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Southwest Michigan First Secures Future Site and $100 Million Gift for KRESA Career Center
Southwest Michigan First announced it had secured an anonymous gift of land along with a $100 million commitment for the construction of a new, world-class Career and Technical Education Center on the gifted parcel. Locating the Career Center near the county's industrial base brings students and many employers closer together, which opens up many partnerships for mutual benefit.
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Academy Supports and Encourages New Educators
Academy helps new teachers and certified professional staff to grow, feel connected to one another, receive support from leadership, and focus on the agency’s core values.
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Early/Middle College Program Kicks Off 7th School Year
Over two hundred 11th grade students attended this year’s EMC Kickoff Kickoff and Refresh events at Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC), excited to be back in person.
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Grant Helps Catapult Teacher to the Head of the Class
An aspiring special education teacher uses grant funds to graduate early and take over her own classroom at WoodsEdge Learning Center.
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KRESA Community Newsletter | Aug. 2021
Find out how KRESA students have been learning and growing over the summer, meet KRESA's new Career Center Principal, and so much more!
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MyCITY Participants Build Leadership Skills and Employment Opportunities This Summer
The program provides young people with opportunities to develop their work experience, explore career interests, and have a productive summer.
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Foundation Names Nine Grant Winners
The Kalamazoo RESA Foundation recently awarded nine employees with funds to help them continue their education. The awards are part of the Targeted Assistance Grant (TAG) program created to support KRESA employees who want to become early childhood and special education teachers.
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Pre-K Provides Valuable Learning in Safe, Welcoming Environment
Pre-K provides little learners with valuable skills and prepares them for future success – in school and later in life.
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Introducing KRESA's Career Center Principal
We are excited to announce that Isaac Carter has been tapped to helm the new Career & Technical Education (CTE) Career Center as its principal. Carter, a Chicago Public Schools veteran, will be at the heart of the county's CTE system redesign.
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Newly Formed CTE Steering Committee Convenes for First Meeting
The steering committee will integrate perspectives from education, community and business to help ensure that our county's redesigned CTE program and future CTE Center will provide meaningful, equitable opportunities for young people to see what they can be and develop their skills, all while supporting a thriving, more equitable region.
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Student Entrepreneurs Set Up Shop for 'Lemonade Day' Project
This summer, Kalamazoo RESA Career and Technical Education (CTE) is coordinating the “Lemonade Day” program for Kalamazoo Public Schools' Summer Readiness and Galesburg Augusta and Parchment Active Academy. Students will be setting up their own lemonade stands and selling their products to the community. Lemonade Day prepares kids become the business leaders, social advocates, community volunteers and forward-thinking citizens of tomorrow!
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Project Seeks to Improve Workplace Inclusivity
The YES Project will bring together young people of color, ages 16 to 24, and three local employers who will work toward creating more inclusive workplaces.
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Grant Funds At-Home Learning Kits
Seeds for Success received a $7,300-grant from the Consumers Energy Foundation to fund At-Home Learning Kits.
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Partnership Advances CTE System Redesign
KRESA and Southwest Michigan First’s public-private partnership, formed ahead of the 2019 CTE millage campaign, remains strong as the two agencies are united in the goal of redesigning Kalamazoo County’s CTE system.
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Voters Approve Special Education Millage
Voters approved the renewal of a six-year, 1.5-mill property tax to help fund the cost of special education in local schools.
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Program Welcomes Back Educators
Our country is facing a critical shortage of teachers. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is hoping a new program will motivate educators with expired credentials to return to the classroom.
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Collaboration Leads to Remarkable Connection
For three years, students from the Juvenile Home Schools Intensive Learning Center (ILC) have been spending time with students at WoodsEdge Learning Center – the collaborative project that brings together these two unlikely groups of KRESA students is as heartwarming as it is impactful.
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Meet Liz Jones - CTE Career Coach
Helping people learn about themselves and explore their next steps is a true passion of Liz Jones, KRESA Career & Technical Education career coach.
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Seniors Honored for Academic Excellence
Excellence in Education recognizes the top-achieving high school seniors from Kalamazoo County’s public and non-public high schools.
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Early Intervention Helps Students Succeed
Kalamazoo RESA’s Early On program and PrePrimary Evaluation Team (PET) provide free developmental assessments for children ages 0-6..
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