1. Leverage Business & Education Partnerships:
Innovation in Tough Economic Times ddeeds@bluevalleyk12.org
Donna Deeds, Executive Director www.bvcapsalumni.org
Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies bvcapsdonna.tumblr.com
Blue Valley CAPS is an example of how industry and
our educational system can work together to produce
authentic, personalized learning experiences that
prepare the next generation of professionals for 21st
century opportunities.
The Five Pillars
1. Focus on cross-pollination
2. Liberate your curriculum
3. Free your instructors
4. Redefine and value skills
5. Set the stage for innovation
1. Review your local and state 1. List the business connections
chamber of commerce to that your superintendent and
understand the trends for current board members have.
and future economic development.
2. Examine and list the businesses
2. Examine your local employers to that your most positive/
see who is having a hard time filling advocates parents work for.
positions due to a lack of workforce
talent and/or the bandwidth of a
talent pipeline.