JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES 35TH ANNUAL NATIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR & PRE-NTS WORKSHOPS NEW ORLEANS | JULY 8-13, 2018 " TAKING JAG TO THE NEXT LEVEL!" JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES 35TH ANNUAL NATIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR & PRE-NTS WORKSHOPS 5 JAG Chairman, Vice Chair and President's Welcome Letter 8 "5-of-5" Class of 2017 Recognition 12 NTS Sponsor - NTS Tyson Foods 13 Outstanding JAG Specialists 14 JAG National Leadership 15 Pre-NTS Schedule 17 JAG University Courses 18 Luncheon and Awards Session 19 NTS Schedule 20 Recognition Awards Luncheon & Closing Awards Brunch 22 NTS Sponsor-Strada Education Network 24 Workshop Series A 26 Workshop Series B 28 Workshop Series C 30 JAG Financial Contributors 32 Workshop Series D 34 Workshop Series E 36 Workshop Series F 38 Workshop Series G 41 Board Meeting Highlights 42 NSLA Highlights Participation Certificates Download your Participation Certificates: 43 JAG Library Pre-NTS - jag.org/prentscert Project Based Learning Trauma Informed Care NTS - jag.org/ntscert Employer Engagement 3 JAG NATIONAL NETWORK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF STATE AFFILIATES Alaska Alison Kear Missouri Paul Kincaid Alabama Mandy Nichols Mississippi Ramona Williams Arizona Graciela Candia Montana Erica Swanson Arkansas Shannon Buckner Nevada Rene Cantu Sonja Wright-McMurray New Hampshire Janet Arnett Governor Eric Holcomb Kenneth M. Smith California Craig Beswick New Jersey Sandra Strothers Chairman of the Board JAG President and CEO Delaware Nicole Poore New Mexico Kay Provolt Indiana Florida Heather Beaven North Carolina Stacia Solomon Georgia Nedra Wakefield LeTeesa Allen Indiana Leslie Crist Ohio Chris Canova Briana Morse South Carolina Elaine Midkiff Iowa Laurie Phelan South Dakota Kim Claussen Kansas Chuck Knapp Tennessee John Dwyer Kentucky Lisa Handziak Texas Jeff Koeninger Craig Larrabee Janelle Duray Executive Vice President Senior Vice President Louisiana Dianna Keller Virginia Barry Glenn Maine Craig Larrabee Virgin Islands Lizette Llanos Michigan Kristin Harrington Washington Mary Kanikeberg West Virginia Brent Sturm Wisconsin Sarah Jo Dahlstrom National Headquarters Jobs for America's Graduates, Inc. (JAG) 1729 King Street, Suite 100 Alexandra, VA 22314-2720 703.684.9479 National Center for Evidence-Based Practices 548 Silicon Drive, Suite 101 Southlake, TX 76092 972.691.4486 4 welcome! It is my great pleasure to join with your host, Governor John Bel Edwards, to welcome you to the 2018 JAG National Training Seminar! We are so glad you are here. JAG-Louisiana has a 25-year+ track record of success, and we are grateful to Governor Edwards for serving as our national Vice Chair and for the extraordinary work he has done to more than double the scale of JAG-Louisiana. You are the backbone and the heart and soul of Jobs for America’s Graduates. You have delivered extraordinary results for more than 1.25 million American youth who are succeeding in school and in life despite facing many challenges. The results of the Class of 2017 will be announced here at the National Training Seminar. And once again, these results will demonstrate that you know how to take JAG to the next level –a phrase I have been using to describe our plans for JAG-Indiana. I am committed to adding the JAG program to 250 more high schools in addition to our current 137, bringing Jobs for America's Graduates to nearly every high school in Indiana before the end of my first term. Like Governor Edwards, I have seen the extraordinary impact that you and your colleagues can have on your students. For many, Jobs for America's Graduates is their best hope for a successful career and productive life. That is why your JAG state organization sent you here. You have demonstrated a convincing commitment to helping young people reach the next level. You have further demonstrated that these are, indeed, young people of truly extraordinary promise – if they are given the opportunity to achieve. I know you will take full advantage of the great leaders who are here with you. Assembled here are the leaders of our team across the nation who have delivered these truly extraordinary results for the Class of 2017– and for the 38 classes before them. I know you will learn much from the National Training Seminar and the people around it. The Class of 2018 and the incoming Class of 2019 are counting on you. I know that their faith and their hope are especially well placed in you. Thank you so much for all you do for the young people of Jobs for America’s Graduates. On their behalf – thank you! Eric Holcomb, Governor of Indiana Chair, Jobs for America’s Graduates Board of Directors 5 6 O n behalf of the management team of Jobs for America's Graduates, we are so excited to have you here – and just in time for the announcement of the results for the Class of 2017 that, once again, have taken JAG to the next level. Those of you attending our National Training Seminar this week have a special opportunity before you to get together with your colleagues from around the country to further