THE FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN

Educational activities include career awareness programs throughout wisconsin including: familiarize individuals to the variety of work opportunities available in the automotive and transportation industries and the education requirements, provide individuals with information on successful job search and interview techniques, participate in the teacher certification institutes to maintain their professional status and help manage the wisconsin automotive service excellence (ase) program throughout wisconsin. Student career fair activities include career awareness programs serving students throughout wisconsin. Attendees and their families are introduced to a variety of work opportunities available in the automotive and transportation industries and the education requirements. This program also provides students with information on successful job search and interview techniques to apply at any opportunity in their employment search. Teacher professional development activities include preparation and facilitation of two teacher certification institutes for automotive and transportation teachers to assist them in maintaining their professional status. The teachers institute provides wisconsin teachers with professional credit hours. The training sessions help teachers, and their programs keep up with current trends and technology at high industry standards. Ase accreditation started in 1997. Ase is a program that assists automotive, collision and diesel students, providing industry certified continuing education and lifelong employment. The foundation supports 10 active wisconsin ase accredited high schools with 1,400 students and 26 ase accredited technical college programs with 1,400 students. Support is also provided to 115+ non-accredited transportation education programs in wisconsin with over 12,000 students.middle school summer camp activities include the foundation partnering with technical colleges and dealerships to facilitate middle school student summer camps. These weeklong camp experiences expose young people to a wide variety of automotive and transportation related career pathways. Student competition event activities include foundation staff and industry volunteers on the annual skillsusa wisconsin automotive competition technical committee. The foundation also assists and contributes to other wisconsin automotive and transportation competitions. Career fairs and transportation career showcase events are held at high schools around wisconsin to expose students to industry careers.