North Judson-San Pierre School Board Approves Memorandum of Understanding with WorkOne

Posted on January 17, 2018
Author Jacque Ryan, WKVI

The North Judson-San Pierre school board approved a memorandum of understanding between the NJ-SP School Corporation and the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board when they met Tuesday night.

According to information provided by Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin, the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board, or WorkOne, oversees the Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program in Indiana High Schools. The agreement between the school and the organization is in line with complying with recent changes to graduation requirements.

Dr. Zupin shared that the program aims to have participants complete their high school diploma, attain employable skills and receive assistance in pursuing post-secondary education and securing quality entry-level jobs, leading to career advancement opportunities.

The JAG program at NJ-SP would include a classroom specialist who would teach courses in leadership skills, academic problems, life skills, personal skills and socio-economic barriers. Program staff would also work to provide job placement services. As participants of the JAG program, NJ-SP students will practice speaking and team skills as well volunteerism and community action.

WorkOne would finance the specialist or teacher, while North Judson-San Pierre would provide the classroom space and support field trips and other activities.

I've Had A Scathingly Brilliant Idea!

Don’t know why I didn’t think of this before.  Over the years as we’ve had to change/replace computers one of my tasks has been to make sure that the employment websites were put back on the browsers.  Needless to say it was a pain to remember all the sites and make sure that each one was put on each browser on each computer.  Whew, my brain is still spinning.

Well the idea FINALLY implanted itself in my brain that I should centralize all of those sites on the library’s webpage which would make it easier to add them to the browsers.  So here they are, along with some new ones that I followed from the Department of Workforce Development website.

So if you need to file unemployment, are looking for a job, want to explore a different career/profession, or want to upgrade your current skills here’s the place to look.  All of these sites have been bookmarked and are easily accessible through the library’s website:  Claimant Self Service Logon; Indiana Career Connect; Indiana Career Explorer; JAG – Jobs for America’s Graduates; Veterans’ Employment and Training Service; Win Career Readiness Courseware; and WorkOneWorks.

Sometimes I amaze myself!

https://sites.google.com/site/northjudsonwaynetwplibrary/jobs-resumes/workforcedevelopment