Ford Motor Company Expands Innovative Career Academies to Detroit to Help Students Improve Technical Job Skills
May 05 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Ford to help students learn science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills as part of a broader
focus on technical careers
- Ford, in collaboration with the UAW,
plans to add four career academies in Detroit to growing national
network supported by the Ford Next Generation Learning initiative,
part of Ford Motor Company Fund
- By 2020, Ford expects to have 20
academies serving 7,000 students in cities where the company has
assembly plants, as well as elsewhere in the U.S.
Ford Motor Company is accelerating efforts to train future
engineering, manufacturing and IT professionals by adding four
career academies in Detroit that will serve 1,400 students.
The Detroit career academies will join the nationally growing
Powered by Ford STEM Academy network that Ford is building to help
prepare students for jobs in the 21st century, and meet the growing
need for workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM).
“These academies are an innovative way to invest in our future
workforce,” said Felicia Fields, group vice president, Human
Resources, Ford Motor Company. “Not only do they help students make
the connection between classroom learning and a career, they
address our need for workers with strong technical
backgrounds.”
Ford currently has four academies in three locations -- Volusia
County, Fla., Louisville, Ky., and Utica, Mich. When the Detroit
academies are added, the network will be serving 2,800 students. By
2020, Ford expects to have 20 academies serving 7,000 students in
cities where the company has assembly plants, as well as elsewhere
in the U.S.
The academies are a combined effort from Ford’s STEM educational
programs and its national Next Generation Learning (Ford NGL)
initiative. Ford NGL, which was launched by the Ford Motor Company
Fund in 2006, provides financial support, coaching, mentoring and
technical support to 20 communities in the U.S. The UAW is also
supporting the academy effort on multiple fronts, including teacher
externships, which bring teams of teachers into Ford facilities to
gain first-hand workplace experience.
Academy students attend their regular high school. However,
instead of participating in general classes, they learn their
rigorous, standards-based core academics through projects grounded
in engineering, information technology, and manufacturing. For
example, students at the manufacturing academy in Jeffersontown
High School in Louisville learn math and science in the context of
issues they would encounter in a manufacturing facility such as
Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant.
Working through the Ford Fund, Ford Motor Company’s
philanthropic arm, Ford is providing four Detroit schools with
training and professional development to support instruction in
STEM-themed programs. Once final agreements are in place, the
schools will have the opportunity to join the Powered by Ford STEM
Academy network, where they will have access to a range of support,
including student scholarships, equipment, mentors for student
projects and professional development for teachers. The four
schools Ford is working with are:
• Detroit Leadership Academy – Detroit
• Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men – Detroit
• Detroit Institute of Technology at Cody – Detroit
• Osborn Collegiate Academy of Math, Science & Technology –
Detroit
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in
Dearborn, Michigan, manufactures or distributes automobiles across
six continents. With about 194,000 employees and 66 plants
worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and
Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor
Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford and its
products worldwide, please visit
www.corporate.ford.com.
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community and global partners to advance driving safety, education
and community life. Ford Motor Company Fund has operated for more
than 65 years with ongoing funding from Ford Motor Company. Ford
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addressing inexperience, distractions and impaired driving.
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