AGC to Host Construction Career Academy Workshop

In order to help Chapters and members implement high school construction career academies, AGC will host a Construction Career Academy Workshop from April 22-24, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. Construction Career Academies are part of AGC of America’s efforts to help provide skilled employees to the construction industry by blending real-world, practical knowledge, and skills into the high school curriculum. A construction career academy incorporates core academic subjects with construction-related courses. AGC members and chapter staff involved with or interesting in learning about construction career academies are encouraged to attend in this workshop and to bring local educators with them. 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. Sleeping 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. For questions about registration, please contact Rockkie Dunton (703)837-5304, duntonr@agc.org. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Liz Elvin at (703)837-5389; elvinl@agc.org. Cut-off date for registration and hotel accommodations is Tuesday, March 31, 2009.