FutureMakers Coalition conducts the Workforce Employer Survey annually and uses the data to inform our SW Florida network, specifically the education partners, about employer needs and opportunities to work better together to ensure the desired qualified workforce is available to the region’s employers.

In this issue: FutureMakers Partner Spotlight, A Working Revolution!, Calling all FutureMakers, Upcoming FutureMakers Events, Courageous Conversations, Data Reports and What We Are Reading.

The upcoming annual Education and Workforce Outcomes Report relies heavily on federal and state databases and presents data at the regional and county levels for the five counties in southwest Florida. Past newsletter articles have explored other data sources that allowed us to drill down further to specific county zip codes. This article continues the exploration of data sources at the school level.

In this issue: FutureMakers Partner Spotlight, Annual Workforce Employer Survey, Calling all FutureMakers!, Upcoming FutureMakers Events, Courageous Conversations, Data Reports and What We Are Reading.

As the Data & Reporting Team assembles this year’s Educational and Workforce Outcomes Report, we will be reaching out to the Coalition’s network, many of whom ARE the educators, parents, and students who found the resilience to meet the daily COVID challenges, to add their stories and to provide context around the educational outcome statistics.

Michelle Gonzalez became a FutureMaker at the start of the 2020 school year with the Access & Entry team. With 20+ years of higher education experience, she serves as a…