Event Summary

Supporting Workforce Development through our Schools and Community Organizations

Excellence in Education is an economic development initiative for Kent County, Delaware to:

• Serve as a guide to Kent County’s schools to highlight the collective attributes and innovative achievements of each of them while stressing the important role our schools play in workforce and economic development.

• Support speciﬁc programs in our local schools and community organizations that focus on workforce and economic development with a grant program funded by local businesses and organizations.

• Recognize and support an interaction between the schools and community organizations, and the businesses that rely on them for workforce and economic development.

2021 Excellence in Education Resource Guide:

You can view last year's Excellence in Education Resource Guide by clicking the cover image below. The 2022 Resource Guide will be available at the Awards Dinner on November 2, 2022. In addition, it will be distributed by the Kent Economic Partnership when promoting Central Delaware for economic growth opportunities. It will also be available for viewing online.

Grant Awards:

The award recipients for the 2021 grant program were announced during a dinner event in November of last year.

For 2022, the event will be held on Wednesday, November 2 at the Delaware State Fair Exhibit Hall. The event will include a networking reception with a cash bar, a buffet dinner, a brief program on the role workforce development plays in our local economic growth and the presentation of the 2022 grants, plus the 2023 grant opportunities will be announced at the end of the event.

In addition, the evening will include these panelist who will discuss the impact of the grants from EiE on their programs and the importance of providing ongoing educational opportunities in workforce development throughout the area.

Adam Kramer

State Director

Green Beret Project - Grant Awardee 2021

Will Grimes

Director of Operations

NCALL Research, Inc.

Launcher Program- Grant Awardee 2021

Jeremy McEntire

Assistant Director of Polytech Adult Education

Polytech High School - Grant Awardee 2020

Desa Burton

Executive Director

Zip Code Wilmington

Veronica Palomino

Human Resources Specialist, Training and Recruitment

EAGLE GROUP

Individual event tickets are available through October 25 at dsnevents@iniusa.org or 302-741-8200.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information about how you can support this economic development initiative, please contact Tonda Parks at 302-270-8663 or tparks@iniusa.org for more information.

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