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The ideastream American Graduate Work Force Development Task Force is charged with developing a clear understanding of the challenges facing job seekers in Northeast Ohio, strengthening connections between job seekers and employers, and building opportunities for students and young adults to obtain critical skills for 21st century employment.

The Task Force, under the leadership of ideastream's Manager, Educational Content, strives to meet goals and challenges in coordination with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's American Graduate: Getting to Work initiative. Hear from some American Graduate Getting to Work Task Force members about in-demand jobs and the skills gap.

For more information, please contact Celena Roebuck at 216-469-8614 or via email.

Ohio to Work Greater Cleveland -Ohio to Work brings together career services professionals, training professionals, and employers actively hiring in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County in one place.  Access Ohio Means Jobs Cleveland-Cuyahoga County, Goodwill, and the Urban League of Greater Cleveland along with the real-time link to Ohio Means Jobs. For more information, go to Sound of Ideas Program to Connect Workers to Jobs.

Complete to Compete Ohio Bridging Ohio’s Workforce Plan just released:  Just as the American Graduate Getting to Work initiative informs students and families of in-demand careers, career training and career paths to high-skill, high-wage jobs, the Bridging Ohio’s Workforce Gap provides a plan for schools, colleges/universities and businesses to close the gaps between the skills Ohioans have and the skills employers need. The plan emphasizes the need for Ohioans to attain high-value credentials and postsecondary training and education to narrow the gap and meet the demand for more adults with high-value credentials and education to keep up with the needs of employers and keep the state’s economy moving. The Ohio Collaborative of American Graduate Getting to Work (ideastream, WOSU, & CET) was one of 40+ organizations involved in the development of Bridging Ohio's Workforce Plan. because of the work and partnership with Ohio task force members within each region of the three public media stations, American Graduate  Getting to Work represented the task force business members and the need for skill training for young adults. 

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Events

Upcoming Career Fairs and Workshops: This link provides a full schedule of upcoming career fairs and workshops in Ohio in one place.

Next Up:

• 2-Day Virtual Career Fair, orientations, and workshops from OMJ|CC through the month of January, 2021.  Register in advance for January, 2021 here.  Register for February, 2021 here.  Some Virtual Career Workshops run over two days and others are for two hours.  All are conducted online.

-For a short video on how to navigate the Virtual Career Fair from OMJ|CC click here.

-Recorded virtual workshops are available (here): from OMJ|CC these recorded Virtual Workshops cover resume writing and interviewing skills.

Virtual Job Fair: This link provides access to complete your profile for job recruitment from employer participants in a virtual job fair conducted by the Urban League of Greater Cleveland. Employer participants were Giant Eagle, Digital C, Dave's Markets (DSM Temp Hiring), Legacy Health Services, Revenue Group, Stevens Delivery Systems (SDS), and Xellia Pharmeceuticals.  Share this resource as employers are waiting to hear from job seekers in Cleveland.

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Have an event at your location using The Career Path Less Taken and the accompanying digital toolkit.  Below, please find an example of an event that was held at the Idea Center:

The Career Path Less Taken Advance Screening & Family Fun Night
ideastream held a family screening event at the Idea Center to screen the documentary. Prior to the screening, families were invited to enjoy a pizza dinner. While adults watched the screening and engaged in a post-screening discussion in the Westfield™ Studio Theater, children ages 5-12 participated in hands-on learning activities with ideastream's Education team one floor below in the Brown and Nord Learning Labs.  See photos from the event here.

Richland County conducted virtual manufacturing camp for one week with middle school students and closed the week viewing The Career Path Less Taken with students and their family members.  Students also viewed Smart Money and the recorded Zoom interview with Hannah Bradley and Kobe Ballard to learn more from Kobe about IT careers, high school, and college.

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Meeting Dates

August 21, 2020 & August 28, 2020 small group Zoom sessions with Task Force members at Noon

July 24, 2020 & July 31, 2020 small group Zoom sessions with Task Force members at Noon

June 12, 2020 & June 19, 2020 small group Zoom sessions with Task Force members at Noon

August 9, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. | The Career Path Less Taken Promotional Video and location of The Career Path Less Taken (full program) & Digital Toolkit for use with the program.  More content available at this websire, www.ideastream.org/careerpath.

