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Monday, February 2, 2015
Howe ISD teacher spent a week in a factory for her students' benefit apply in the real world.”
"Tyson requested someone from Howe or Sherman since they have a The program was originated in 2002 lot of employees from there." said by DDA and partnered with Hayward. "Sherman didn't Workforce Solutions Texoma and participate, so I found out pretty each participating ISD. Those two quickly that I was going there." organizations initially sent Denison ISD teachers through the program, Tyson Foods gave her a tour of the but have expended, and in 2014, the facility and she quickly learned newcomers were The City of Howe, what most people don't know Tom Bean Community - Tyson Foods in Sherman does not Development Corporation. Howe handle chicken. The local plant in ISD, Tom Bean ISD, Bells ISD and Sherman is the home of the pork Pottsboro ISD all sent teachers in and beef operation. this program which paid them a $1,000 stipend for their time. "They gave me and overview and Kailey Hayward, teacher at Howe how you have to scrub up to go on High School Teachers that participated spent a the floor and how you have to dress and all of the different layers you Howe High School biology teacher week at local industries such as Ruiz Food Products, have to put on." said Hayward. Kailey Hayward spent a week NOVO1/Dialog Direct, Caterpillar working at Tyson Foods, Inc. last Global Mining, LLC., Tyson Foods, The rest of week, she was working summer during one of her few Inc., Presco Products, City of with different departments, but she summer weeks off in order to benefit the students of Howe ISD. Denison, Grayson County, Emerson spent a lot of the time with Quality Process Management - Fisher Assurance. Controls, PTF Insulation Nearly a year ago, Bob Rhoden, Fabricators, ACS Manufacturing, They talked about what they have Director of External Relations at Inc., National Government Services Workforce Solutions Texoma Champion Cooler Corporation, presented a program to the Howe Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital City Council that would send one - WNJ, and Denison Industries. Howe ISD teacher through the partnership program knows as BET Hayward said that Howe High (Business Education for School Principal Michael Smiley Teachers). approached her and asked if she would be interested in the program. Teachers will go to a local Hayward, a biology teacher, fit the manufacturing location and learn hands-on skills in the workforce in criteria of math or science that the program calls for. order to have true first-hand knoweledge of what life is like in the workforce for students that may "After getting a little information on enter the workforce just out of high it, such as getting to work in an industry, I said, hey, I'll give it a school. try." said Hayward. Before entering the program, the On the first day of the program, the teachers were asked what they'd like to get out of it. Hayward told teachers gathered with the program administrators and learned about DDA (Denison Development Alliance), "I want to get ideas from what to expect. They also learned their job placement. the working world, and show my students how their lessons will
to check for and meet all of their regulations." said Hayward. "I never thought that they had to go to the local stores." During the week, Walmart in Sherman called the plant about some meat that they thought might be suspect quality because the packaging was different. Hayward went along with the Quality Assurance team to Walmart to inspect the product. "It was like a case investigation." said Hayward. "They took all of these pictures. That was pretty neat. You don't think that this big plant is distributing to the store right beside it. You think it's got to go through all of these steps, but it really doesn't." Hayward then spent time with the safety director and learned the safety procedures. After that, she continued on Page #9
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