Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital hosted more than a dozen 5th- through 12th-grade teachers from schools throughout the region as part of the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey’s Summer Institute for Educators. The teachers heard from Jefferson Health leaders and clinicians on how to prepare their students for careers in the healthcare industry and took a tour of the Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital campus.
The Summer Institute for Educators is a three-week-long summer program that helps teachers from Bridgeton, Camden, Cherry Hill, Folsom, Medford, Mullica Hill, Pemberton, Sewell, Sicklerville, Vineland, Woodstown, and Woolwich Township keep pace with changes in the business community while providing tools for them to better prepare their students — our future workforce.
The goal of the Institute is to build a link between the business and education communities by: familiarizing teachers with key economic, business and public policy issues that impact business and industry; providing teachers with a better understanding of the skills and characteristics their students will need to be successful in the workforce; and, involving participants in team projects to develop curriculum that incorporates the lessons of the Institute in the classroom.
Since the institute’s inception 30-plus years ago, more than 700 teachers from dozens of South Jersey schools have “graduated,” impacting more than 65,000 students.