1. Wellspring Studio School
Building Skills. Building Communities.
Technical Workforce Development
Through Service Learning

2. America’s Economic Engine
“… the need for skilled human capital is the most
critical component of our nation’s economy, and
demand for highly skilled workers appears to
exceed supply.*”
Is a Skilled & Creative Workforce!
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3. A Skilled &Creative Workforce
“Too many adults are entering the U.S.
workforce with poor basic academic and
workplace skills, far from the high level of
technical skills required for IT employment.*”
Is Increasingly Hard to Find
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4. Graduates Lack Workforce-Ready Skills
•Students who graduate without applied skills
struggle to find professional employment
•Entry level jobs that provide these skills are
disappearing
•Shrinking university budgets reduce capacity
to close this gap
Educated but Unprepared – Why?
Educated but Unprepared..

5. A Catch-22
Universities expect employers Employers expect universities
to provide to produce
on-the-job training a trained workforce

6. We expect students
to make the leap
from academics to application
without guidance, mentoring
?
or training
from mature professionals.
Application
Academics
Wellspring Closes the Expectations Gap

7. Aligning Expectations Through Managed
Community Service
Extending and Reinforcing Academic Work

8. Why Focus on Non-Profits?
Increased
Non-Profits
Reduced
Demand Are Funding
Squeezed
WELLSPRING BUILDS BOTH LOW-
COST, HIGH VALUE CAPACITY AND
WORKFORCE -READINESS

9. Building Skills While Building
Community
Tech on Tap
Website Development and Hosting
Private email services with personal support
Network and Server Management
Desktop support
Database Development
Wellspring Works!

10. Learn More…
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