Alignment Collaborative for Education - ACE
The month of February is dedicated to recognizing the contributions that career and technical education (CTE) programs have contributed to preparing the nation’s future workforce. Thank you to our CTE teachers and Northern Kane County Region 110 for their commitment to graduate students academic and career ready providing students the opportunity to exit high school with industry recognized credentials ready for the workplace.
These exceptional teachers bring their industry experience and knowledge to the classroom preparing our region’s future workforce. Their work is valued and greatly appreciated.
Accounting
Agriculture
Apparel and Textile
Automotive
Business
Cabinet Making
Culinary Arts
Drafting and Design
Education
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Family and Consumer Sciences
Healthcare/Nursing Assistant
Information Technology
Marketing
Media and Digital Arts
Precision Manufacturing
Veterinary Assistant
Welding
Over 1,400 students complete resume workshops in preparation for Summer Internships and the Senior Job Fair on April 18.
District 300 students interested in healthcare careers began on January 22 a pilot rotational internship program hosted by Advocate Sherman and Well Child Center.
Students from seven District 300 and U-46 high schools attended the region’s Education Day on January 24 facilitated by Alignment’s Teacher Pipeline A-Team and hosted by ECC.
Fifty U-46 counselors and administrators visited Nicor on January 26 to study the region’s apprenticeship programs to include corporate, college, federal, and local union opportunities.
Advocate Sherman Hospital
AON
CISCO
Elgin Community College
IAMAW Local 701
IBEW 117
IL Division of Rehabilitation Services
Nicor
Northern Illinois University
Well Child Center
West Side Tractor
YouthBuild (Housing Authority)
Zurich
The summer internship program is a work-based learning opportunity that allows students to explore a career through placement with a local employer. Students applying for the internships are primarily juniors entering their senior year of high school.
Hosting organizations will make the final decision on student placement through a resume review and interview process. All internship offerings in the form of position descriptions must be confirmed before March 1 for advertisement to students by March 6.
Please direct position descriptions and any questions about the summer internship program to ace@align4edu.org.
Internship placements will focus primarily on students enrolled in the academies or career and technical education courses. All internships are competitive, and placement is not guaranteed.
Students earn:
Employers provide:
Thank you for your consideration to be a part of the summer internship program preparing students for successful transition to the future workforce.
Alignment was invited to the Elgin Area Leadership Academy Class of 2024 joined by the leadership of ECC, EMSA, Judson, and U-46. The January Saturday morning session provided a great time to discuss education, future workforce development, and the continued advancement of the greater Elgin community. The Leadership Academy mentored and coordinated by Dan Fox, Ruth Munson, and Anthony Ramos has graduated over 15 classes contributing to Elgin having a solid leadership base networked across business and community organizations.
Edgar Montes, Alignment’s community program manager, is a member of the Class of 2024. Edgar describes his experience: “My experience has been amazing during my time in the academy. Being raised in Elgin, I’m amazed at just how much is out there for me to learn about my community. Learning from different leaders in Elgin gives me a sense of happiness knowing that I share similar backgrounds as them.”
Alignment had the opportunity to name Bill Hoffer as the non-profit, Volunteer of the Year at the annual Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. The event each year recognizes community leaders that significantly contribute to Elgin’s non-profit organizations. As the Hoffer Foundation website states “It’s not just plastics its personal”. Nothing could better describe Bill and the Hoffer Family’s commitment to the Elgin community. That commitment is evident in the raising and donation of millions of dollars to the community’s non-profit organizations, local charities, and families. However, you could debate that even more important is the human investment.
The Alignment Collaborative for Education was fortunate and blessed to have Bill Hoffer as a founding member from concept to implementation. Now almost a decade later, this organization serves over 8,500 students a year with a 100% commitment from Bill that all students should have the opportunity to graduate academic and career ready.
You will find Bill at the annual Explore event visiting with 2,700 8th graders, and he is the first to open the doors to Hoffer Plastics to show high school students all the career opportunities available in the manufacturing industry. That work does not stop with the Alignment Collaborative. Bill has invested his leadership skills in growing Advocate Sherman Hospital to be a leader in providing world class healthcare. He, his wife Taffy, and his children continue to invest in the community’s children and youth as evidenced by the new Boys and Girls Club facility in South Elgin along with the YMCA, United Way, Habitat for Humanity, etc.
Bill believes in the power of education to change lives and to shape the future prosperity of a community, the region, and the state. It is befitting to be able to recognize Bill for those many contributions.
ACE is a member of the Alignment USA communities of collaboration and collective impact.
