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Recently 54 G. Ray Bodley High School students received their ACT WorkKeys career readiness certificates at the bronze, silver, gold, and platinum levels on Thursday morning in front of family, faculty, and student peers. Principal Donna Parkhurst spoke alongside business teacher Angela Ferlito to kick off the morning ceremony.
“What WorkKeys does is it takes a look at not only the soft skills, but also the hard skills that occupations at any level are looking at in terms of qualifications. There’s also additional curriculum offered to obtain micro-credentials in certain areas: teamwork, business communication, discipline in the workplace, problem solving, and customer service, critical thinking and financial awareness. Those skills really help build one’s resume,” Ferlito said. “These students had curriculum that they could work through, and then they took all three parts of the assessment, which was a grueling three hours that they sat. It was a lot of work for them and stressful at times, but they did a great job and persevered through that.”
The Ally Award for 2021 was presented to the Richard S. Shineman Foundation in recognition and appreciation of the vision, commitment and leadership demonstrated to support countless not for profit initiatives to improve quality of life and economic vitality across Oswego County; for providing 291 grants totaling over $9.4 million to 180 organizations and programs, including Work Ready Communities.
Students at the Fulton City School District are the latest high schoolers in Oswego County to earn a national work readiness credential through Cayuga Community College’s Work Ready Oswego NY initiative.
A total of 17 students from the Fulton district’s G. Ray Bodley High School earned the ACT National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC), a portable credential certifying essential skills required for workplace success. Led by the school’s Work-based Learning Coordinator, Angela Ferlito, and housed in their Career Exploration Center, G. Ray Bodley is the first high school in Oswego County to become an ACT WorkKeys Satellite Site under Work Ready Oswego NY. The school offers a comprehensive program of on-site preparation and testing for the ACT WorkKeys NCRC credential.
More than 30 Oswego County high schoolers proved they already have the skills to join the workforce when they recently earned a national work-readiness credential. A total of 34 students in the Oswego County Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) received their ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) in a ceremony at Onondaga Community College after completing assessments determining their skills with workplace documents, applied math and graphic literacy. The ACT WorkKeys initiative, which is partially funded by the Richard S. Shineman Foundation and Operation Oswego County, is offered at no cost to students or their families.
P-TECH students simultaneously earn their Regents Diploma and an Associate in Applied Science Degree in either Electrical Engineering Technology or Mechanical Technology, and also gain industry experience. The students are the first from the Oswego County P-TECH program to receive the NCRC credential.
The Inspire Center, the city of Oswego’s latest workforce development program, will open its doors today to residents looking to find employment that suits their needs and skill sets. The new initiative will operate out of the city’s Section Eight Rental Assistance Office and will provide residents with access to computers and guidance toward education opportunities, according to County Legislator Nathan Emmons, R-Oswego, who will oversee the program. The Work Ready endeavor in Oswego aims to graduate students with an ACT National Career Readiness Certificate, which according to officials earns them a national credential announcing them as a skilled member of the workforce.
