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Welcome to the Georgia Department of Education Great Promise Partnership Community.  Here we will discuss topics related to including students who are at risk of not graduating in Work-based Learning programs across Georgia.

Great Promise Partnership

Great Promise Partnership Spring 2024


<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="784" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-1024x784.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-35408" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-300x230.jpg 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-768x588.jpg 768w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-1536x1176.jpg 1536w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-624x478.jpg 624w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-50x38.jpg 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023-100x77.jpg 100w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GPP-Team-Nov-2023.jpg 1714w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">GPP Team pictured from left to right: Waldon Hamilton (SE GA), Carla Hawkins (SW GA), Angela Sparks (NW GA), Brennon Phillips (Metro ATL), Lori Heeman (State Coordinator), Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods, Deputy Superintendent for CTAE Dr. Barbara Wall, Daphne Jackson (East Central GA), Hilda Garrison (NE GA), and Deborah Guillaume (Middle GA). </figcaption></figure>



<p>The Great Promis Partnership (GPP) team attended the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Work-based Learning Conference in November 2023 at Lake Lanier Islands. During the conference, we had many and connected with work-based learning coordinators across the state who are interested in the support GPP provides to students at risk of not graduating who would benefit from a work-based learning experience. GPP appreciates the support of Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods, Deputy Superintendent for Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education Dr. Barbara Wall, and WBL Program Specialist Laura Boswell (not pictured). </p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ac910e412cd54ee91ea0f5bed496c3a9">Middle Georgia</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Welcome to the Team!</h2>



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<p>Deborah Guillaume joined the GPP team just before the holidays. Deb is a proud Ghanaian native with prior experience as a Healthcare Science Educator in CTAE. She is passionate about helping students realize their potential and carve their way to their future careers. Deb loves God, mission trips, and traveling with her husband, Cedric. She looks forward to assisting students in developing a true sense of purpose post-graduation and adding more students to GPP.</p>
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-523a919e9df871b124c47f26079374d3">Metro Atlanta</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">City of Atlanta Hiring Fair</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="993" height="993" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e.jpg" alt="GPP and City of Atlanta Scholar Career Fair" class="wp-image-34071" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e.jpg 993w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e-300x300.jpg 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e-150x150.jpg 150w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e-768x768.jpg 768w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e-624x624.jpg 624w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e-50x50.jpg 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/c9a2610f-b216-4a06-9df3-6c5cc4bdab8e-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px" /></figure>



<p>Great Promise Partnership joined forces with the City of Atlanta to employ scholars. Metro Atlanta Coordinator Bree Phillips organized a successful day of learning about various departments, job descriptions, and interviews for GPP students. The City of Atlanta is a driving force for cultivating a community that employs residents to create a work, live, and play environment. These students will serve in positions that support their educational growth and growth as distinguished citizens.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18be8a61d69fef5d7a83975512c70358">Northeast Region</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Athens-Clarke County Government Supports GPP Internships</h2>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="760" height="250" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilda-Athens.png" alt="Athens-Clarke County Government (ACCG) employees and GPP Coordinator Hilda Garrison show enthusiasm for GPP." class="wp-image-34174" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilda-Athens.png 760w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilda-Athens-300x99.png 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilda-Athens-624x205.png 624w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilda-Athens-50x16.png 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hilda-Athens-100x33.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></figure></div>


<p>Athens-Clarke County Government (ACCG) employees and GPP Coordinator Hilda Garrison show enthusiasm for GPP. ACCG has increased the number of GPP students this semester to an all-time high of 14 students. ACCG is so committed to GPP that they identified several remote positions during COVID-19 to maintain program continuity. This school year, they added part-time <em>Worker 1-GPP</em> positions, giving GPP students hands-on experience in several new departments. Before being hired, students undergo a panel interview and must complete the same hiring processes full-time employees undergo. The process provides students with experiences they will encounter when seeking employment after graduation. GPP developed the new <em>Worker 1-GPP</em> positions with an emphasis on students interested in working for ACCG full-time after graduation or part-time while they go to college. Students are working this semester in the following departments: Human Resources, Water Billing, Land Development, Streets and Drainage, Animal Services, Solid Waste, and Facilities Management/Landscaping. Three Clarke County high schools are participating in GPP this school year: Clarke Central, Cedar Shoals, and Foothills Clarke County.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cc0844c0b09b31e756cbe6aebbe67bf9">Northwest Region</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Offers GPP Internships </h2>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="594" height="371" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sheriff-Dept.png" alt="Assistant Chief Deputy Gina Hawkins and GPP Northwest Georgia Coordinator Angela Sparks present a new opportunity at the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. " class="wp-image-34175" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sheriff-Dept.png 594w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sheriff-Dept-300x187.png 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sheriff-Dept-50x31.png 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sheriff-Dept-100x62.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px" /></figure></div>


