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.

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

West Linn High School and Wilsonville High School have numerous CTE programs available. CTE programs help students gain knowledge and industry-relevant skills. An important component of CTE is to connect high school students with industry experts.

There are five main ways a partner with high school CTE programs:

1. HOST- a skill-based youth internship at your organization. (a 30 hour commitment)
2. MENTOR- students working on class projects or participating in CTE related clubs (5-10 hour commitment)
3. CHAT- with students about your career  (a 1 hour commitment)
4. LEAD-  a career tour at your workplace (1 hour commitment)
   
5. ADVISE-  teachers on the skills and knowledge students need to be prepared for your industry. (meets 2-4 times a year)

We are seeking industry experts in the following CTE areas: Agriculture, Animation, Architecture, Business, Construction, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Engineering, Fisheries, Forestry, Graphic Arts, Health Sciences, Journalism, Marketing, Multimedia Art, Photography, Web Design, Videography, and many more!

We would like to thank the below partners for connecting high school students to their industry.

INTERNSHIP HOSTS

• City of West Linn Parks & Recreation
• Clackamas River Basin Council 
• Clackamas Workforce Partnership 
• Engaging Local Government Leaders 
• Kids First Pediatric Clinic
• Metro Native Plant Center 
• Oregon City Farmers Market 
• Oregon Institute of Technology 
• PAWs Animal Shelter
• Sundstrom Clinical Services
• Wilsonville Public Library 

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MENTORS

We would like to thank the mentors below for providing support and feedback to students during their internships, CTE class projects, or CTE robotics activities.

• Butch Griffin- Software Engineer, Comcast
• Charlie Hyman Photography
• Corrie Coston Photography
• Kim Elliott Photography
• Greater Oregon City Watershed Council
• Marshall Stowell- Director of Engineering, Lam Research
• Metro Recycling
• Nancy Steele Photography
• The Nature Conservancy 
• Tim Bennington-Davis - Associate Fellow, Verizon
• Tom Sommerville- Senior Software Engineer, Phoenix Technologies

CAREER TOUR PARTNERS

Thank you to the partners below for hosting a career tour of your business.

• Lam Research
• Portland General Electric

CTE ADVISORY PARTNERS

Thank you to the following individuals/organizations for providing CTE guidance/support.

Construction/Architecture

• Cory Riedel- Operations Manager, IE Construction
• Karina Ruiz- Architect, BRIC Architecture
• Tim Woodley- retired WLWV Director of Operations
• Wayne Chow- Special Projects Coordinator, Oregon State Building Trades Council  

Environmental Science/Forestry

• Aliesje King- Neighborhood Trees Program Manager, Friends of Trees
• Bob Carlson- retired science teacher and CREST Director
• Christine Hollenbeck- Public Outreach & Education Coordinator, Clackamas River Water Providers
• Doug Sheldon- Forest Area Manager, Weyerhaeuser
• Kevin Rybacki- Project Biologist, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Litzy Venturi- Sr. Neighborhood Trees Specialist,  Friends of Trees

CAREER TALK PARTNERS

Thank you to the individuals and organizations below for presenting to high school students about your industry.

• 52 Limited- Elaine Hsieh (Marketing)
• Adam Spencer (Videography)
• Advance Sports & Spine
• Advance Dental Arts
• Alex Nolan- (Industrial Design)
• City of Lake Oswego- Alicia Garrison (Emergency Services)
• City of Portland- Charlie Nappi (Natural Resource Management)
• City of West Linn- Jerry Gabrielatos (Government Services)
• Clackamas County Water Environment Services- Gail Shaloum- (Environmental Science)
• Clackamas River Basin Council- Suzi Cloutier (Environmental Outreach)
• Dr. Lindsay Sparks- (Healthcare)
• Engaging Local Government Leaders- Kirsten Wyatt (Finance and Non-profit management)
• Hi-School Pharmacy
• Jimmy Nguyen- (Industrial Design)
• JH Kelly -Joel Joiner (Project Manager)
• Josh Farmer- (Video Game Design)
• Kaiser Permanente - (Healthcare)
• Lam Research- Tyler Stauss, (Electric Engineering)
• Lance's Superior Auto Center- Lance Griffin (Automotive Services)
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife- John Cox and Kevin Rybacki (Fish Biology) 
• Providence Home Health- (Healthcare)
• Sal Reda (Graphic Designer and UIUX Designer)
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service- Todd McKinney (Environmental Outreach)
• Wriik Maui (Digital marketing)

If you are interested in exploring CTE partnership opportunities, please contact Laura Nappi, (503) 673-7000 ext 4635, email NappiL@wlwv.k12.or.us

Program Awards & Recognition
The West Linn-Wilsonville School District Community Partnerships Program has received the following awards and recognition:

• 1997 Business Education Compact School District Achievement Award (for best innovative curriculum enrichment volunteer program in the Portland-Northwest Oregon-Southern Washington Region)
• 2002 Business Education Compact School District-Business Award (shared with Mentor Graphics as best school-business collaborative venture program in the Portland-Northwest Oregon-Southern Washington Region)
• US Department of Education Northwest Region "Innovative Practices in Education" recognition
• Hundreds of articles have been published in The Oregonian, West Linn Tidings, and Wilsonville Spokesman newspapers about Community Partnerships events and programs
• Featured in several of Portland's KATU-TV school news broadcasts
• Many Partnerships Programs have been filmed for local access TV to share with the entire community
• Program coordinator has been a featured speaker at several regional educational curriculum enrichment conferences and school-business cooperation seminars