Information for Educators
The resources listed here present learning opportunities for students and staff.
Everybody Benefits
For students and educators these partnerships:
- Provide an answer to the question, "Why do I have to learn this?"
- Demonstrate the importance of academics in reaching post-high school training, college and career goals.
- Help motivate students to learn by demonstrating the tangible applications of classroom lessons and bringing their curriculum to life;
- Give students an opportunity to experience a variety of workplace environments.
School Business Partnerships
School-Business Partnerships can be formed between a business and a class, grade, teacher or entire school. Projects are created based on the interests and goals of the business and the school, and offer valuable worksite connections to a curriculum. Some examples are:
Examples of Partnerships:– The Haartz Corporation &
Douglas School
– The Office of Michael Rosenfeld &
Gates School
– Design Partnership of Cambridge &
Conant School
– Burkart-Phelan, Inc. &
McCarthy-Towne School
– Cisco Systems & Merriam School
– Holiday Inn & Douglas School
- A company works with a school to help connect the science curriculum to the technical application in their research and design department;
- A publisher works with a class to develop a newsletter;
- A scientist uses her professional contacts to assists a teacher in arranging speakers for a science class;
- A retail business owner helps a class understand the working of the business and may help to set up a business in the school.
Teachers who are interested in identifying businesses to be resources for their classes should contact:
Anne Kingan, School Business Liaison
akingan@mail.ab.mec.edu
Phone: 978.264.4700 x.3498
Fax: 978.264.3346