AGC to Host Construction Career Academy Workshop

AGC members, chapter staff, and educators who are involved with or interested in learning about high school construction career academies should consider attending the April 22-24, 2009 Construction Career Academy Workshop, to be held in Portland, Oregon. Construction career academies are part of AGC of America's efforts to help provide skilled employees to the construction industry by introducing high school students to construction in a positive environment. Career academies incorporate core academic subjects with construction-related courses while encouraging professionals from the industry to partner with schools to provide materials, instruction support, mentoring, job-shadowing and internships. The workshop will help participants learn the steps necessary to establish a construction career academy; explore the advantages of the academy approach; and learn about the resources and support available from AGC of America and other organizations to assist in establishing an academy. Half of the workshop will be spent at the Architecture Construction and Engineering Academy recently opened through the efforts of Oregon-Columbia Chapter, AGC and its affiliates. Hotel rooms are available at $159 per night for single or double occupancy, plus tax at the Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront. The registration fee for this meeting is $125 per person for AGC members and chapter staff; $150 for non-members (including educators). Registration is currently available online at www.agc.org/cs/programs_events. For questions about registration, please contact Rockkie Dunton 703.837.5304, duntonr@agc.org. Cut-off date for registration and hotel accommodations is Tuesday, March 31, 2009. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Liz Elvin at (703) 837-5389 or elvinl@agc.org. For more information about construction career academies, click here.