What’s New

Students prepare to go to work with internship and Job Fair opportunities

From Career Panels offering industry insights for future career planning, to Resume Workshops providing guidance on planning, resume building and interviewing skills, to career exploration through Summer Internships, Alignment is working hard to prepare our region’s students for future career success!

Career Panel at Bartlett High School Equips Students with Valuable Job Insights

Alignment’s Career Panel at Bartlett High School reached nearly 500 students with vital industry insights for future career planning. The program began with a comprehensive general assembly, then transitioned into breakout sessions. In smaller groups, students engaged with professionals across Automotive, Business, Culinary, Engineering, Healthcare, and IT fields through focused industry panel discussions, gaining a clearer roadmap for their professional journeys.

Resume Workshops Provide Students with Interviewing Skills in Preparation for Summer Employment and Internship Opportunities

Over 1,900 students throughout all four school districts benefited from resume and interview skill workshops. Providing resume guidance and conducting mock interview sessions, both in person and online, students applied dynamic career skills in preparation for summer employment and internship opportunities. 

Central High School’s first Student Resource Day provided students with with specific programming dedicated to each grade level.  Students received assistance in behavioral interviewing, career and technical education (CTE) course selection, the fastest growing careers, personal finance, postsecondary opportunities, etc.

Summer Internship Applications Open

The Summer Internship Application Acceptance opened on Monday, March 2 for students enrolled in School Districts U-46, 300, 301, and 303.

The summer internship program is a work-based learning opportunity that allows students to explore a career through placement with a local employer. Students applying for the internships are primarily juniors entering their senior year of high school. Priority will be given to students who have taken a sequence of advanced career and technical education courses, or those students enrolled in academies. All internships are competitive, and placement is not guaranteed.

Students will apply through their school district. The Alignment Collaborative for Education and the Northern Kane County Region 110 will match students to placement based on the student’s experience, academic performance, and career interests. Hosting organizations will make the final decision on student placement through a resume review and interview process.

Student applications are due by Monday, March 16, 2026.

Teachers across the region had the opportunity to visit with Flender as part of Kane County Institute Day on Friday, February 27, learning first-hand, what it takes to build and repair high precision gear boxes necessary to power wind turbine systems. 

Automotive and electronics teachers from Dundee Crown and Hampshire high schools quickly made the connection of what they teach daily to students applied on a much larger scale.  Flender continues to make a powerful contribution to the Elgin community breaking ground in mid 2025 on a new facility adjacent to the service center which will include expanded warehouse operations and parts storage along with in-house gear regrinding.