CESA 6 - Inspire

Logos for Inspire Calumet County and Inspire Manitowoc County

Engage Students in Career Exploration

Inspire offers tools for educators to engage students in thinking about their careers, find relevance in what they are learning in the classroom and increase students’ career readiness.

This community-development platform helps students and career-seekers achieve their future career goals by bridging the gap between school and the work world. Inspire provides a central hub in which area students and educators can actively interact with area employers and career coaches with the goal of:

Helping students find relevance in what they are learning in the classroom
Engaging students early in thinking about their careers
Making a positive impact our region’s career readiness

Led by CESA 6

Inspire is led by CESA 6, dedicated regional economic & workforce development agencies, school districts, chambers of commerce and other community organizations. It is powered by Xello, a world leader in career exploration and planning software used in secondary, post-secondary, library and workforce institutions in Wisconsin and around the world.

Inspire makes connections easier. When community works together, it wins together.

What Inspire and CESA 6 Provide

Ability to connect to over 200 companies profiles and career related activities across 18 counties in the New North Region
Access to an unlimited company profiles across the state
Representation and coordination of Regional and required New North advisory board meetings
Technical assistance for students and staff with login and navigation access
INSPIRE data benchmarks provided to support growth goals around Academic and Career Planning
Recruitment of employers to serve as career coaches to support student career exploration goals
Recruitment of employers to partner with students as potential work based learning exploration sites
Recruitment of employers and community members to support career related activities (interviews, job shadows, tours etc)
Completion of background checks for all Career Coaches working with students and staff in the school district through the INSPIRE message board
Ability to efficiently locate volunteer opportunities for students
Ability to post events to appear on student portal and email accounts when students log into INSPIRE
Annual training provided for any employee interested in becoming a Career Coach so they are able to effectively support students
Toolkit access to support consistent student experiences with community members and employer partners
Ability to easily locate Work-Based Learning (WBL) Career opportunities for your students (e.g. apprenticeships, job shadows, plant tours, guest speakers and part time employment)
Opportunity to efficiently communicate with potential volunteers through mass email portal regarding career related activities (advisory boards, financial literacy events, mock interviews etc.)
Coordinator will continue to provide relevant and/or industry articles/stories for direct student access based on trending topics
Coordinator will provide data and highlights to use as promotional posts for your District in various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
Annual survey results regarding student experiences in career related activities
Teacher Externship Opportunities
Coordinator to presentations about activities to during school events for students/parents
Participation in events coordinated by INSPIRE, such as Career Fairs, Job Fairs, etc
Development and coordination of regional CTE advisory boards

Contacts

Tania Kilpatrick
Director, Career and Technical Education
Office 920-236-0531
Cellphone 920-850-2355
tkilpatrick@cesa6.org

Our Team

Mailing address:
2300 State Road 44
Oshkosh, WI 54904