{"id":14302,"date":"2016-10-03T18:58:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T22:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=14302"},"modified":"2016-10-03T18:58:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T22:58:34","slug":"futuremakers-opens-rfp-for-foundational-skills-curriculum-for-post-secondary-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2016\/10\/03\/futuremakers-opens-rfp-for-foundational-skills-curriculum-for-post-secondary-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"FutureMakers opens RFP for foundational skills curriculum for post-secondary institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goal to transform Southwest Florida\u2019s workforce<\/em><\/p>\n

\"FutureMakers<\/a><\/p>\n

FORT MYERS, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2016) \u2013 The\u00a0Persistence and Progress\u00a0Regional\u00a0Action\u00a0Team\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0FutureMakers\u00a0Coalition<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0working\u00a0to\u00a0develop\u00a0a\u00a0foundational skill development curriculum to pilot with post-secondary students and will open a request for proposals on Oct. 3, 2016.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0foundational\u00a0skills\u00a0project\u00a0is requesting proposals for the development of a foundational skills curriculum with the goal to increase active\u00a0listening, critical thinking\/problem\u00a0solving, interpersonal\u00a0skills, teamwork and work\u00a0ethic, and to build education and business partnerships. The project is seeking to increase these skills and employability of Southwest Florida\u2019s high-school and post-secondary students and existing workforce while simultaneously encouraging employers to value students through an improved assessment of employment candidate foundational\u00a0skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce a proper curriculum has been developed, it will initially be implemented by existing staff at Florida Southwestern State College and later expanded to other partners,\u201d said Tessa LeSage, director of social innovation and sustainability for the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the backbone organization for FutureMakers Coalition. \u201cIn addition to the classroom\u00a0instruction\u00a0on\u00a0foundational\u00a0skills,\u00a0an\u00a0employer\u00a0pool\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0created.\u00a0The\u00a0employer\u00a0pool will participate in interview workshops to ensure that post-secondary institutions and employers are aligned around foundational skills for employment\u00a0candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to LeSage, the\u00a0curriculum\u00a0content\u00a0should\u00a0prepare\u00a0students\u00a0for\u00a0employment\u00a0and\u00a0career\u00a0advancement\u00a0through development of vital foundational skills identified as deficient among Southwest Florida\u2019s workforce. The curriculum should also include a curriculum-based professional development component with turnkey training resources that will allow implementing organizations to build professional capacity.<\/p>\n

Proposals will be evaluated by the FutureMakers Coalition Persistence and Progress Team consisting of fair and impartial Southwest Florida Community Foundation staff and consultants, and coalition partners.<\/p>\n

Applicants may be either nonprofit or for-profit organizations. The full RFP is available at\u00a0www.futuremakerscoalition.com\/proposals<\/a>. The deadline for materials is Nov. 1, 2016. For more information, contact Ashley Skalecki, the Southwest Florida Community Foundation\u2019s regional initiatives and partnerships coordinator at\u00a0askalecki@floridacommunity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The goal of the FutureMakers Coalition is to transform the workforce by increasing the number of Southwest Florida residents with degrees, certificates and other high-quality credentials to 40 percent by the year 2025.<\/p>\n

Southwest Florida is one of 75 metropolitan areas working alongside Lumina Foundation to increase post-secondary attainment nationwide while increasing the number of working age adults with degrees and certifications.<\/p>\n

The Southwest Florida Community Foundation serves as the anchor organization for the Coalition. The FutureMakers Coalition encourages residents to join and support this community-changing initiative. For more information, visit\u00a0www.futuremakerscoalition.com<\/a>, call 239-274-5900 or email Tessa LeSage at\u00a0TLeSage@floridacommunity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goal to transform Southwest Florida\u2019s workforce FORT MYERS, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2016) \u2013 The\u00a0Persistence and Progress\u00a0Regional\u00a0Action\u00a0Team\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0FutureMakers\u00a0Coalition\u00a0is\u00a0working\u00a0to\u00a0develop\u00a0a\u00a0foundational skill development curriculum to pilot with post-secondary students and will open a request for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[4620,4191,6812,6813,6814,16,17,1046,590,6815,4198,5144,21,3326,5147,6816],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}