Manufacturing Resources
Exploring Careers in Manufacturing
NEW Manufacturing Alliance Career Videos
Learn more about great careers in manufacturing directly from people working in the industry. All of the videos are from past winners of the NEW Manufacturing Alliance's All Star awards from 2009 to 2016. Over 60 manufacturing careers featured.
Winona Senior HS REACH Program
Describes the REACH program, the two-year program which is open to incoming high school juniors and will cap out at 30 participants in a grade. “Our goal is that on the day that they graduate from high school that they will either know where to go to work on Monday morning or where they will be pursuing higher education."
Career Academy Teacher Externship lesson plans:
NEW Manufacturing Alliance Career Videos
Learn more about great careers in manufacturing directly from people working in the industry. All of the videos are from past winners of the NEW Manufacturing Alliance's All Star awards from 2009 to 2016. Over 60 manufacturing careers featured.
Winona Senior HS REACH Program
Describes the REACH program, the two-year program which is open to incoming high school juniors and will cap out at 30 participants in a grade. “Our goal is that on the day that they graduate from high school that they will either know where to go to work on Monday morning or where they will be pursuing higher education."
Career Academy Teacher Externship lesson plans:
- 5S Lean Manufacturing by Shawn Porath
- BEAR'S Tank (A student version of Shark Tank) by Lisa Sorlie (ISTE standards)
- Career and Technical Education Multi-Unit Plan by Michael O'Brien
- Converting Units, Metric and Standard by Travis Falkowski
- Energy Usage Spreadsheet Lesson by Sierra Erdmann
- Engineering Discipline Presentation by Eric Cooley
- Field Trips for Career Exploration by David Brasier
- Introduction to Metal Casting by Shiv Verma
- Introduction to Moulding by Shiv Verma
- Local Employment Opportunities by Robert Schoen
- Oxy-Acetylene Torch Use Procedures by Eric Cooley
- Power Outage Activity by Sierra Erdmann
- Reading a Tape Measure by Dave Nordeng
- Reverse Engineering a Manufacturing Component by Greg Rose
- Silly Putty Press by Greg Rose
- Tapping Metric to Standard Threads by Travis Falkowski
- Using Debugging with Wonder Workshop's Dash Robot by Becky Wilcox
- What are Employers Looking For? by Robert Schoen
- Work Place Safety by David Brasier
