Shannon Affholter Squared 10/3/2021

A critical part of the Everett Career Link Program has been a regional intermediary.Having launched a suite of career-connected learning programs,district staff have surfaced the many strengths of,and limitations to,district leadership of such programs.: A notable limitation is the capacity of district staff to recruit and prepare employers for career-connected learning programs. A regional intermediary can carry out this function and grow the number of industry and community partners involved in the program while working with Everett Public School Staff to ensure a strong fit between the program and employer capacity.Prior Everett Career Link employer host information will be available for the 2020-21 program. This requirement is for a regional intermediary to help connect the district with businesses in the community in order to support the program. Briefly stated,an intermediary is an individual or organization that works closely with school systems,higher education,local business and labor, industry associations, community-based organizations,and local government to secure the involvement and build capacity of employer partners in support of career-connected learning programs. The program,which is co-hosted by the district and the city,will implement strategies for employer recruitment and preparation for hosting high school student interns,mentorships,and career exploration partners during summer of 2021. Upon completion of the summer program,the district and the city intend to conceive the design and launch of a permanent regional intermediary. This intention is to build the district's internal capacity to become capable of sustaining the program. III. BACKGROUND The district entered into a contract on February 1A,2021.for Phase 1 of the 2021 Everett Career Link program to"Developmen t of Three Mode Internship Model; Recruitment of Career Link Employer Partners"This phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in April 2021. Concurrent with Phase the district conducted Request for Proposal,RFPw:20/21.to accomplish the scope of work identified in phases 2-4. Phase 2: Plan Development and Recruitment for Everett Career Link:Mentorship and Exploration Program;Employer Support for Everett Career Link I May—June 2021 Phase 3:Program Support for Employer Hosts and Partnerships;Everett Career Link: Career Up!Model Development and Employer Commitments!July—August 2021 Phase¢:Design and Launch of Permanent Intermediary Program'September—October 2021 The outlined prescriptive work is to occur over the time period identified with specific deliverables and detailed work product. Given there were no responses to the RFP and the scope of work that needs to be done, district is making efforts to accomplish much of the work in-house. The ongoing partnership with the City of Everett(city)has created significant opportunity for students across the district to obtain real life experiences in the working world.The demand continues to exceed the available mentorship options and it is the desire of all parties to expand this program.Following the RFP process discussions ensued with the district, city and d the contractor,Shannon Affholter,to explore alternatives to fulfill the district's requirement. The parties have agreed to reduce the scope of work defined in.RFPio:20/21 by shifting the more operational work from the contractor to district staff.The role for a contractor is accordingly reduced leaving the intermediary development services including expanding and developing deeper corporate relationships at both the operational level and the business leadership level. IV. WORK The contractor will work in the community, on behalf of the district,to expand and develop deeper corporate relationships at both the operational level and the business leadership level. The contractor will