Business-Advisory-Council-Joint-Statement-2019-2020

Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council Joint Statement Fairview Park City School District 2019-20 Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council: The Fairview Park City School Dist

Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council

Joint Statement

Fairview Park City School District

2019-20

Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council:

The Fairview Park City School District continued to work collaboratively with Polaris Career Center and its partner school districts to work towards the shared goal of developing students that are prepared for college, career or military upon graduation from high school This year, Polaris Career Center, Berea City Schools, Fairview Park City Schools, Olmsted Falls City Schools, North Olmsted City Schools and Strongsville City Schools continued to meet as the Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council (SRBAC) The SRBAC (see Exhibit A) is comprised of more than 70 business, community and school representatives

Meeting schedule:

The SRBAC committed to meet four times this school year Meeting dates for the 2019-20 school year were (are) as follows:

October 25, 2019

December 6, 2019

February 7, 2020

April 3, 2020

Plan/Implementation Progress:

The regional approach to this business advisory council continues to be a strong point The advantage of meeting as a regional council is that participants discuss workforce/business needs and student skills requirements from a regional perspective versus focusing solely on the needs and expectations of one community Meeting agendas coincided with recommendations from the Ohio Department of Education and included locally appropriate topics including:

• Delineating employment skills and developing curriculum to instill these skills

• How do we get more businesses around the table?

• Tackling the workforce challenges of today and tomorrow

• Meeting the needs of our local communities – An economic development perspective

• What are economic development professionals hearing from employers?

Summary of Activities:

To date, the council has met to discuss a number of timely topics New this year, we invited industry experts to participate in interactive panel discussions:

• Identify key employability/job ready skills

• Increase business involvement in the council

• Discuss how a local hospital is handling current workforce challenges

• Talk about job skills needed from an economic development perspective

Advice/Recommendations:

We have received a sizeable amount of input from the council as it relates to required skills, job readiness, connecting students to real world opportunities and other related topics Below is a summary of those discussions and recommendations:

Delineating employment skills and developing curriculum to instill these skills

• Member made a note that when senior exit interviews are done at Fairview, there is a noticeable difference between Polaris students and non-Polaris Students Polaris students are much more confident and professional

• Skills identified as needs:

o Verbal Communication

o Effective technology communications (not text typing in professional

environments)

o Need to be ready to learn in new environments and know it is ok to say they do not know how to do something

o Understand how to give a business presentation, not a classroom presentation

• Connect with manufacturing/trades organizations

• Stress the importance of certifications

• Patience – Too much focus on instant gratification

• Learn the job first

• Student expectations – wanting to be in a leadership position immediately

• Learn – have a mentor

• Interns – you have to earn your stripes

• Learn the business

• Too much instant gratification

• Need to be patient

• Instant gratification – caused by technology

• It’s okay not to be proficient immediately

• Businesses meeting students and graduates where they are at any given time

• Critical thinking and team players are needed in the work place

• What are the disconnects? Does the curriculum mirror what industry and business needs?

• Teachers teach the way they were taught

• Education – has not changed to meet the changes in business and industry

• Paradigm shift needed in education

How do we get more businesses around the table?

• Invite people to come to the meeting with something specific to do, something we need that is relevant to their business (like answering the 1st question ahead of time)

• Do personal invites from other business people

• Have agenda out before meeting

• ID who we have on councils

• Invite some of them to meetings

• Target certain businesses – Do demos, have discussions, invite guests, have high level guest speaker discuss their needs

• Meet with businesses on a personal level

• More outreach from the schools to the businesses

• “Go out and ask for help”

• Specific city business advisory councils

• Our council is somewhat limiting due to the size and makeup

• Hard to participate for businesses due to running the business

• Try and make just one business

• Start local and then branch off and broaden

• Meet the business folks on their “turf” – they are busy and can’t make the time to attend meetings

Tackling the Workforce Challenges of Today & Tomorrow

Presenters:

Bill Young, President & CEO

Southwest General Health Center

Dee Weber, Vice President, Human Resources

Southwest General Health Center

Focus on 6 Service Behaviors

- Warm/welcoming

- Proactive

- Listener

- Courtesy

- Communications

- Empathy

What economic developers are hearing from businesses – Required Skills

Presenters:

Scott Adams

City of Brook Park

Chuck Bichara

City of Middleburg Heights

Matt Madzy

City of Berea

Brent Painter

City of Strongsville

- Universal soft skills

o On-times

o Communications

o Stay off the phone

o Conflict resolution

o Patience

- Show up

o Sober

o Ready to work

o Stay off phone

- Math aptitude

- Credentials

- Open communications

- Human element needed

- Communication w/ supervisor – “what you have to say is important”

- Capstone projects – Can they be a key measure?

