Press Release Summary = CHARLESTON, SC - SHOSHANNA SZUCH, Owner and Creative Director of CHARLESTON MARKETING, a full service marketing company, has accepted to serve with the Governing Board of Directors for Trident Education and Business Alliance (TEBA), led by Hanahan Mayor, Minnie Blackwell.
Press Release Body = CHARLESTON, SC - SHOSHANNA SZUCH, Owner and Creative Director of CHARLESTON MARKETING, a full service marketing company, has accepted to serve with the Governing Board of Directors for Trident Education and Business Alliance (TEBA), led by Hanahan Mayor, Minnie Blackwell. TEBA brings educators from local colleges, universities, and public schools together with Business leaders to improve students\' readiness to enter the workforce. The vision and mission statement of the Trident Education and Business Alliance is: In the Trident region, educational systems partner with business and the community to understand workforce needs and prepare all learners to be successful in the workplace with strong academic, technological and interpersonal skills. As a result, the Trident region is internationally competitive due to the quality of its workforce. To achieve this vision, the Trident Education and Business Alliance provides leadership, coordination, resources and services to the partners to implement and share effective strategies for achieving and sustaining systemic change. The Partnership depends on: --Employers to identify and communicate workforce needs and to assist with curriculum development, career information, and the provision of work-based learning opportunities for both students and teachers; --School districts, colleges, community organizations and other educational providers to implement systemic change that provides lifelong learning opportunities and enables all learners to acquire strong academic, technological and interpersonal skills and to make a successful transition to the workforce; --Parents to understand and support higher learning standards and the participation of their children in the career development process and work-based learning opportunities; and --Learners to value and actively participate in the career development and work-based learning opportunities made available to them by educational providers and employers. This Vision and Mission statement was developed by the Trident Education and Business Alliance, a Tech Prep/School-to-Work regional partnership serving Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties using Federal STW grant funds.