April 3, 2019 | Agenda | Task Force Master List | Mid-Year Update | The Career Path Less Taken Documentary

December 4, 2018 | Download Meeting Recap

September 4, 2018 | Download Meeting Recap

June 21, 2018 | Download Meeting Recap

April 26, 2018 | Download Meeting Recap

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Task Force Members

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Vince Adamus, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Bishara Addison, Towards Employment

Rosalyn Allen, Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Dale Anglin, The Cleveland Foundation

Holly Harris Bane, Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE)

Anthony Battaglia, Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Randy Bennet, Automation Tool & Die, Inc.

Brian Bontempo, Auburn Career Center 

Katie Brennan, The Cleveland Foundation

Kim McIntosh Breyley, Fontanelle Group, Inc. / Middlefield Post

Monica Bricker-Thompson, Geauga Growth Partnership 

Bethia Burke, Fund for our Economic Future

Grady Burrows, BioEnterprise

Steve Caviness, The Cleveland Foundation

Andrea Celico, Bedford Schools

Robert Dawson, Lake County Workforce Development Board

Courtney DeOreo, RITE Board/Greater Cleveland Partnership

Craig Dorn, Youth Opportunities

Glenn Faircloth, Lorian County JVS

Angela Finding, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Ida Ford, Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment Board & Cleveland|Cuyahoga County Ohio Means Jobs Offices

Cedric Gaddis, Team NEO

Kendra Gardiner, Jumpstart, Inc.

William H. Gary Sr., Cuyahoga Community College

Traci Green, Lorain County Community College

Betty Halliburton, Lorain County JVS

Michael Hanlon, Chardon Local School District

Stacey Haymen, Rocky River Public Library

Meryl Johnson, State Board of Education (District 11)

Sherri Jones, Cleveland Public Library

Dr. Ethan Karp, Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET)

Shilpa Kedar, Cleveland State University

Valerie Kocin, Cuyahoga Falls Library

Kimm Leininger, Geauga Growth Partnership

Geoff Lipnevicius, Lincoln Electric

Mike Longo, Lorain County Workforce Development Agency

Shana Marbury, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Aurora Martinez, Morly Library, Painsville

Aaron Mason, Cleveland Public Library

Alison Musser, Lorain County Community College

Christine Nelson, TeamNEO

Debbi Perkul, MAGNET

Norm Potter, Twinsburg City School District

Kathi Powers, Twinsburg City School District

Julie Ramos, Wickliffe City School District

Halle Rich, Cuyahoga County Public Library

Jill Rizika, Towards Employment

Margo Reda, Ohio Means Jobs - Geauga County & Geauga County Job & Family Services

Dr. Terrence Robinson, Success Pathways Alliance
Watch Robinson's appearance at the City Club of Cleveland. Watch Robinson's appearance in The Career Path Less Taken.

Jill Rizka, Towards Employment

Autumn Russell, MAGNET

Leslie Ryan, Lake County Workforce Development Board

Angela Salviejo, Sherwin-Williams

Terri Burgess Sandu, Lorain County Community College

Craig Sernik, Northeast Ohio Consortium Council of Governments Area 19 Workforce Development Board

Tyler Shinaberry​, EPIK, Ltd.

Glen Shumate, Construction Employers Association (CEA)

Matt Sinclair, Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET)

John Skrtic, Cleveland Public Library

Jowan Smith, Getting Our Babies to College 101

Adam Snyder, MAGNET

Joe Spiccia, Wickliffe City School District

Jenna Stahl, Jumpstart, Inc.

Ran Sweeney, Ferrotherm, Inc.

Craig A. Swenson, Geauga County Department of Job and Family Services

Dean Trilling, Regional Information Technology Engagement Board (RITE)

Missy Toms, Youth Opportunities Unlimited 

Frank Whitfield, Lorain County Urban League

Helen Williams, The Cleveland Foundation

Anu Yadavalli, Regional Information Technology Engagement Board (RITE)

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Partner Organizations

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Automation Tool & Die, Inc.

Chardon Local School District

Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment Board

Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland Public Library

Construction Employers Association (CEA)

Cuyahoga Community College

EPIK, Ltd.

Ferrotherm, Inc.

