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Kansas School Board Briefed on WorkKeys and WRC Successes April 24, 2021

The Kansas School Board hears of success in career education and workforce/economic development during their April 2021 board meeting. Learn more at workreadycommunities.org. Presenters include: Natalie Clark, Education Program Consultant, IPS Coordinator Career, Standards, and Assessment Services, Kansas Department of Education; Breahna Crawford, College and Career Advocate Circle USD 375; Jordan Buxton, Marketing Director, Gravity::Works Architecture; Jina Kugler, School Counselor, Wamego USD 320; Jack Allston, Executive Director Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation; Cheri Tune, ACT Work Ready Communities.

Site selector quote - Nortillo October 17, 2019

“Being a site selector I often find it difficult to compare labor force data when there is little information on how potential workforce will perform on assessments given by companies. Not only does Work Keys function as a preferred assessment tool in industry today but the ACT WorkReady Communities website allows me to compare communities so I can recommend to my clients the counties with the best scores and the percentage of the population that are taking the assessment”

Pottawatomie County Eco Devo hosts Work Ready bootcamp for Kansas counties September 05, 2019

PCEDC held first Kansas Boot Camp at KSU Aug 6-7 2019.

Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation August 27, 2019

With PCEDC as hosts, the first WRC Bootcamp was held by ACT, last week at the KSU Foundation.

Smoke Signal Ad June 18, 2019

The attached PDF is an ad place in a local paper celebrating Pottawatomie Kansas WRC acheivements.