![]() ![]() Kerman: What we're doing throughout the year is, we are working with teachers to help bring in speakers in their classrooms we're connecting students with mentors we're developing internships and we're really trying to build a system that's going to help students progress from elementary, junior high, high school into what may be their future, whether it be college or a career. Signal: What about the rest of the year? How does the School & Business Alliance make the connection the rest of the year between kids and careers? 2, on Groundhog Day, and it's really a kickoff for year-long job shadowing that we do for high schools in the Santa Clarita Valley.Īt any point in time, any day of the week, you'll see students in this valley job-shadowing local businesses and getting a glimpse of what they might want to do when they grow up. Groundhog Job Shadow (Day) is one of our very fun events it's every Feb. Signal: It sounds like the School & Business Alliance does more than just one job-shadow day every year. ![]() We're basically an intermediary agency that is the catalyst to make change happen. Kerman: The alliance is a nonprofit (agency) in this community whose mission is to connect students with their future. Signal: What is the SCV School & Business Alliance? Questions are paraphrased and some answers may be abbreviated for length. This week's newsmaker is Ann Kerman, executive director of the Santa Clarita Valley School & Business Alliance. on SCVTV Channel 20, repeating Sundays at 8:30 a.m. The program premieres every Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. "Newsmaker of the Week" is presented by the SCV Press Club and Comcast, and hosted by Signal Multimedia Editor Leon Worden. (Television interview conducted October 17, 2005) Executive Director, SCV School & Business Alliance ![]()
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