Connectors Circle 2022 - 2023

This is the 5th Annual Ford NGL U Circle for Academy Coaches! The line-up for 2022/2023 is one that you will not want to miss.

Who is the audience for this circle?

Academy Coach

Work-based Learning Coordinator

Academy/ Pathway Coordinator

Industry Sector Coach

What's in it for me?

Participants in this Ford NGL U Circle will gain resources, insights, and support needed to elevate their work!

Relevant Resources & Material

Access resources, material and tools designed specifically for your role and that you can use with your teacher teams.

Intentional Support

Join a team of your peers dedicated to finding solutions to the challenges related to your role.

Leadership Development

Strengthen your leadership skills essential to your role. Learn how to lead others with an outward mindset and using a distributed leadership model, so your teacher teams go farther!

Professional Network

Convene with practitioners and friends from across the globe who share similar roles as you. Listen together, learn together, and grow together.

This Circle typically support your learning through topics like:

ENCOURAGEMENT

How to encourage teachers to look through the lens of the academy

How to encourage teachers to look through the lens of the academy

CAPACITY

How to build the teacher team's capacity to co-own their business partnerships

How to build the teacher team's capacity to co-own their business partnerships

ENGAGE

How to creatively engage students, teach content- and industry-relevant standards, in partnership with business and community partners

How to creatively engage students, teach content- and industry-relevant standards, in partnership with business and community partners

ONBOARDING & Roles

Strategies and approaches to onboard new teachers and new business partners

Strategies and approaches to onboard new teachers and new business partners

LEADERSHIP

A deeper understanding about distributed leadership

A deeper understanding about distributed leadership

DEEP LEARNING

How to move partnerships to deeper relationships that get to deeper learning for students

How to move partnerships to deeper relationships that get to deeper learning for students

VALUE

How to manage your job's multiple functions and ensure everyone in my building understands and values my role

How to manage your job's multiple functions and ensure everyone in my building understands and values my role

PATHWAYS

How to educate district and school-level leaders about the pathway/academy model so they continue to support it

How to educate district and school-level leaders about the pathway/academy model so they continue to support it

TEAM

How to manage up with your administrative team and manage down with your academy team leads and sideways with your business and community partners

How to manage up with your administrative team and manage down with your academy team leads and sideways with your business and community partners

Meet the Facilitators

Lead
facilitator

Beth Grzelak

Lead
facilitator

Janice Weaver

The Ford NGL Connectors Circle will meet regularly on Tuesdays from 12 pm-1 pm ET on the following dates:

OCT 6, 2022

DEC 1, 2022

FEB 1, 2023

APR 6, 2023

JUN 1, 2023

Register Today to Apply for the Ford NGL Circle for Connectors

Thank you for your interest in Ford NGL U’s Circles. As a reminder these circles will be free for Ford NGL Phase 4 & 5 communities only.

Registration Opening Soon

Thank you for your interest in Ford NGL U’s Circles. As a reminder these circles will be free for Ford NGL Phase 4 & 5 communities only.

Still have questions?

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