Focus on Next School Year:

The SRBAC spent a large part of this school year soliciting input from the council and

expanding membership Next year, we will continue to focus on growing membership,

improving attendance, expand linkages between business partners and schools and feature new timely, interactive presentations Our final meeting for 2019-2020 will take place on Friday, April 3, 2020 and will highlight a new partnership between Vitamix and Baldwin-Wallace University

EXHIBIT A

Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council

2019-2020

First

Scott Adams

Commissioner, Economic Development City of Brook Park George Anagnostou Treasurer Strongsville City Schools Robbie Anderson Agent/Owner State Farm Insurance Jill Archambeau

Account and Compliance Management Specialist APP Jan Belz Resident of North Olmsted Resident of North Olmsted Chuck Bichara

Director of Economic Development City of Middleburg Heights David Binkley

Director of Instructional Technology Strongsville City Schools Ron Block Branch Manager

Cuyahoga County Public Library-Middleburg Heights Tara Brunst Unit Serving Executive Boy Scouts of America Aimee Caldrone College and Career Counselor Olmsted Falls High School Holly Camino Branch Manager

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Cristina Capretta

Director of Marketing &

Community Relations Berea City Schools Matt Castelli Mayor City of Middleburg Heights Elizabeth Cleary Business Teacher Olmsted Falls High School Mark Comstock Judge Berea Municipal Court John DiGennaro

Director of Institutional Planning Baldwin Wallace University Tanya DiSalvo President Criterion Tool & Die

Chris Doherty Chief Information Officer Clark-Reliance

Mike Draves Assistant Superintendent Berea City Schools

Joe Faulhaber President Junior Achievement of

Greater Cleveland Tanya Foose Center Director Grade Power Learning Dan Foust Communications Coordinator Strongsville City Schools Karen Frimel

Director, Dept of Academic Affairs Berea City Schools Jim Gillespie Human Resource Manager Evergreen Packaging Holly Hacker

Director, Brand and Customer

Jessica Harmon Director of Marketing

SNAT Management/North Coast Dominos

Alison Hines

Recruiting Manager & HR Business Partner Vitamix Corporation Jeanene Kress Olmsted Township Trustee City of Olmsted Township Paul Kress Managing Principal APS Health

Glenn Kutner Business Owner/Resident LOGOHIO

Jerry Lanning Principal Polaris Career Center Amanda Lloyd

Communications & Marketing Coordinator Fairview Park City Schools Jim Lloyd Superintendent Olmsted Falls City Schools Lori Long Professor Baldwin Wallace University Kelly MacCarthy Realtor Century 21

Matt Madzy

Director of Economic Development City of Berea John Mandula Project Manager O.R Colan Associates, LLC

Al Matyas Vice President Ambulatory

Operations & Business Development

Southwest General Health Center

Richard Micko Board Member

Strongsville Board of Education

Doug Miller

Director of Community Outreach Polaris Career Center Shayna Muckerheide Branch Manager

Cuyahoga County Public Library-Brook Park Tom Norton Business Outreach Coordinator City of Berea

Bill Novak

Adult Education Counselor/Fairview Park Resident Polaris Career Center Brent Painter

Director of Economic Development City of Strongsville Cathi Patton Fairview Hospital/Parent Fairview Hospital

Kim Petrina Director of Communications Olmsted Falls City Schools Neal Postel

Berea Board of Education Member Berea Board of Education Anne Pyros Associate Superintendent North Olmsted City Schools Vincent Ragnoni Human Resource Intern Evergreen Packaging

Rick Reitz Instructor Polaris Career Center Mike Rhamy Assistant Principal, Satellites Polaris Career Center Celena Roebuck Manager of Educational Content WVIZ/ideastream

Dave Rubis Advisory Fairport Asset Management

Angelo Russo City Councilman Russo and Associates Amy Rutledge Communications Coordinate North Olmsted City Schools Cameron Ryba Superintendent Strongsville City Schools Mike Sheppard Assistant Superintendent Polaris Career Center Cathy Shultis Branch Manager

Cuyahoga County Public Library-Berea

Gavin Smith Project Executive AM Higley Company

Kim Sperling Treasurer Fairview Park City Schools Carrie Sullivan

Family and Community Engagement Coordinator Fairview Park City Schools Greg Surtman Board Vice President Olmsted Falls City Schools Bob Timmons Superintendent Polaris Career Center Andi Udris

Director of Economic Development City of Brooklyn Jeff Valus Principal CBLH Design

Maryanne Vanshoor

Independent Architechture and Planning Professional APP Bill Wagner Superintendent Fairview Park City Schools Tracy Wheeler Superintendent Berea City Schools

Ed Yager Instructor Polaris Career Center Michael Zalar Superintendent North Olmsted City Schools