Bay Area Economic Club January 28, 2014

Our nation is experiencing high unemployment, a growing skills gap and facing the impending retirement of millions of Baby Boomers whose expertise is critical to our nation’s economy.   Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) initiatives hold the best hope for filling the void and helping our economy to rebound.  New partnerships between secondary schools, postsecondary institutions and business & industry are changing the way we educate our young people and assuring they are prepared to meet the challenges of their future.  Brian Sarvello, will demonstrate how CTE works for our students and economy.

Brian Sarvello is the Career and Technical Education Director for the Marquette- Alger RESA, supervising all high school vocational programs in the two-county region.  He began his career as a teacher and coach at Baraga HS, where he revived the high school’s football program, which hadn’t won a single game in the previous six years and led them to the state finals in his fourth year there.  As a teacher he was named Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Educator of the Year, and received the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Excellence in Education Award.  As Principal of Ishpeming HS, he received a Safe and Drug Free Schools Award for efforts to reduce substance abuse in his school and community. He also led the school to impressive ACT & Michigan Merit Exam scores, consistent ‘A’ grades on their state report card, and the selection of the school as one of America’s Top High Schools by U.S. News and World Report magazine.  He’s passionate about providing more vocational and STEM opportunities for students and providing our region with the skilled labor needed to sustain and grow our economy.

The public is welcome to attend. Fees are as follows; Individual Membership $80, Corporate Membership (3 attendees to each) $240, Guest fee is $25 per event which includes lunch and speaker. For reservations or for more information, call Sheila Krueger at 906-786-2192 or email shughes@deltami.org. Please make reservations by January 24th.