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What is the
PIE Center?
The Partnerships in Industry and Education (PIE) Innovation Center is a planned regional educational facility that will address the growing need to better prepare students for postsecondary careers and workforce opportunities. This unprecedented innovative Center, the first of its kind in Tennessee, will be located in the former American Uniform plant on Parker Street in Cleveland, TN. By having business, industry, secondary/postsecondary educational opportunities, and nonprofit services under one roof, students will be provided with the tools, education, and life skills needed to succeed.
Partnerships with TCAT-Athens, Cleveland State Community College, and Chattanooga State Technical Community College will provide students with dual credit, dual enrollment, industry certification, and a seamless transition into programming.
The PIE Innovation Center’s VISION will create an intensive, strategic student experience through collaboration with business, industry, and nonprofit organizations. This educational experience will give students a vision for their future through embedded work-based learning and experiential learning in STEM, changing learning pathways, and promoting design thinking.
What is the
PIE Center?
The Partnerships in Industry and Education (PIE) Innovation Center is a planned regional educational facility that will address the growing need to better prepare students for postsecondary careers and workforce opportunities. This unprecedented innovative Center, the first of its kind in Tennessee, will be located in the former American Uniform plant on Parker Street in Cleveland, TN. By having business, industry, secondary/postsecondary educational opportunities, and nonprofit services under one roof, students will be provided with the tools, education, and life skills needed to succeed.
Partnerships with TCAT-Athens, Cleveland State Community College, and Chattanooga State Technical Community College will provide students with dual credit, dual enrollment, industry certification, and a seamless transition into programming.
The PIE Innovation Center’s VISION will create an intensive, strategic student experience through collaboration with business, industry, and nonprofit organizations. This educational experience will give students a vision for their future through embedded work-based learning and experiential learning in STEM, changing learning pathways, and promoting design thinking.
Education and workforce development promote the concept of teamwork, of collaboration. The PIE Innovation Center truly makes this happen by providing students within our region:
- on-site business settings to engage in real-world work experiences;
- the necessary skills to be college and career-ready;
- state-of-the-art educational opportunities in CTE focus areas of welding, machining, mechatronics, chemical technology, Information Technology, Medium Heavy Truck Technology, Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP), advanced health sciences, and audio video production;
- work-based learning opportunities;
- post-secondary educational opportunities.
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The Partnerships in Industry and Education (PIE) Innovation Center is a planned regional educational facility that will address the growing need to better prepare students for postsecondary careers and workforce opportunities. This unprecedented innovative Center is the first of its kind in Tennessee. By having business, industry, secondary/postsecondary educational opportunities, and nonprofit services under one roof, students will be provided with the tools, education, and life skills needed to succeed.
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