Community Partnerships

  • The West Linn-Wilsonville School District Community Partnerships Program enriches K-12 curriculum by linking teachers and students with the world outside of the classroom.

    It helps answer the perennial student questions:

    "Why are we learning this?"

    "What good will come of this learning?"

    Student speaks with community partners

How the Program works

  • How the Program Works

    • Some partnerships are simple one-time, one-class/school visits. Others involve periodic or regular visits to classrooms/schools or even semester or academic year-long collaborative ventures.
    • Community partners may host youth internships for individual students at their workplace. Or, they may host a career tour or career chat to demonstrate how classroom learning connects to the real world.
    • Community Partnerships refers reading and academic volunteers to district schools for year-long weekly one-on-one mentoring with students in grades 1-12.
    • Anyone can suggest a partnership and lend a hand in forming them.

High School Career Connections

  • Do you want to share your knowledge and help students explore careers?

    The goal of the High School Career Connections program is to connect students to industry. These connections help students learn about different career path options.

    There are four main ways to partner with High School Career Connections program.

    1. CHAT - with students about your career as a guest speaker or during a career fair (1.5 hour commitment).
    2. LEAD -  a career tour at your workplace (1-2 hour commitment).
    3. ADVISE -  Career Technical Education (CTE) teachers on the skills and knowledge students need to be prepared for your industry (1 hr, 1-2 times a year)
    4. MENTOR - students working on class projects or participating in CTE related clubs (5-10 hour commitment).

CAREER CONNECTIONS PARTNERS

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OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS