Approximately 120 students will be celebrated tomorrow, May 5, at the EVSC’s OptIn Signing Day event. Signing Day is an opportunity to recognize and honor students who plan to enter the workforce or military immediately following high school. Signing Day, sponsored by the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership, serves as a way to value and recognize their hard work, including career preparation and industry certifications they have earned. Students participating in Signing Day already have high-wage, high-demand positions lined up with local employers upon graduation.
About OptIN:
The EVSC announced the creation of OptIN – Opportunities through Partnerships that Transform and Inspire – in December 2017. OptIN educates students and their families on postsecondary and career options that best match their interests and strengths. OptIN matches students’ passions with open positions in our community by ensuring students have the education and transferable skills necessary for today’s workforce.
Through OptIN, students can earn the Governor’s Work Ethic Certificate (GWEC) which is a college and career readiness opportunity for seniors to identify, develop and demonstrate they have the skills necessary to be successful in college and career. The skills measured by the GEWC were the result of months of collaboration with community leaders and the area’s top employers.
OptIN also oversees RAMP, a first-of-its-kind embedded work-based learning program in Indiana where selected students spend their entire day at AmeriQual. Half of the day is spent as employees of AmeriQual, earning a wage and learning the skills necessary to be successful. The other half of the student’s day is spent in a classroom at AmeriQual completing the requirements for high school graduation.
