State Funding Enables Community Programs to Give MN High School Students Valuable Job Training Opportunities
In January, five community programs throughout the state of Minnesota were awarded $95,000 in grant funding to develop and implement paid learning opportunities for 16- and 17-year-old students.
Penny Wars Benefits Local Charity
Realityworks is an employee-owned company and celebrates Employee Ownership Month (ESOP) every October with various activities. On October 1, the Charitable Giving Committee announced a new company challenge: A Penny War-funded charitable giving drive to support iHeartMedia’s Christmas is for Children program. The twist: First prize would be an executive-served pizza party; second prize would […]
On Teachers’ Day, We Celebrate Those Making Our Futures Successful
By Timm Boettcher, President & CEO of Realityworks, Inc. Teachers are the fabric that prepares all of us to be successful in the future. I have the special opportunity each year to visit many schools around the country and talk to many awesome teachers. Each year I am so very impressed with all the excitement, […]
Ready for the Workforce: Realityworks’ Youth Apprentices Share Projects with State Governor
“See those wires there? We’re trying to get rid of them. We want to make the whole thing smaller, so you can hold it in your hand instead of display it on the tabletop.” If this statement was overheard outside the office of a mechanical engineer, you wouldn’t think twice. After all, it’s their job […]
Reflections on VISION 2016: Why I’m Proud of the Realityworks Team
By Timmothy Boettcher, President & CEO of Realityworks, Inc. Last week, the Realityworks team had the pleasure of exhibiting our experiential learning tools at the largest gathering for Career and Technical Education professionals across the country: the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)’s CareerTech VISION 2016 Conference. As President and CEO of Realityworks, Inc., […]