Fontanelle Group, Inc. / Middlefield Post

Getting Our Babies to College 101

Greater Cleveland Partnership

Lake County Workforce Development Board

Lincoln Electric

Lorain County Community College

Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET)

Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE)

Regional Information Technology Engagement Board (RITE)

Sherwin-Williams

State Board of Education (District 11)

TeamNEO

Twinsburg City School District

Wickliffe City School District

Against the backdrop of Ohio's looming skills gap, The Career Path Less Taken travels across the state to innovative career-tech education programs (CTE) that are preparing young people for the jobs of tomorrow. The Career Path Less Taken challenges traditional notions of success by demonstrating that there are many pathways to skilled jobs that do not require a four-year college degree.

The Career Path Less Taken is a half-hour documentary co-presented by Ohio's public television stations – ideastream, WOSU Public Media, and CET – as a part of American Graduate: Getting to Work. The three stations are partnering to produce content focused on the changing workplace and the educational pathways to skilled jobs.

Here is a LESSON PLAN for 6th-12th graders.

Learn more about the documentary here.

View a photo gallery from The Career Path Less Taken Family Fun Night, held on Thursday, September 5th.

Watch

Watch the special on-demand now.

Preview

Digital Toolkit

Share the documentary with your local community with our Screening Toolkit & Discussion Guide. Anyone can host an event and be prepared to facilitate a conversation about the topics included.

Read the guide below, and download a copy here. And,download this promotional flier to personalize for an event in your location.

For Educators

The Career Path Less Taken will offer clear explanations of intricate data, along with insights from experts in the fields of education, economics, workforce development, and high-growth industries facing labor shortages who are striving to better align Ohio’s education system with the needs of its workforce and economy. Read more here.

View the Career Tech Talk After-Show with State Superintendent, Paolo DeMaria

Northeast Oho families attend screenings of The Career Path Less Taken. The State Supt. Paolo DeMaria moderates an in-depth discussion with Fort Hayes Career Center students and industry partners as a post-show program that talks to more career technical education students about their career journey.

There are additional resources on the career profiles page including The Career Path Taken Zoom Series Interviews and work resources page with Smart Money video.

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ideastream Education provides professional development opportunities in an accessible online format.

Graduate credit is available upon completion of these courses.

Additional courses are available via PBS TeacherLine

Courses can also be customized to address specific district instructional needs.

For more information, contact Ann Ebersole or call (216) 916-6364.

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Graduate Credit Information

Available Online Courses

Apps for Early Learners (Grades K-3)

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Apps - kids love them (of course)! Young learners are amazingly intuitive with tech gadgets. Even children who typically need assistance with “real world” activities, pick up an iPad and start touching, poking, and flicking “pages” like they’ve been doing this all their lives (maybe they have). This online course will explore apps appropriate for early learners for all curriculum areas.

Session Dates:

June 17 - July 14

Apps for Educators (Grades 4-12)

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Apps - what are they and how can they be used in the classroom? As more people have access to smaller, mobile devices like iPads and Smartphones, Apps will become more & more popular both in the mainstream and in education. As educators, we need to instruct our students on how to use these mobile devices as learning tools. This online course will explore Apps available for all curriculum areas and grade levels. 

“The class was awesome. I am now applying for grants for iPads for students to use the amazing apps and resources we found! The class even shared grant foundation resources. Thanks.” - Suzy Hirsch, FEFE Ohio State Educator, Hudson High School

Session Dates:

July 15 - August 11

Boys Adrift by L. Sax

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Dr. Sax identifies and explores a disturbing trend - the vast number of boys who seem to be disengaging from school and from their own potential. His analysis of the problem, as well as his insights and advice for parents and teachers make this a must read for anyone who is frustrated with what is happening to boys in our culture.

Book Cost: Additional $15.00

Session Dates:

June 17 - July 14

Cyberbullying

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Cyberbullying is like having a gigantic megaphone.  Bullies can spread mean and hurtful comments quickly and anonymously.  Parents, school administrators, and law enforcement are all concerneed about it as lawsuits and even teen suicides have brought awareness to the issue.  Take an in depth look at bullying in the digital age and techniques to use to deal with the issue.

Session Dates:

July 15 - August 11

August 5 - August 30

How We Got to Now: 6 Innovations That Made the Modern World

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Based on the new book by Steven Johnson and the PBS Series. Explore the power and the legacy of great ideas. Topics explored in the series include why and how ideas happen, and their sometimes unintended results. Explore the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, etc.) from their creation to their unintended historical consequences.

