Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC) Grows Programs, Hosts Manufacturing Day Event
SVCC served approximately 1,000 CTE students in the 2023–24 school year, up nearly 20% from the previous year.
River Bend CUSD #2 Expands Pathways Programming
River Bend CUSD #2 is adding an education pathway course through Sauk Valley Community College on-site in fall 2024. The district’s curriculum director will teach the course and work with future teachers. Fulton High School is also expanding Future Farmers of America (FFA) programming by adding construction agriculture to its curriculum to provide additional pathway […]
Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Offers Certificate of Employability
The SVACC provided three Certificate of Employability workshops to local high schools this spring. Fourteen different employers joined chamber staff to share information on career pathways in their industries and essential skills needed in the workplace. Each class session included an activity to highlight an essential skill and time for students to ask questions. Fifty-two […]
New Greenhouse at SVCC
The new Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC) Greenhouse is operational and will be used as a learning lab in partnership with the University of Illinois Extension to provide education, coordination, and technical assistance. This semester, the Intro to Horticulture and Precision Agriculture classes are building equipment and learning to grow plants in greenhouse conditions. Students […]
River Bend CUSD #2 Partners with Veregy to Provide Internships
River Bend CUSD #2 is partnering with Veregy, which works on energy efficiency solutions, solar, and smart building technology, to provide a 10-week construction management internship. Veregy provides construction management and performance contracting services to school districts across the country and in Illinois. Veregy and River Bend will provide a paid internship for two high […]
Virtual College and Career Readiness Summit
On February 9, 2024, Sauk Valley Community College, in collaboration with Regional Office of Education #47, will offer a virtual College & Career Readiness Summit. Register now. The featured keynote is Stephanie Malia Krauss, author of Whole Child, Whole Life 10 Ways to Help Kids Learn, Live, & Thrive. Working at the intersection of education, […]
TELA Summit
Over 100 participants across Illinois joined the 2nd annual virtual Transitional English Language Arts (TELA) Summit hosted on December 1, 2023, by Sauk Valley Community College and Regional Office of Education #47. Ben Sondergroth, Lead Regional Educational Technology Coordinator for The Learning Technology Center, presented on the use of AI in the English classroom. Breakout […]
Expanding College and Career Pathway Endorsements and Pathways in MORE
In October, the pathways team hosted the 2nd annual Pathway Playground Career Exploration fair for 8th graders at Sauk Valley Community College. Over 70 local businesses representing different careers manned booths to provide hands-on experiences for 900+ students. The event was organized around the seven Illinois Career Clusters and students were allowed time in each […]
727 Students from Leadership Communities Receive College and Career Pathway Endorsements
Congratulations to all the school districts who awarded College and Career Pathway Endorsements to 1,072 students in the Class of 2023. We’re thrilled to share that 727 of those students are from nine of our Success Network Leadership Communities: Aurora Regional Pathways, Black Hawk Region Pathways, Boone County, Greater Peoria Pathways, Lake County, McLean County, […]
MORE Innovates Initiatives to Better Prepare Students
The MORE collaborative is working on several initiatives designed to ensure that students are well-prepared for life after high school: Certificate of Employability Workshop The Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee organizes and implements the Certificate of Employability six-session workshop. This initiative is an example of bridging the gap between students and employers. […]