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asic skills, training programs marketed to schools
One of the nation ’ s leading education
companies, has announced the creation
ofa new division providing assessment
tools, basic skills instruction and training
programs to K-12 schools, universities
and businesses.
Kaplan Learn ing Serv ices has tapped
proven innovators from the world of
education to build the new division.
Jonathan Grayer, Kaplan's president
and CEO, has announced that John Kim
will serve as president of Kaplan Learn
ing Services. Joseph J. Scherer, Ph D.,
will join the new division as executive
director, K -12 partnerships, and Ann G.
Waiters, Ed.D., former superintendent
ofschoolsofWilliam Penn Public School
District in PA, will serve as director, K-
12 partnerships.
Martin J. Vespo, former president of
Grolier Education Corporation, will serve
as executive director, higher education,
overseeing educational partnerships with
colleges and universities.
"We are extremely pleased to have
attracted leaders in the field of education
who have the skills and the vision to
develop and grow this new division,”
Area students join trades
th a t it is im p o rta n t to m a in ta in resp ect
and c o m m itm e n t to the in d u stry and to
each o th e r ,” G a u th ie r said. "W e hope
the g ra d u a te s w ill apply these attrib u tes
to th e ir c a re e rs and liv e s .”
Je rry B ruce, B u sin ess m a n a g e r o f
the In te rn a tio n a l B ro th e rh o o d o f E le c
tric a l W o rk ers (IB E W ) L ocal 48, also
a d d re sse d the g ra d u a te s
"A s you em b ark upon y o u r new c a
re e rs, I know that you w ill a p p ly the
high level o f sk ills and p o sitiv e w ork
e th ic you g a in e d th ro u g h y o u r a p p re n
tic e sh ip th ro u g h o u t y o u r c a re e rs in this
in d u stry ," B ruce said.
T he M etro E le c tric al T ra in in g C e n
te r is a c o o p e ra tiv e la b o r-m a n a g e m e n t
e ffo rt by N E C A and IBEW L ocal 48 to
p ro v id e tra in in g and sk ills for U nion
e le c tric a l a p p re n tic e s and c o n tin u in g
e d u c a tio n fo r IBEW jo u rn e y m e n .
S ince 19 7 7 , the c e n te r has p ro v id e d
s ta te -o f-th e -a rt tra in in g for union e le c
tric ia n s. It is re c o g n iz e d as one o f the
n a tio n ’s to p tra in in g p ro g ra m s w ith
the m ost q u a lifie d in stru c to rs.
A ty p ic a l g ra d u a te c o m p le te d a five-
y e a r p ro g ra m that in c lu d e d h u n d re d s
o f h o u rs o f c la ssro o m in stru c tio n and
th o u sa n d s o f h o u rs o f o n -th e -jo b tr a in
ing.
K en Fry, M e tro ’s T ra in in g D ire c
to r, w ho also sp o k e at the cerem ony,
b e lie v e s the new g ra d u a te s are the best
q u a lifie d an yw here.
"W e are very proud o f th e ir hard
w ork and know they w ill be a great
a d d itio n to the e le c tric a l co n stru c tio n
in d u s try ,” Fry said
T he g ra d u a tio n cerem o n y w as p re
ce d e d by an h isto ric g ro u n d b re a k in g
e a rlie r in the day w hen m em bers o f
IB EW Local 48 and NECA brought
th e ir ow n sh o v e ls to break ground for
a new L ocal 48 U nion hall and M etro
E le c tric a l T ra in in g C enter.
T he co m p lex is b ein g built in the
In te rsta te C ro ssro a d s S u b d iv isio n at
NE 158th and A irp o rt W ay in P o rt
land, and should be co m pleted by Feb
ru a ry 1998.
T he co m p lex is being d ev e lo p e d by
S p e c h t D e v e lo p m e n t, Inc. The new
5 4 ,0 0 0 sq u a re -fo o t c e n te r w ill include
24 se p a ra te c la ssro o m s, three labs, and
an a u d ito riu m .
“ T his new , larg er facility w ill en
able us to in crease our cap acity for
p ro v id in g e le c tric a l w orkers w ith the
sk ills th at are needed today as w ell as
for tra in in g the e le c tric a l w o rk fo rce
o f th e fu tu re ,” said Fry.
OREGON
boost retention and graduation
rates. Q ueen’s School o f Business
in C anada has retained KLS to
develop a new adm issions test.
In 1996, KLS provided assessment
workshops to 7,000 students at the City
University of New York (CUNY).
Make Your Summer
Count A t PCC Cascade!
Over 100 apprentices graduate from the prestigious Metro
Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland
O ne h u n d red and e le v e n men and
w om en re c e n tly re c e iv e d c e rtific a te s
from the n a tio n a lly -a c c la im e d M etro
E le c tric al T ra in in g C e n te r a p p re n tic e
ship program .
The aw ard s w ere g iv e n at the 1997
G rad u atio n B an q u et an d E le c tric al In
d u stry N ight h eld re c e n tly at the A ir
p ort S h erato n in P o rtla n d .
The g ra d u a te s jo in a long tra d itio n
o f h ig h ly -s k ille d e le c tr ic a l w o rk e rs
tra in e d th ro u g h th e c e n te r lo cated at
n o rth eat 4 2 n d an d K illin g sw o rth .
S teve S im m s, D ire c to r o f the A p
p re n tic e sh ip T ra in in g D iv isio n for the
O regon S tate B u reau o f L ab o r and In
d u stry , d e liv e re d th e k e y n o te a d d ress.
“ The S tate o f O re g o n is p ro u d to
have the b est e le c tric a l tra in in g c e n te r
in the n a tio n ,” S im m s s a id ,” and th e se
g rad u ates are a g re a t a sse t to o u r c o m
m u n itie s.”
Tim G a u th ie r, E x e c u tiv e m an ag er
o f the O re g o n -C o lu m b ia C h a p te r o f
th e N a tio n a l E le c tric a l C o n tra c to rs
A sso ciatio n (N E C A ), re m in d e d g ra d u
ates that they are p art o f a p ro g re ssiv e
o rg an izatio n that w ill h e lp build O r
egon and S o u th w est W ash in g to n .
“ In ad d itio n to te a c h in g the te c h n i
cal skills, you h av e a lso been tau g h t
said Grayer.
KLS has already created part
nerships with a num ber o f col
leges, including Chattanooga State
Technical Com m unity C ollege in
Tennessee and G reenville Tech
nical C ollege in South C arolina to
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