Book Not Included

Session Dates:

June 17 - July 14

iPad in Education

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: NEW! Educators and administrators can learn what the iPad has to offer and how to incorporate it into the classroom. iPads support different learning styles, keep information updated, facilitate research, and empower students to engage in the learning process. Learn to set up iPads for student use, manage content, maintain control, and plan your implementation.

Session Dates:

June 17 - July 14

Learn to Teach K-12 Online

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Online Learning for K-12 students is giveing schools new approaches and strategies for addressing the challenges they face and for taking advantage of exciting new learning opportunities.  This class is an introduction to creating and facilitating K-12 online courses.  More and more schools and districts of all sizes are introducing blended learning and online instruction into their instructional programs and they are discovering taht this model is effective, affordable, and responds to students' and teachers' growing interest in technology-based learning experiences.  This course is designed to teach K-12 teachers how to effectively facilitate online courses.

Book Not Included

Session Dates:

July 15 - August 11

Odd Girl Out

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Girls' aggression is just as harmful as the aggression of boys, but it is harder to recognize.  By articulating the dynamics of this behavior, Simmons gives parents and teachers ways in which to help our daughters.

Book Not Included

Session Dates:

July 15 - August 11

OH!Lead: Transformative Leadership Through Technology

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: This class is aimed at school administrators. This class focuses on skills and thinking needed in transforming schools, districts or organizations to successfully and seamlessly utilize technology tools, resources and innovative solutions to advance student achievement, foster educator productivity and extend learning opportunities for all.

Session Dates:

June 17 - July 14

July 15 - August 11

Preparing Students for Ohio’s Next Generation Assessments

Cost: $150

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Ohio’s next generation assessments, using technology enhanced test items, will look very different to students. This training will provide teachers with tools and resources to help their students with the tasks and technology used in the assessments. With an emphasis on student growth, learn how to help your district successfully implement Ohio’s new assessments.

Session Dates:

July 15 - August 11

The Other Wes Moore

Cost: $130

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Additional Fee)

Description: Online Book Study: Two kids with the same name, living in the same decaying city. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison for felony murder. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.

Book Not Included

Session Dates:

August 5 - August 30

To Kill a Mockingbird by H. Lee

Cost: $135

Graduate Credit:  2 Credits (Additional Fee)

Description: Read this timeless novel while discovering new ways to integrate this Pulitzer Prize winner into your curriculum. Utilizing a variety of multimedia resources, including PBS/NPR programming and online materials, educators learn how they can create innovative and engaging experiences that extend learning far beyond the traditional reading assignment. This class would be valuable for language arts and history teachers, as well as any classroom teacher, guidance counselor or administrator. There are multiple themes in the book that impact on all areas of teaching and working with students.

Book Not Included

Session Dates:

June 17 - July 28

July 22 - August 30

21st Century Tech Skills for the Common Core

Cost: $130 (Per Module)

Graduate Credit:  1 Credit (Per Module, Additional Fee for Each Module)

The INFOhio 21 Essential Things for 21st Century Successis an online learning program that encourages educators to learn how emerging web-based technologies can change the way educators access information and communicate with each other. It will also give some background on Ohio’s new 21st century skills initiative.

These WVIZ Online Class Modules will highlight groups of the INFOhio 21 Essential Things for 21st Century Success discovery exercises to help you become familiar with blogging, RSS news feeds, tagging, podcasting, online applications, and video and image hosting sites as well as popular social networking tools. You will learn how the resources provided by INFOhio work with these new web tools and how to use these INFOhio tools both professionally and in classrooms across Ohio.

In these WVIZ Modules there will be Facilitators to help you get started and guide you through the Module groups.

Prerequisite:  Module One must be taken first.

More than one module may be taken concurrently during a four week session.

Four Modules available - each covering 4 or 5 of the INFOhio 21 Things.

These modules are created for Ohio educators to explore and engage in Web 2.0 technologies and 21st Century Learning Skills.

Module One

June 17 - July 14

July 15 - August 11

August 5 - August 30

Module Two

June 17 - July 14

Module Three

July 15 - August 11

Module Four

August 5 - August 30

PBS TeacherLine Courses

PBS TeacherLine is a series of facilitated online courses produced by leading educators and educational institutions. They are video-rich and are project-based. Each week, students complete an assignment, read articles and view video, and participate in online discussions.

