No Job Left BehindA collaboration of education, business and community

How the initiative started• Invited business and education to meet

and discuss career readiness• Agreed to work on two big issues• To change perceptions to create a cultural

shift about manufacturing• To provide better linkage between school

habits and work environment including soft skills

ORIGINAL PARTNERS(10) Education(11) Businesses

(3) EIEFES(4) Community

Educating ourselves

Working Groups

• Skills Gap Survey• Student/Career Connections• Work Ethics• Marketing/Image

MISSION

No job Left Behind promotes manufacturing careers and job

readiness.

Skills Gap Survey Committee

• Worked with Lake Land GIS Dept to create a business database• Used a survey format model from Vermilion Advantage• Surveys administered in October• 53 mailed• 81 emailed

• Results due by 10/29• Published report available 11/15

Student/Career Connections

• Logged all interaction students have with industry• Looked for gaps to fill • Developed our first “Manufacturing Week” 10/27-31• 142 students from five different school districts• Touring three different businesses (we offered five)

Work Ethics

• Research Research Research• Model programs in schools• Packaged programs• Free programs

• Grading Rubric• Expectations at MS, HS and

adult levels for Rubric

Marketing/Image Committee

www.nojobleftbehind.com

Stepheny McMahon, PCEDSullivan Chamber & Economic Development

112 W. Harrison St.Sullivan, IL 61951

217-728-2684217-725-9984 cell

director@sullivanchamber.com