develop your skills and expertise, and learn about new tools and techniques to ensure an even better experience for the Class of 2019, while helping to transition the Class of 2018 to jobs, higher education, or both. This has been a year of success for the young people you served – and we have seen major growth in a number of our State Affiliates. Many of our Governors have made major proposals for increased funding for State Affiliates that have resulted in some of the largest increases ever in JAG’s history. Very substantial new investments in JAG have been committed by State Legislatures and Governors from Maine to Arizona and from Louisiana to Indiana. As we prepare for the opening of the new school year, we can comfortably project the addition of 50-75 new schools in the National Network for the 2018-19 school year. As highlighted in Governor Holcomb’s letter, he is committed to adding 250 more new schools in Indiana alone over the next 2-3 years. We are very excited about achieving that goal. It is especially appropriate that we are holding this event in New Orleans, as Governor Edwards, our Vice Chair, has more than doubled the scale of the program here to 123 schools. Further, JAG-Louisiana has continued to earn the “5 of 5 Award” each year, even with that dramatic expansion. Amazingly enough, with all that work, they will still show us a great time here. Therefore, this NTS will be both a learning event and a special celebration of the success of Jobs for America's Graduates overall, and the many Specialists and state organizations who deserve full recognition for their individual successes. As our Board leadership Governors say in their welcome letters, you are the core leaders of the organization. You make us very proud to be part of Jobs for America's Graduates. Congratulations on a great year of success, and on your leadership in your own communities and states on behalf of the young people who have shown, convincingly, just how well they can flourish with your help. Welcome! its good to Ken Smith President Jobs for America's Graduates have you here! 7 5-OF-5 RECOGNITION Class of 2017 "5-of-5" States - 22 Alabama Kansas-#4 Michigan-#3 New Mexico-#3 Tennessee-#3 Arizona-#16 Kentucky-#3 Missouri Ohio-#22 Virginia-#20 Arkansas-#12 Louisiana-#12 Montana-#3 South Carolina-#8 West Virginia-#5 Indiana-#4 Maine-#23 Nevada South Dakota Wisconsin Iowa-#5 New Hampshire-#12 "5-of-5" Regions - 34 Georgia Kansas Nevada South East Region East Region Region 1 - Western Nevada Indiana North Central Region Region 2 - Eastern and Rural Nevada Region 1 – Northwest Indiana Northeast Region Region 3 - Southern Nevada Region 2 – North Central Indiana South Central Region Ohio Region 3 – Northeast Indiana Southeast Region JOG Greater Canton Region 4 – West Central Indiana Southwest Region JOG Greater Cleveland - Y.O.U. Region 5 – Central Indiana Michigan JOG North Central Region 6 – East Indiana Capital Area Michigan Works! Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates - CYC Region 7 – West Indiana Detroit Employment Solutions Tri-County JOG Region 8 – South Central Indiana Corporation Region 9 – Southeast Indiana GST Michigan Works! Region 10 – South Indiana Kinexus Region 11 – Southwest Indiana Northeast Consortium Region 12 – Marion County Networks Northwest West Michigan Works! "5-of-5" Programs - 391 Alabama – 13 Programs Keith High School Arizona – 6 Programs Blount County Career Tech Center Phil Campbell High School Coronado High School Butler County Career Academy Red Level High School Paradise Valley High School Central High School Russell County High School Peoria High School Fairfield High Preparatory School Southside High School Santa Cruz Valley Union Headland High School Straughn High School Sunrise Mountain High School Highland Home High School Wilson High School Tempe High School 8 "5-of-5" Programs Arkansas – 38 Programs Indiana – 60 Programs Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School Arch Ford Career Academy-Vilonia Adams High School R. Nelson Snider High School Ashdown High School Anderson High School Seymour Senior High School Bald Knob High School Arsenal Technical High School 2 South Side High School Batesville High School Benjamin Bossee High School Sullivan High School Blytheville High School New Tech Calumet New Tech High School Terre Haute North Vigo High School Cabot High School 1 Career Academy High School Theodore Roosevelt CTA Cabot High School 3 Cloverdale High School Tippecanoe Valley High School Cedar Ridge High School Connersville Senior High School 2 Twin Lakes Senior High School Central High School Decatur Central High School 2 Warsaw Community High School Clarendon High School Decatur Twp School for Excellence West Side Leadership Academy 2 Forrest City High School East Noble High School Whiteland Community High School Greenwood high School Eastern green High School Iowa – 14 Programs Greenwood High School ALE Elkhart Central High School Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School Hall High School Elkhart Memorial High School Cedar Rapids Washington High School Heber Springs High School Franklin County High Creston High School J.