for offering this opportunity to our U-46 students.

Alignment Invites Students and Parents to University Forums

Alignment Collaborative for Education invites students and parents to university forums featuring 12 different universities for the Fall Semester. Each forum offers parents and students the opportunity to visit virtually with university admission staff along with a Q&A session.

Learn about the admissions application process, financial aid and scholarship offerings. Available for students and parents.

September 30, 2021
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
DePaul University, Judson University,
Northern Illinois University, University of llinois at Urbana/Champaign
Register Here

October 13, 2021
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Illinois State University, Roosevelt University,
University of Illinois, Chicago University of Iowa
Register Here

October 28,2021
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Aurora University, Loyola University,
Purdue University, Southern Illinois University
Register Here

Sponsored by the Alignment Collaborative for Education and School District U-46
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City of Elgin Summer Interns Enhance Employability Skills

Throughout this summer, 15 students from the City of Elgin are participating in an internship with the City. The students will be working on municipal assignments and other projects related to STEM. In addition to their summer internships with the City, the Gail Borden Public Library (GBPL) and Alignment offered a workshop for resume development and review and mock interviews with local HR professionals.

On behalf of Alignment, we’d like to offer our gratitude to the City of Elgin and the GBPL for their support and providing work-based learning opportunities for the students of the community.

Alignment Hosts First Senior Job Fair for CTE Programs

Thank you to our business and community partners for launching the first U-46 Senior Job Fair for students enrolled in career and technical education programs.  The event provided job preparation and employment opportunities to students in automotive, business, child education, culinary, engineering, health care, manufacturing, and welding.

Featuring almost 40 employers, U-46 students learned about current and future job availability, interview skills, resume preparation, and the application process.

Thank You to Participating Companies and Organizations

Advocate Sherman Hospital
Alden Network
Amita Health
Bear Family Restaurants
Biggers Chevrolet
College of DuPage
Downtown Neighborhood Association
Elgin Community College
Elgin Sweeper
Explore Elgin Area
First Midwest Bank
Forest View Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
Gail Borden Public Library
Gerald Automotive
Greater Elgin Area Chamber
Greystone Health
Hoffer Plastics
ITW Shakeproof
Junior Achievement

KCT Credit Union
Kindercare
Learning Tree
Lincoln Tech
Manpower
Nicor
Northern Kane County Region 110
NTN Bearing
Sanfilippo & Son
Streamwood Parks Department
Suncast
Taylor YMCA
The Oaks at Bartlett
The Overture Group
True Value
UTI
Village of Bartlett
West Suburban Bank
YWCA

Thank you to Our Sponsors