Leonard Hornsby, Assistant Secretary Bill Greenhill, District

Not All of Tomorrow’s Careers Exist Today

A Message From the Editor

One of the greatest adventures in life is to learn. There is always something new to learn; there is always another question to ask. Our educational journey never stops.

How many of us remember being asked as a child what we wanted to be when we grew up? I, personally, wanted to be a rock star. Unfortunately, I was not gifted with the talent of music. Thus, I gave up singing in the mirror with my hairbrush as a microphone and hit the books for new learning adventures that led me to the world of learning and development.

Think for a moment about asking a young child today what it is they might want to do when they grow up. With the innovation of today’s world, do the career opportunities in their future even exist now? Probably not. Hence, the vital importance of lifelong learning.

This edition of our award-winning magazine, The Lens, focuses on the magnificent work of our community partners and their mission to ensure our young people have an educational pathway from cradle to career. One example includes T3: Tarrant To & Through Partnership. The mission of T3 “aims to ensure more Tarrant County students have the training and skills they need to thrive in today’s workforce.”

Another example is Camp Fire First Texas. Camp Fire’s mission is “to invest in North Texas communities by providing out-ofschool time and outdoor learning programs for children and youth while also offering workforce development programs for early childhood educators.”

These are just a few institutions working diligently every day in Tarrant County to make certain our children are learning and growing toward a pathway of educational attainment, career success and impact to the overall economic health of our community.

We then meet a few of the thousands of employers in the region. We visit with executive leadership from businesses like MP Materials, Diamondback Industries, CoreCo USA, ITS ConGlobal, BrightCrowd and RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC. The innovative work of these businesses in our community is amazing. They are the current and future employers of our young people. I encourage you to get to know them.

It will take all of us to lift up and strengthen the education and skill-building of our workforce, now and tomorrow. Tarrant County College District is proud to be part of such a wonderful ecosystem, working around the clock to empower our people through education and lifelong learning.

Together, we all move to the head of the class.

Shannon E. Bryant, MEd, CWDP, LSSGB

executive vice president for corporate solutions & economic development, tarrant county college district host, the workforce lens podcast editor-in-chief, the lens magazine publication shannon.bryant@tccd.edu

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Shannon Bryant, MEd, CWDP, LSSGB Executive Vice President for Corporate Solutions & Economic Development, Tarrant County College District Host, The Workforce Lens Podcast

INTERIM CHANCELLOR Elva LeBlanc, PhD

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Teresa Ayala, President Kenneth Barr, Vice President Jeannie Deakyne, Secretary Shannon Wood, District 2 Leonard Hornsby, Assistant Secretary Bill Greenhill, District 4 Gwendolyn Morrison, District 6

EDITORIAL ADVISOR Reginald Gates

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GROUP PUBLISHER Adam Pitluk, PhD

CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Halloran

COPY EDITOR Becky Williams

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