Corporate Academy
IEC’s Corporate Academy provides customized ESL
courses and workplace education on-site or on campus for specific employee
groups and companies. The Corporate Academy is designed to meet the specific
needs of an employer and their international employees. IEC instructors
meet with pertinent personnel to ascertain perceived inadequacies and
evaluate student language proficiency to design a format that meets the
needs of the organization.
The program opened in March of 2008 providing English Second Language
and training services at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) for 43
international employees.
“The on-site program has been critical for us – employee safety and patient safety depend on our employees’ ability to communicate. IEC has taken that extra step to understand our mandatory requirements for employees – Linda’s (IEC Education Director – Linda Huntzicker) really customized and tailored this program to fit our own needs. I know the managers of the employees in the class have been very supportive of the program.”
Twanya Hood-Hill,
Director of Organizational and Learning
Hennepin County Medical Center
The HCMC program has expanded to include two levels of instruction and a new program opened at Franklin Bakery.
“We’ve been very pleased with the results of the class provided by IEC – our employees are making more efforts to speak English and are starting to feel more comfortable with it. From an employer standpoint, customized on-site English language classes are extremely important. With our growth has come new software systems, new regulations and equipment. English comprehension has become more and more important – it’s now a requirement. It’s absolutely crucial for our employees.”
Rossanna Castellanos
Human Resource Manager
Franklin Street Bakery
Career Center Training
A program that provides industry training courses
designed to meet corporate/educational partner needs and introduces students
to career paths in specific industries.
Corporate Placement
The Corporate Placement program is an employment
network that connects international employees with local corporate employers.
Accent Reduction
The accent reduction program is offered for international
employees fluent in English but retaining native language accents that
challenges workforce communications.
Corporate Family
The corporate family program offers ESL programs for family members of employer recruited international employees to prevent spousal/family isolation and foster retention of international qualified personnel.
Diversity Training
The Imagine program is offered as a corporate diversity program.
- Educates American born employees on the culture and heritage of their international co-workers.
- Highlights the assets that new immigrants bring to a community and corporation pursuant to an emerging era of global labor forces and markets.
- Provides an interactive program that emulates the challenges of being an immigrant in any country
The program allows
American born personnel to experience life in the countries of their
international co-workers and the challenges of surviving in a country
where you do not know the language or culture. The knowledge of world
cultures and perspectives, coupled with an understanding of international
challenges prepares an organization to compete successfully in a global
market.
Corporate Partners
Corporate Partners participate in the corporate academy programs, provide tutors, mentors, internships, corporate career tours, shadowing programs, participation in job fairs and speakers for the career center.