Blackhawk Technical College’s K-12 Partner Award recognizes collaborative activities between K-12 educators, school districts, or administrators with Blackhawk Technical College. These activities range from joint collaboration and partnership on learning experiences with students; recruitment initiatives with the College; implementation of a project or program that supports a technical education career pathway to the College; promotion of Blackhawk as a top college of choice to students for post-secondary education; awareness of university transfer options; expansion of dual credit programs; collaboration on joint professional development opportunities with the College, etc.
These partnerships provide students with opportunities to explore Blackhawk, but they also link the College, educators, schools, school districts, and administrators in a common goal of growing a high-quality talent pipeline for the next generation workforce for our communities.
Examples of nominees may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- School District
- Individual School (elementary, middle, or high school)
- Superintendent of Schools
- School District Director
- School Principal
- School Department/Division
- School Program
- Individual Teacher (or team of teachers)
Please consider nominating a deserving K-12 Partner to receive this honor.