Madison Region Economic Partnership: Joins Inspire Wisconsin Network to give local students, educators more opportunities for career exploration

Local public school students will have access to additional career development and mentorship tools starting as early as sixth grade in a platform that directly connects local employers to students, thanks to a new statewide collaboration.
 
Area school districts have been using a web-based platform called Inspire to connect area businesses to their future talent pool through online profiles, virtual career coaches, and career-based online learning activities for students and educators.
 
Now, the Madison Region is one of nine regional economic development organizations taking part in a new collaboration that will enable local students, educators and businesses to connect with each other regardless of their location around the state in a secure, web-based environment called “Inspire Wisconsin.”
 
That means area students and educators will have access to the following resources statewide:
  • More than 1,600 career coaches
  • More than 1,200 company profiles
  • Nearly 5,800 work-based learning activities
The Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) was one of the first regions to implement Inspire and MadREP Vice President of Talent and Education Gene Dalhoff said the collaboration will open up opportunities for students and businesses alike. “MadREP is pleased to have its population of 70,000+ high school and middle school students integrated with potentially thousands of businesses throughout the state through the Inspire platform,” Dalhoff said. “This will allow for significantly more workforce experiences and contacts that will lead to career path development benefiting both students and employers.”