This comes to us from
Vicky Wheeler, the school system’s School-to-Career Coordinator/Academy
Director:
On
March 22, more than 100 juniors who participate in the school system’s NAF
Career Academy programs participated in a #TogetherFutureReady mini-conference.
Volunteers
from about 50 businesses offered a number of learning sessions. Organizations represented
included the N.C. Restaurant & Lodging Association, Modern Woodman of
American, Lowes Foods, and Wells Fargo.
The
conference was sponsored by the Work-Based Learning Committee of the NAF Career
Academy Advisory Board. Vicky
Wheeler, the school system’s School-to-Career Coordinator/Academy Director,
worked with Rodessa Mitchell, the Vice President for Education & Workforce Development for the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, to organize the conference.
“The
goal of the event was to prepare students with soft skills – interview and
networking techniques and a resume,” Wheeler said.
Earlier,
Wheeler had given students templates for business cards to use in making cards
to share with business people.
“All
this was in preparation for their seeking of a summer internship,” Wheeler
said.
Forsyth
Technical Community College provided the space for the conference at the Mazie
Woodruff Center on Lansing Drive.
“It was a great day,” Wheeler said.
