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!
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.
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.
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.
Host Micki O'Neil talks with Michael McDonald, Director of Transition Programming at Ingham ISD, about post‑high school services for students aged 18–26. They explain Project SEARCH (a one‑year internship program in partnership with Michigan State University and Michigan Rehabilitation Services) and SAIL (Skills for Adult Independent Living), covering hands‑on work experience, life skills, and community training.
