SOUTHEAST GEORGIA – As students return to classrooms across Southeast Georgia, 20 educators spent the last week prepping lesson plans with the help of summer externship experience, primed to help their students find regional jobs. In June, the Regional Industry Support Enterprise (RISE) hosted its second annual Educator Externship Program, embedding teachers, counselors and school support staff inside 10 manufacturing and logistics companies across the region. The participants, who came from schools across Southeast Georgia, gained firsthand knowledge over one week of the manufacturers, logistics companies, and employers shaping the region's economy to connect students with careers close to home. Participants shadowed employees, toured production facilities and learned what employers say today's students need to succeed. Now, those experiences are making their way into classrooms as students begin a new school year. "The teachers serve as a bridge. We want to make sure that we have these goodwill ambassadors that are familiar with the career opportunities in our region,” Anna Chafin, President and CEO of RISE, said. "Our goal is to have more students that stay here and pursue careers here after they graduate. If we can inform educators and then they can inform students, I think that makes our multiplier effect a lot stronger. It could be pretty significant going out and sharing with their classes, sharing with their peer teachers, sharing with their administrators.” The…
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