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The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan sets a goal to increase the number of apprenticeships for high school juniors and seniors to 60,000 in seven years, and to ensure at least 45% of high school students complete a high-school level apprenticeship program by the 2030-31 school year... Martin, a member of a national nonprofit organization called Explore The Trades, has a recommendation for the commission: figure out a solution to expand access to tax credits and grants for small business owners. For instance, she said the average annual salary for a master plumber is $60,000. In addition, she said the average profit margin “after all the overhead” for most trade businesses range between 2% to 5%. “We are in that range,” she said. “That’s all that’s left at the end of the day to build a work force. That is hard.” Martin has a commission member who agrees with her: Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-Lower Shore). Carozza said streamlining the process for businesses to receive approval for an apprenticeship program would help. For the entire article in Maryland Matters, click here: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/11/01/career-and-technical-education-are-a-vital-focus-of-blueprint-reform-plan/
Not a Game: Saving Lives with Virtual Reality Emergency Training Virtual reality simulations are being used to provide crucial emergency training to law enforcement and first responders. These simulations allow individuals to experience a three-dimensional computer-generated emergency scenario, helping them understand their instincts and fine-tune their crisis responses. This session at MACo’s Tech Expo will explore how virtual reality training saves lives and brings awareness to the realities of emergency encounters. The speakers for this session include Joseph Costantini, Manager of Police in Service Training Unit at Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service, Lt. Brendan Boettinger, Training Coordinator of Advanced Officer Training at Prince George’s County Police Department, and John C. Moses, Director of Criminal Justice at Wor-Wic Community College. The session will be moderated by The Honorable Mary Beth Carozza, MD State Senate. The session will take place on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. For the full article on AI, click here: Panel on AI saving lives
It’s a concern shared by state Senator Mary Beth Carozza, who says she’s heard from Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester county schools all expressing anxiety about the program’s funding source. “I believe that gives us pause to take a step back and maybe look at some of these timelines for implementing the blueprint., maybe they now need to be stretched out because at this point it’s simply unaffordable,” Sen. Carozza said. For the full story from WMDT, click here: Lawmakers, School officials raise concerns over Blueprint funding - 47abc (wmdt.com)
Career and Technical Education are Vital
The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan sets a goal to increase the number of apprenticeships for high school juniors and seniors to 60,000 in seven years, and to ensure at least 45% of high school students complete a high-school level apprenticeship program by the 2030-31 school year...
Martin, a member of a national nonprofit organization called Explore The Trades, has a recommendation for the commission: figure out a solution to expand access to tax credits and grants for small business owners.
For instance, she said the average annual salary for a master plumber is $60,000. In addition, she said the average profit margin “after all the overhead” for most trade businesses range between 2% to 5%.
“We are in that range,” she said. “That’s all that’s left at the end of the day to build a work force. That is hard.”
Martin has a commission member who agrees with her: Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-Lower Shore).
Carozza said streamlining the process for businesses to receive approval for an apprenticeship program would help.
For the entire article in Maryland Matters, click here: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/11/01/career-and-technical-education-are-a-vital-focus-of-blueprint-reform-plan/
Carozza Moderates Panel on Artificial Intelligence
Not a Game: Saving Lives with Virtual Reality Emergency Training
Virtual reality simulations are being used to provide crucial emergency training to law enforcement and first responders. These simulations allow individuals to experience a three-dimensional computer-generated emergency scenario, helping them understand their instincts and fine-tune their crisis responses. This session at MACo’s Tech Expo will explore how virtual reality training saves lives and brings awareness to the realities of emergency encounters. The speakers for this session include Joseph Costantini, Manager of Police in Service Training Unit at Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service, Lt. Brendan Boettinger, Training Coordinator of Advanced Officer Training at Prince George’s County Police Department, and John C. Moses, Director of Criminal Justice at Wor-Wic Community College. The session will be moderated by The Honorable Mary Beth Carozza, MD State Senate. The session will take place on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm.
For the full article on AI, click here: Panel on AI saving lives
Carozza Addresses Kirwan Blueprint Funding
It’s a concern shared by state Senator Mary Beth Carozza, who says she’s heard from Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester county schools all expressing anxiety about the program’s funding source.
“I believe that gives us pause to take a step back and maybe look at some of these timelines for implementing the blueprint., maybe they now need to be stretched out because at this point it’s simply unaffordable,” Sen. Carozza said.
For the full story from WMDT, click here: Lawmakers, School officials raise concerns over Blueprint funding - 47abc (wmdt.com)