Manufacturing Network

• Manufacturer Educator Partnership (MEP)- (Backbone organization and facilitiation provided by the EcO Manufacturing Network): The Bartholomew County MEP is focused on bringing together local and regional educators, manufacturing leaders, workforce and community-based organizations to coordinate and align educational program and training offerings to students that can successfully connect with well-paying, high-in-demand manufacturing occupations.
• Other MEP’s or similar partnerships taking place throughout the EcO Manufacturing Network region include: Dearborn, Decatur, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, and Ripley Counties.

Curriculum & career pathway development taking place throughout the EcO Manufacturing Network:

• Creation of the Advanced Automation and Robotics Technology I & II courses at C⁴ (Career and Technical Education Center)
• Diesel Technology course at Southeastern Career Center
• Cub Manufacturing at Madison Consodilated High School
• Owl Manufacturing at Seymour High School
• Ivy Manufacturing at Batesville Ivy Tech (Batesville, So. Ripley, Jac-Cen-Del, Milan, North & South Decatur, and East Central High Schools can send students through this program)

Manufacturing work-and-learn programs taking place throughout the EcO Manufacturing Network:

• Teacher Externships: (62 teachers/ 47 Manufacturing Hosts/ 20 Schools)
• High School Work-Based-Learning: (117 students/ 9 schools)
• Student Manufacturing Internships: (42 student interns/ 27 manufacturing hosts/ 18 Schools)

EcO Network High School Champion and Student Ambassador Outreach/Recruitment Activities in partnership with Business and Industry:

(Fall 2017– 372 regional activities; 1,146 business and industry partners participated; 14,902 student touchpoints; 1,014 educator touchpoints; 1,670 parent touch points; 17,586 total regional touchpoints)

The purpose of this network is to bring together educators, advanced manufacturing leaders, workforce, and community-based organizations that can work together to coordinate and align educational program offerings to students that can then successfully connect with well-paying occupations. This ensures student-centered, “seamless educational pathways” are being communicated throughout the region to boost targeted enrollments in this priority sector and to meet future workforce demand.