<p>Assistant Chief Deputy Gina Hawkins and GPP Northwest Georgia Coordinator Angela Sparks presented a new opportunity at the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office has committed to offering six to eight new internship opportunities to junior and senior GPP students in Cobb County School District’s Osborne High School. The internship opportunities include Administrative Specialist, Building Trades, Communications, Information Technology, and Departmental Solutions. Students will have a chance to rotate through departments of interest. Hawkins and Chief of Staff David Jones have dedicated themselves and their staff to positively impacting students by offering work experience while mentoring these students in life, employability, and professional skills related to public safety.</p>



<p>Check out Angela’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7155535112384757761/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn feed</a>. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Shaw Industries Life Skills Coaching Session: Setting Goals </h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-1024x1024.jpg" alt="GPP students at two Shaw Industries plants." class="wp-image-34083" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-624x624.jpg 624w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shaw-2.jpg 1654w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure>



<p>GPP students at two Shaw Industries, Inc. plants in Bartow County discuss the next steps after high school while setting goals to accomplish these steps. Chattahoochee Technical College and a local counselor joined our session to discuss post-graduation opportunities. </p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52d244e30fb72fb71d32a13528d471e0">East Central Region</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Student Receives Full-time Employment after her                           GPP Work-based Learning Internship</h2>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="480" height="640" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8890.jpg" alt="Former GPP student Nadia with her employer Brianne Felton." class="wp-image-34545" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8890.jpg 480w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8890-225x300.jpg 225w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8890-38x50.jpg 38w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8890-75x100.jpg 75w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /></figure></div>


<p>While East Central Georgia Coordinator Daphne Jackson was visiting, former GPP student Nadia posed for a picture with her employer, Brianne Felton. Nadia is a 2023 graduate of Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia. After a successful GPP internship, The Felton Group Real Estate Services hired Nadia full-time. She is currently enrolled in a real estate program to earn her license. Despite several obstacles, Nadia continues to overcome and has a tremendous future ahead of her.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Integrity Life Skills Lesson</h2>


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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="601" height="451" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DJ1.png" alt="Current South Effingham students Austin, Harleigh, and Jesslyn with their East Central GPP Coordinator, Daphne Jackson" class="wp-image-34544" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DJ1.png 601w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DJ1-300x225.png 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DJ1-50x38.png 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DJ1-100x75.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px" /></figure></div>


<p>Current South Effingham students Austin, Harleigh, and Jesslyn pose for a picture with East Central GPP Coordinator Daphne Jackson after a life skills lesson on integrity. Students were given workplace scenarios and asked to discuss how integrity was or was not part of the scenario. The students completed the exercise with a new outlook on what integrity means.<br></p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f0c09781d132ae0dbd01eb5e39d945ed">Southwest Region</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Southwest Region GPP Takes on Leadership</h2>



<p>GPP Southwest Georgia Region Coordinator Carla Hawkins recently graduated from Leadership Albany class of 2023 and was selected to join the Leadership Albany Board of Directors for a three-year term. Her fellow board members, classmates, and leaders in various industries are dedicated to supporting GPP and youth throughout Southwest Georgia. </p>



<p>With Leadership Albany support, plans to host a Southwest Georgia <em>REAL Skills Day</em> (Regional Employability and Life Skills Day) on February 28 are underway and will cap off CTAE month. The event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Albany Technical College. Community partners WorkSource Georgia and LifeLink of Georgia are part of this great event highlighting skills needed for future careers.</p>



<p>See Carla’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7131116715727286272/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7131116715727286272/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn feed</a>.</p>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d036725b2ea72ac69ed9c38f7ccf0d03">Southeast Region</h1>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">City of Valdosta GPP Holiday Party</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-1024x768.jpg" alt="GPP students working in the City of Valdosta's water, public works, and social media departments." class="wp-image-34072" srcset="https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-300x225.jpg 300w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-768x576.jpg 768w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-624x468.jpg 624w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-50x38.jpg 50w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party-100x75.jpg 100w, https://community.gadoe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Valdosta-City-GPP-XMAS-Party.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure>



<p>These GPP students work in the City of Valdosta’s water, public works, and social media departments. In celebration of their good work, the City of Valdosta had a holiday celebration, which included a luncheon and holiday gifts. The event provided a time to reflect on a good but challenging year and gear up for a successful 2024.</p>



<p class="has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6d213129d50617d23b93040883dc2d64"><strong>Great Promise Partnership wishes everyone a successful 2024!!</strong></p>


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