We
invite you and your High School
to participate in a FREE county
wide supported hands-on learning
experience that connects your students
and will set them up for success.
We seek six progressive high schools
that want to encourage and provide
technical career exploration and
invest in their student’s future
by exposing them to a fun, dynamic
challenge called Project GRILL.
Project GRILL is to excite and
entice high school students to learn
engineering and manufacturing skills
through the design and construction
of a grill. The project’s capstone
will include the unveiling of each
team’s grill to allow parents, employers,
high school counselors, teachers
and the public an opportunity to
enhance their knowledge about technical
careers and college opportunities.
Project GRILL will allow students
to explore and experience 30 weeks
of hands-on learning and technical
competencies associated with foundational
engineering and manufacturing skill
sets. The students will experience
the full range of production from
project management, team building,
design, fabrication, finishing,
assembly, quality, and testing.
In addition, all students who meet
course requirements will earn up
to three elective credits at Lakeshore
Technical College (LTC). This is
a value of nearly $400.00 per student.
Project
GRILL Application Guidelines:
The building of customized grills,
with coursework over a 30 week period,
will provide students with an exciting
delivery methodology for conveying
academic and technical foundational
competencies associated with, but
not limited to, the following occupational
skill sets.
- Industrial Engineering Technology
Electromechanica
- Mechanical & Concept Design
Technology Quality & Safety
- Machine Tool
Technology Communication/Team
Building/Leadership
- Metal Fabrication/Welding Purchasing,
Budget & Approval Processes
- Painting & Finishing Problem
Solving and Time Management
Requirements
for High School Participation:
Each high school will select a
student team of a minimum of two
students and maximum of six students
to design and fabricate their grill.
Special note: some high schools
may wish to involve an entire class
in this project. That is fine, but
a team of two to six “student team
leaders” needs to be chosen to represent
the high school with the media and
partner manufacturing companies.
Team members should be selected
based on their enthusiasm, commitment,
and/or additional criteria created
by the school. Project GRILL is
designed to appeal to male, female,
minority and nontraditional high
school students. All students, for
whom hands-on, non-traditional opportunities
are rare, should be recruited and
encouraged to participate. It is
a given that straight A students
may be the most obvious choice to
participate, however, we encourage
high schools to select students
who show potential in the technical
area but may not be “straight A”
students. Working on this project
could be a real boost to these students’
sense of self-esteem and get them
“fired up” about manufacturing careers.
Each school must select a high
school staff representative who
is also expected to lead the course
each week (or day depending on how
the school establishes the timing
of the program). Most likely your
ideal representative will be your
current Tech Ed instructor.
To ensure success for Project
GRILL, the selected high school
representative must attend a two-day
training session (Project GRILL
Boot Camp!) held at LTC during the
second week of August. Again, to
ensure success, attendance is mandatory
for all participating schools and
teachers will be given a $200.00
stipend for attending the Boot Camp.
Benefits
of Participation:
Each high school will receive
$2,500 from a corporate partner
to build the grill. Special Note:
We are currently building pilot
Grill’s and “test driving” our skill
sets, timeline and budget etc. This
amount might slightly change (above
or below) but it will cover your
basic materials:
- Team t-shirts with sponsor
logos will be provided to each
school for public appearances
- The September Project Grill
Road Show visits each participating
school,
consists of sample grills, a brat
fry and members from your corporate
partner to talk with the students
about careers in manufacturing
- Each high school staff representative
receives a program binder filled
with curriculum,
tips and resources for building
the grill at the two-day instructional
boot camp at LTC
- Media coverage and public relations
to build school pride
- Opportunity to work with and
tour various manufacturing corporations
in the community
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