{"id":32981,"date":"2011-04-13T09:25:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=32981"},"modified":"2011-08-05T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T15:13:08","slug":"encorehartford-recieves-national-award-for-job-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/04\/encorehartford-recieves-national-award-for-job-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Encore!Hartford Receives National Award for Job Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Encore!Hartford<\/em>, a nonprofit leadership and job training program for seasoned corporate professionals launched last year by the University of Connecticut\u2019s Center for Continuing Studies in conjunction with area nonprofit groups, has received a national Outstanding Program Award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association.<\/p>\n

The award honors one-credit and non-credit continuing education programs for outstanding design, achievement of educational objectives, contribution to the field and potential for national replication. The award is merit based and is not always given annually.<\/p>\n

Representatives of the Encore!Hartford<\/em> program received the award April 9\u00a0at The University Professional and Continuing Education Association\u2019s 96th international conference in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n

Encore!Hartford<\/em> assists unemployed seasoned corporate professionals in transitioning their skill-sets and experience into successful professional and managerial employment in Connecticut\u2019s nonprofit sector. The first class of 23 Encore Fellows graduated in June 2010. To date, 78 percent of the pilot class is now working as full- or part-time professionals. The second class of 24 Encore Fellows began their journey this month and will graduate on June 16, 2011.<\/p>\n

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association has 400 institutional members from 13 countries. Members come from public and private accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities, international universities, and nonprofit organizations with a significant commitment to professional and continuing higher education.<\/p>\n

Advocates for the Encore!Hartford<\/em> pilot program said they were honored by the award and hope to continue the program\u2019s success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are sincerely interested in replicating the Encore!Hartford<\/em> model in other regions of our state and country,\u201d says David Garvey, \u00a0director of UConn\u2019s Nonprofit Leadership Program in the Center for Continuing Studies. \u201cBut, right now we remain focused on continuing to support our 2010 pilot class and preparing the new 2011 class of 24 Encore!Hartford<\/em> Fellows for work in Connecticut\u2019s nonprofit sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased with our progress and success to-date, our healthy employment rate and strongly appreciate the support of our state partners,\u201d Garvey continued. \u201cWithout our state partners none of this would be possible.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n

Encore!Hartford<\/em> was designed and implemented in partnership with Leadership Greater Hartford, Connecticut Department of Labor, Capital Workforce Partners (the North Central Connecticut Workforce Investment Board), CTWorks (the one-stop career guidance and training center in the state of Connecticut), the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Connecticut Association of Nonprofits and more than 100 nonprofit partners. \u00a0All aspects of Encore!Hartford <\/em> take place in Greater Hartford nonprofits, including classroom training, to provide a deep immersion of the Fellows into the work environment of the nonprofit sector.<\/p>\n

Encore!Hartford<\/em> features four core components: deep immersion in the nonprofit sector; more than 44 hours of sector transition and skill-set education with seasoned nonprofit practitioners; discussions with nonprofit CEOs at each education site; job shadowing and networking development, and a two-month, full-time, high-level Encore Fellowship at a Connecticut nonprofit in the field and position of interest to the Encore Fellow. \u00a0The Fellowship and full Encore!Hartford<\/em> experience provides participants with valuable training in the field, networks and the skill-sets essential to be successful in their encore careers in the nonprofit sector.<\/p>\n

For more information:<\/h4>\n

David Garvey, 860-486-2574<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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