Education Unpacked

Digging into critical issues shaping education and unpacking programming, services, budgets, infrastructure, and data with transparency. Focusing on school-centered insight, realities in our schools impacting students and staff and an eye on what's next!

Education UnPacked: Episode 10 - How Work-Based Learning Builds Real Career Pathways From job shadows to apprenticeships, meaningful work-based learning helps students discover who they are, what they’re capable of, and where they belong.

In this Education UnPacked episode, learn how Wilson Talent Center and Block Imaging create meaningful work-based learning opportunities for students.

Education Unpacked: Episode 09 | Meet Aidan Daenzer - Wilson Talent Center Alumni Finding Your “Why” Before Graduation: How Wilson Talent Center Gave One Student a Head Start

Wilson Talent Center graduate Aiden Daenzer shares how job shadows, internships, and real-world learning helped him discover his “why,” gain professional confidence, and enter college with a powerful head start.

Education Unpacked: Episode 08 | Work-Based Learning: Employee Partner Benefits Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: What Employers Value Most About Work-Based Learning

At the Wilson Talent Center, Ingham ISD students gain career experience and confidence through real partnerships with local employers. Coordinators Monique Colizzi and Jamie George explain how job shadows, internships, and apprenticeships are helping students—and businesses—build Michigan’s future workforce.

Education Unpacked: Episode 07 | Work-Based Learning: Preparing Students for Real-World Success How students gain hands-on experience, soft skills, and career confidence before graduation.

Host Micki O’Neil talks with Wilson Talent Center coordinators Monique Colizzie and Jamie George about work-based learning for juniors and seniors: career awareness, exploration, preparation, and training. Hear how Boss Mode Boot Camp builds soft skills, why 22+ industry partners participate, and how paid/unpaid placements (with 20 students working already) create a real talent pipeline. Learn what employers want and how students get job-ready.