Graduate credit is available from several universities listed at the TeacherLine site.

Register for a TeacherLine class online now.

In-District Courses

The ideastream Education Department can provide multiple teachers in a single district with online training. Experienced facilitators will guide the learners (no more than 18 per section).

Registration lists and course completion reports will be submitted to the school district.

Special single district pricing is available for groups of 15 or more.

For more information or to request a proposal, contact Ann Ebersole.

There has been ongoing conversation in Northeast Ohio about artist support in recent years but little examination how artists support themselves on a day-to-day basis. Through this series, ideastream highlights a sampling of area artists and the various ways they make their finances work.

By Justin Glanville and Gayle S. Putrich

The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and the City of Cleveland are partnering on a plan to rebuild Woodhill Homes, with City Architecture as the architect.

The current buildings at Woodhill date to 1940 and some have not been significantly updated since.

The plan would replace all the buildings at Woodhill in phases, likely beginning in 2021. CMHA has promised that no buildings will be demolished until new ones have been built to replace them, leaving no residents displaced during construction. Some of the new buildings will be off-site, in the surrounding neighborhood. The project also is one of five nationwide finalists for a $35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Cleveland City Councilman Blaine Griffin, who represents Woodhill’s Ward 6, has said the plan to rebuild must move forward, with or without the federal funding.

The interactive map below shows what's planned and where. Mouse over the pinpoints to learn more. 

 

 

This map is part of ideastream's two-year reporting project about the past, present and future of Cleveland’s Woodhill Homes public housing development.

Wednesday, December 4 at 12 p.m.

Westfield^TM Studio Theatre at the Idea Center^®

This annual holiday concert has been a WCLV 104.9 tradition since 2013, when director Frank Bianchi first brought his talented singers to the Idea Center for a performance of seasonal music. This year, they are back with more festive merrymaking, live in the Westifeld^TM Studio Theatre. 

The concert was broadcast on WCLV 104.9, online at WCLV.org and on the WCLV 104.9 Facebook page.

 

Governor Mike DeWine is scheduled to hold a press conference on Thursday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m., where he will have the latest coronavirus updates.

An archived version of the press conference is available on the Ohio Channel's website.

During these trying times ideastream is dedicated to keeping you, the Northeast Ohio community, informed by providing trusted, up to date information that you need to know, as it happens. From special coverage of briefings by the President and Governor, to information about health resources and opportunities to ask questions of local and national health experts, ideastream is committed to providing you with all the information you need to know about COVID-19, as it happens. Visit www.ideastream.org/coronavirus for the latest.

Governor Mike DeWine is scheduled to hold a press conference on Saturday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m., where he will have the latest coronavirus updates. The press conference begins at about 15:59 in the video. 

March 14, 2020 Update on #COVID19 in #Ohio

Posted by Ohio Channel on Saturday, 14 March 2020

During these trying times ideastream is dedicated to keeping you, the Northeast Ohio community, informed by providing trusted, up to date information that you need to know, as it happens. From special coverage of briefings by the President and Governor, to information about health resources and opportunities to ask questions of local and national health experts, ideastream is committed to providing you with all the information you need to know about COVID-19, as it happens. Visit www.ideastream.org/coronavirus for the latest.

Governor Mike DeWine is scheduled to hold a press conference on Sunday, March 15 at 3:30 p.m., where he will have the latest coronavirus updates. During this press conference, he announced the closing of restaurants and bars from 9 p.m. Sunday, March 15. 

During these trying times ideastream is dedicated to keeping you, the Northeast Ohio community, informed by providing trusted, up to date information that you need to know, as it happens. From special coverage of briefings by the President and Governor to information about health resources and opportunities to ask questions of local and national health experts, ideastream is committed to providing you with all the information you need to know about COVID-19, as it happens. Visit www.ideastream.org/coronavirus for the latest.

Gov. DeWine will be speaking at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, about the latest developments in the coronavirus outbreak. 

During these trying times, ideastream is dedicated to keeping you, the Northeast Ohio community, informed by providing trusted, up-to-date information that you need to know, as it happens.

From special coverage of briefings by the president and governor, to information about health resources and opportunities to ask questions of local and national health experts, ideastream is committed to providing you with all the information you need to know about COVID-19, as it happens. Visit www.ideastream.org/coronavirus for the latest.