Tennessee Reconnect Ambassador Training

What is Tennessee Reconnect:
It is a free scholarship to community college or TCAT for adults.  It is the adult-equivalent scholarship of the Tennessee Promise, which is for high school graduates.  Here are the potential candidates for the scholarship:

• Any adult with less than an associate’s degree can go to community college for free
• Any adult (regardless of education attainment) can obtain a TCAT certification

 
Who is a Tennessee Reconnect Ambassadors:
An ambassador(s) will be the main representative(s) within your organization that helps increase the awareness to your workforce about this great scholarship and is an internal resource to those candidates.  For reference, if you are a mentor for TN Promise, the role of the Reconnect Ambassador is similar to that of the mentor.  Often, the ambassador is a member of the HR team; however, it can be anyone or number of employees within an organization.  More specifically, here are some potential roles of the Reconnect Ambassador:

• Provide “pre-advisement” guidance and support
• Connect other employees to resources
• Schedule on-site services at employer (lunch-and-learn seminars, advisement services on-site, etc.)
• Offer on-going support for an adult returning to school
• Contribute to your organization building a pipeline of trained and academically qualified individuals.

More about Tennessee Reconnect’s Effort in Middle Tennessee: 
The Middle Tennessee Reconnect Community is a regional collaborative that provides free advisement to adults who want to begin, or return to, a postsecondary degree program. A team of advisors assists adults across Middle Tennessee to create a path “to-and-through” a degree program, with the goal of meeting the workforce needs of our region. MTRC also provides services to employers and provides on-site services. 

Please RSVP to Michelle Lazar at michelle@williamsonchamber.com