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RCS Beyond the Classroom Podcast: Dan Caldwell, Senior Manager for Learning Pathways with Nissan North America

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Dan Caldwell understands the importance of local industry being invested with local education. He recently sat down with RCS Communications Director James Evans and Communications Specialist Keith Ryan Cartwright to talk about Nissan's partnership with Rutherford County Schools, the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Smyrna and others, and about how those partnerships are creating amazing opportunities for both students and local manufacturers.

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tell everyone is James Evans with Rutherford County Schools I'm here as always with you training center for a tumor Thursday typically twice a day each day we can have as many as 60 people for tumor and if someone is interested in taking it too early Nissan Smyrna plant sometimes so you want to come see you. what time do you guys post a lot of schools around the area where plant tours we have a lot of interest in the Woody here which Disney bonds Training Center which is also a joint venture Tennessee College of Applied technology and so we can teachers can reach out to his to schedule those two recycling Wharton Nissan side Keith Ryan Cartwright beyond the classroom and I'm wondering what kind of reaction do you get from School Bus. What is the reaction from them afterward and a lot of times will have to Brave Little countries plant good example for you we Partners this year with Smyrna Middle School in some of their teacher at the Chamber of Commerce had a teacher externship first time representative pictures to administrators in Project resulted from the externship and it's worth the training center some of the eighth graders in the training center in the Rover truck show just amazing Automotive plant in North America virtually never stop We Run 3 shift we start on Sunday evening around 8 or 8:30 p.m. we can produce me 640,000 vehicle year Carline one vehicle every minute so we get a car or James White so typically and just kind of that everything comes together just talked about partnership and Inspire but how important is this for you guys as a company to be able to access at that age when they're getting ready to meet perhaps I should send to take a bath and we have three points. Smyrna Tennessee powertrain plant in Decherd in another vehicle plant in Canton Mississippi Nissan education sector Chamber of Commerce for us back in that pipeline in Phoenix Winchell 7 years in business May considered a one when they get a new employee comes on board. University community college technical school from my standpoint Elementary School that you open up not only careers with a technical competencies but they're going to need for the future technology is changing there's going to be in the future just really haven't been defined this is James Evans in wonder why as a school district are sitting here talking to someone from Nissan talk about Education Agency okay so probably the most is our partnership with the Tennessee College of Applied technology Nissan our own training operate 61 how how to the same building with the Tennessee College of Applied technology and industrial electrical maintenance Machining welding auto service auto collision repair in Murfreesboro they have computer programming graphic design they teach discipline that are vital to society that require a very high degree of skill and go to work so far instructors collaborate with instructors we share equipment as a rising tide raises All Ships so long term review Garden for our suppliers and, for the structure for automotive here in the county with me and with K-12 going to say is that amazing you're so involved through the chamber and with student eyeshadow be introduced public partnership partnered with post-secondary come close in Kingsport Eastman Chemical a smaller Training Center 60 mm volume 40% three times in your career POF tcat has a little over here so very large scale of what we do here that we reach human early photos of future careers so that we can get them in the right direction students in high school with two white because they have to be clear in area of focus when they're in the 8th grade so really to influence them to make sure they get in the right in the elementary will begin to get into Elementary Dexter we recently hosted in event with the Walter Hill Elementary it was in conjunction with the Tennessee theme festival with the Discovery Center and we hope assemble small conveyor skit and we have a driving school in just exposing it seems that you can have a meaningful Career and Technical feel very high demand for you all the time waits for you car race listen to you it makes sense why a large international company like Nissan would want to be involved in education but I'm wondering that probably wasn't always the case when is the company realize we need me to we've always had a focus on partnering in the community but I think that really accelerated when we started to come out of the Great Recession of 2010 22 time frames really accelerated additional product line afternoon the reason that we are here today equipment and Camp Rock we weren't so that's when we met decision externship program School cell 3D Santi education program are placing a machine tool Technology Program at Rockvale working with cement machine. Knology program in high school I actually get dual enrollment credit towards very educational so they can already have 2016 program program High School daycare working at Nissan make me a really good salad Nissan or our for Machining we have some Machining companies here in the county that the wavelength relationship Nissan and rubber County schools and obviously is the bomb Under One Roof working together is that the Rutherford County ahead of the game are we thankful in Fort Smith chamber if your priority is was more concerned about having a pretty executive council meeting County Commissioners Council Rhonda Allen recently collaborated with Tennessee Honey in Rutherford County the ultimate compliment from that in small groups I've got some business planning problems all these. So I can do an exercise and we have five highways sectors we projected over the next 75 or Construction Information Technology manufacturing and Supply Chain management Information Technology construction specifically help Detroit partnership industry participation station sector so rewarding about the role is that I can see and kind of represent Nissan and use our influence in the community and put the positive way beyond the classroom podcast we also have another state University for the opportunity pass. stigma of a factory worker whatever it is actually just being here in the training request looking for you manufacture not very high-tech so we sit right here very well with some of the material industrial looking sale small component are Paris and we pray for her shift with the the different station stickers and Industry changing of mine and it is the parent cell battery that starts the 26th 70 an hour starting pay starting case yogurt for $34 an hour so technical program under the Tennessee promise scholarship step into an industrial maintenance roll with very challenging words that we have to tell so that doesn't just get the word out of sticky and don't start the jobs are in high demand that's the other part of major is not the case with these kinds of jobs there you said 100% placement from this facility into and he been told him so from the program future students and community members in January so we got industry pushing into it instead of talk to you to enroll in the program you're wondering is that it won't be the first time they've ever walk in the I'm thinking this is so many of our schools are taking tumors of the Nissan plant that there will come a point in time where whenever you hire someone who the Rutherford County native to go to apply that won't be the first time you go to interview someone like that again what a great access point for someone to say when I was in 5th grade I knew I wanted to work they've been kind of book coming into that never know what it is so last year school year Google trade in program and we had a Russian Video Battle Thomas driving toward ability and just this morning safety council meeting at her and told her that in my family my husband and I have a secondary education who didn't go to college but our son went to TK program and so he sees that he sees that you chewing construction face that no one in my family or receiving the email Achieva credential you had a great discussion about autonomous driving and it's symptom Regional planning meetings and things like that and things like that we all know that in the Nashville Middle Tennessee region traffic is Nightmare special coming out of Rutherford County drive with every morning until I get to hear first-hand experience as I am tonight at the backer board she's on Music Row and so I get to hear all about it everyday some discussion doing things like Mass quickly Nissan in pursuing a Salem City about the traffic jam train may not be the only answer found that percent do you think about driving northbound slow down with on ramps and off-ramps and merging in emerging out and you got going on we will communicate with each other traffic in and out I can read a book and be on the road at the same time that we ever grain amazing is that kids that are in school right now technology vehicle as I age up into driving in manufacturing Manufacturing even need a driver's license so then maybe the question becomes not so much am I capable of operate play equipment am I capable of being without a family member there with me and I'm mature enough to handle so now you're saying sacrifice one thing we always like to ask all of our gas is someone has been an influential teacher in their lives in that question back in Nashville for Silverton High School 2-hour block drafting teacher mr. Smith accuracy open frame Hiram's in Southfield Bactrim used to be called the vicar for Jamie in one day you seem to be a little traffic set alarm for 2 minutes and then talk to you about just thanking you for thank you again for I really interesting data save them to or see the Torah and just talk talk about all the opportunities did students have I it makes it obvious that I can be in high school again if it's just when you think she was changed so much you just past 20 or 30 years so thanks again for having us

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