WHAT is the SAGINAW CAREER COMPLEX?
The Saginaw
Career Complex is home to The Averill Career Center
and The Academy for Technology & Enterprise, two
schools that are in the business of linking learning
with earning. Both are operated
by the School District of the City of Saginaw, Michigan.
WHO are its customers?
Students---who
want to begin a high-skill, high-wage career while still
in high school.
Parents---who want their children to
receive the best, most relevant preparation for further
education and employment.
Employers---who need highly-skilled
and trained employees to ensure a competent, competitive
work force for today and tomorrow.
Post-secondary educators---who gain
students with career-focused goals and are driven to
succeed, not just survive.
WHY the SAGINAW CAREER COMPLEX?
The knowledge, skills, and experience students need
to be productive in the 21st century are changing. Employers
expect employees at all levels to apply knowledge, think
creatively, solve complex problems, work in teams, excel
in using technology, and learn continuously.
In this global and technology-driven economy, the skills
of the work force are a company's major competitive
advantage. Unfortunately, few Michigan employers believe
recent high school graduates are prepared to hold jobs
in their businesses.
The Saginaw Career Complex provides a timely response
to this need and creates a new form of education—for
all students—that links learning and earning.
No matter what their circumstance, students need to
leave high school prepared for college, advanced technical
training, and skilled entry-level work. They need to
learn for REAL
life. That is what the Saginaw Career
Complex is all about.
WHO benefits?
Everybody does!
The Saginaw Career Complex is committed to providing
state-of-the-art career and technical education for
all students—to make them successful out of school
as well as in school. The goal is to prepare students
for the high-performance world they will inevitably
encounter one day.
At the same time, the Complex is ensuring that area
employers have a competitive, world-class work force.
The Saginaw Career Complex offers programs that link
what the students are required to know and do at work,
with what and how they learn in school.
HOW does it work?
The Saginaw Career Complex connects
students with business, industry, labor, advanced training,
and education:
• by offering programs that prepare all students
for employment and education options through focused
coursework, career awareness and exploration, counseling,
skill development, and evaluation;
• by providing classroom learning in conjunction
with work-based experiences, job training, and mentoring;
and
• by building partnerships to promote a stable,
high-performance work force.
High school juniors and seniors attend academic classes
at their home high schools for half of the day. They
attend the Center or the Academy the other half of the
day to learn both in the classroom and in the workplace.
HOW is success measured?
The instructional programs offered
at the Saginaw Career Complex are supported by a commitment
to total quality learning and a continuous improvement
process. Through collaboration with business partners,
the Saginaw Career Complex faculty, staff, and administration
have established a quality improvement plan, complete
with a mission, goals, quality characteristics, and
measurable performance objectives—all aimed at
meeting the needs of customers now and in the future.
The three primary indicators of success are:
• how many students secure jobs,
• how many students continue their education and
training after high school, and
• how satisfied employers are with Saginaw Career
Complex students and graduates.
Recent data indicate that the Saginaw Career Complex
exceeds 90% of these indicators.
WITHIN the SAGINAW CAREER COMPLEX:
The Averill Career Center
The Averill Career Center (formerly called the Averill
Career Opportunities Center-COC) has been in operation
since 1972. It has been a pioneer in school-to-work
programs in the Saginaw area and will continue to expand
to meet the needs of students, business, industry, and
higher education.
Before attending The Averill Career Center, each student
selects a career pathway as part of the Career Planning
Process.
Coursework for students at their home high school and
at The Averill Career Center supports the chosen career
pathway.
About two-thirds of the students attending the Saginaw
Career Complex are enrolled in programs offered by The
Averill Career Center.
The Academy for Technology and Enterprise
The Academy for Technology and Enterprise is a charter
school formed in 1995. It came about as a result of
close collaboration with businesses and labor organizations
and a commitment to addressing their need for highly
skilled workers. Its purpose is to prepare youth who
have chosen a career pathway in Technical and Engineering
Systems for employment in the manufacturing, engineering,
construction, and automotive (MECA) skill areas.
The Academy nurtures close partnerships with local business,
industry, and labor. This gives employers an increased
say in the training students need to be most productive
in the workplace. In addition, business partners provide
students with paid work-based learning experiences,
mentors, and industry-specific skill development.
A board of directors from private industry and labor
governs the Academy.
About one-third of the students attending the Saginaw
Career Complex are enrolled in the Academy.
Career Pathways
Students may enroll in a variety of programs at the
Saginaw Career Complex, which is home to both The Averill
Career Center and The Academy for Technology and Enterprise.
Students choose from programs offered in the following
career pathways:
• Arts
and Communications
• Business
Services Technology
• Education
and Human Services
• Environmental
Technologies
• Health
Services
• Technical
and Engineering Systems
WHERE is the SAGINAW CAREER COMPLEX located?
2102 Weiss St.
Saginaw, MI 48602
Phone: (989) 399-6150
Fax: (989) 399-6165
WHO are the board members of The School District of
the City of Saginaw?
Board
of Education
Norman C. Braddock, President
Ronald S. Spess, Vice-President
Delena Spates-Allen, Secretary
James Woolfolk,
Jr. , Treasurer
Jean A.
Burk, Trustee
Mattie Thompson, Trustee
Beverly J. Yanca, Trustee
Gerald D. Dawkins, Superintendent
WHO are the board members of The Academy for Technology
& Enterprise?
Board of Directors
Charles Lange, CIGNYS, Academy President
Linda Sims, Consumers Energy, Academy Vice President
John Sangster, UAW, Region 1-D, Academy Secretary
William Heath, Academy Treasurer
Thomas Boensch, Academy Trustee
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