Overview

Engineering Your Future is an initiative to increase participation in Career and Technical Education (CTE) in the Advanced Manufacturing programs delivered at the Elkhart Area Career Center and regional high schools. Focused on middle school-aged students, this combined awareness campaign and summer programming effort will increase students’ access to meaningful career exploration support. During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, students will participate in hands-on project-based learning activities and guided career exploration with community business partners in the area of advanced manufacturing. The program will allow students an opportunity to learn and develop employability skills and explore various careers. Additionally, our community will understand the relationship between advanced manufacturing and engineering and view this field as a career pathway that anyone with an interest can access. Student programming is set to start summer 2024 and continue until December 31, 2026. Campaign activities will commence summer 2023. The EACC will use its operating budget to fund part of the personnel and equipment costs. READI will be used to purchase programming supplies and equipment as well as compensation costs for teachers involved with summer programming activities.