| Goals
Globe Equipment Services
The goal was a win-win for partnership. The Globe Team gets a well-built building at a good price and the Team continues to support the local schools. The Team hires a student under the School to Work program and teaches Automotive and Total Quality Management (TQM) classes. The win for the Building Trades Class was a semester learning module. The students have a project that is made to satisfy the customer.
Description A School to Work partnership was formed between Miami High School (MHS) Building Trades Class and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Globe Equipment Shop Team. The customer, ADOT Equipment Shop, had a need for a storage building for the shop. Under procurement policy, three bids and proper approvals within ADOT were required before going to the bidding process. The Globe Team agreed to request a bid from the MHS Building Trades Class and two building contractors. The vendor who won the bid was required to show proof of insurance and provide a blueprint of the building. The Team reviewed all prints and vendor bids awarding MHS the project. The class was the low bidder and blueprints showed that the building would be made to exact specifications.
Outcomes
The outcome for the students was an opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to a project that concerns a |
customer. They were involved in a process that was job-related to "real life" work. Decisions were made that affected the final outcome of the building; the student at the site must make those decisions. This project allowed students to take part in a partnership with a government agency.
Considerations
This was a first time journey for this shop. The problems were internal including resistance due to the fact the shop had never taken on a project like this, and after getting approvals from our chain of authority, we invited the Procurement Department into the approval process. Allowing students to build a shed required a change of paradigms about the quality and reliability of the work. What had to happen was to invite the approving member of Procurement to a site meeting to review the school facilities, meet the instructor and review the blueprints. Another issue was to make the project schedule work within the school semester schedule of the Building Trades Class. The planning process, which started in October, allowed the partners to plan within these time frames. It is very important that all members participating are informed and keeps the lines of communication open.
Key Words · Alternative Strategies for Work-Based Learning · Connect School-Based and Work-Based Learning · Collaborative Agreements Between Schools and Employers
Contact
Robert W. Pastor
rpastor@azdot.gov
Team Globe
P.O. Box 2717
Globe, AZ. 85502 |
