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Speaker calls on schools, business to bring back apprenticeships (04/29/2019)

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Leaders in business and education from across the region will gather at Monroe Community College on April 30 to hear from Brent Parton, who is leading the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeships (PAYA).

The conference runs from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, at Monroe Community College’s Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center on the Brighton Campus, 1000 East Henrietta Road. Registration is required. The $25 fee is waived for educators at the online site: www.nyfame.org. Parking is available in lot M. For details, call (315) 521-7826.

Parton is deputy director of the Center on Education and Skills at New America, an organization that promotes efforts to confront the challenges of rapid technological and social change. He previously served as a senior policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor and a strategist on work-based learning at the National Governors Association.

New America promotes the creation of high-quality apprenticeships, which it defines as opportunities that help students learn while developing skills needed in the workforce today. The organization notes that while most high school graduates go to college, nearly a third do not pursue any postsecondary education.

“Compared to countries like Germany and Switzerland, youth apprenticeship is an underutilized education and workforce strategy in the U.S., but it's gaining steam in many states,” Parton wrote in a New America blog in 2017.

The event begins at 3:30 p.m. with an opportunity for networking just before the welcome at 4 p.m. Parton’s keynote address will be followed by a panel discussion on regional and New York State apprenticeships and a question and answer session.

The event is sponsored by the Finger Lakes Advanced Manufacturers’ Enterprise (FAME), which will also present its 2019 STAR Award at the event. In addition to FAME, sponsors include Wayne County IDA, CTE Technical Assistance Center of New York, Workforce Development Institute, Optimax Systems, University of Rochester’s Center for Emerging & Innovative Sciences, G.W. Lisk Co., Ontario County IDA, and ITT Goulds Pumps.

Contact: (315) 521-7826 or fame@nyfame.org.


Media Contact:
Hency Yuen-Eng
Government and Community Relations
585-292-3063
hyuen-eng@monroecc.edu