1. education
2. school

2014
ANNUAL REPORT
Dear Friends,
GPS Education Partners makes a tremendous impact on the lives of young people. We have designed
a rigorous and relevant educational model that leverages the expertise of business and community
partners. By bringing critical partners to the table, we are able to provide students with a unique
model that applies a personalized learning approach while blending theory and practical application in a real time work environment. The credits and credentials achieved through GPS not only
result in a high school diploma, but also support an accelerated pathway to career employment and
continuing education.
As we reflect on our 2014 fiscal year, it was a time of immense growth as we simultaneously made
great strides toward an even greater future. In the following pages, you’ll see that we continue to
expand our offerings in the state of Wisconsin, reaching more students than ever. You’ll find our
financial position to be stronger. You’ll meet some of our students through their stories of
challenge, triumph, and hope. And you’ll see our vision for the future, in which an integrated
learning model meets immersion into businesses beyond the borders of our state.
As ever, our growth and success is attributable to our students, who commit to a challenging new
lifestyle that puts them in the “real world” for the first time; our staff, who works tirelessly to
instruct our students, innovate our methods, and improve our growing suite of educational options;
and you, our supporters and partners. We could not hope to succeed without your continued partnership. As you read the following pages, I ask that you keep that fact in mind—we couldn’t do this
without you.
With enduring appreciation for all that you do for GPS Education Partners and our students,
Stephanie Borowski
Stephanie Borowski
GPS President
Friends,
The past year has been another outstanding year for GPS Education Partners. Our fifteen education
centers immersed within the manufacturer's facilities offer our students the best school to work
experience. Our students work side by side adult mentors as youth apprentices learning technical
skills and strong work ethics. We are proud that GPS Education Partners offers more apprenticeship
opportunities than any other program in the state of Wisconsin.
Our education model and specially designed curriculum challenges our students as evidenced by the
MSCC assessment. This national Production Technician Certification recognizes rigorous
individual achievement. The class of 2014 Graduating Seniors have scored significantly higher than
the national average and our high graduation rates for more than a decade continues to reflect
our proven track record of success. We are honored that our innovative Advanced Manufacturing
Certificate Pathway developed in partnership with Generac and GE and Kettle Moraine High School
has already gained such positive attention from state and national groups focused on workforce
development.
We are confident for our future success. We are enjoying unprecedented growth in staff and resources to guarantee our goal of being the premier transformative education model to meet the
needs of our students and the needs of business. The collaborative process to find partners committed to developing high performance outcomes is ongoing. These are exciting times where the
attention has turned to find "solutions" to workforce development and student employability
concerns. The GPS Education Partners is that solution.
Dawn Tabat
Dawn Tabat
Board Chairperson & Founding Director
Mission
GPS Education Partners is
an innovative education
model that uniquelY
prepares students to
succeed in technical
careers and promotes
viability for business.
GPS education partners
aspires to be a NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED, disruptive
educational model THAT
REVOLUTIONIZES how
students prepare for
a technical career.
Vision
15
294
96%
90%
historical
graduation
rate
189
education
centers
graduates
to date
students
enrolled
average
attendance
rate
43
school partners
from 35 districts
115
80+
business
partners/donors
additional
donors
Our business partnership with GPS is critical to
ensure we have the trained, skilled workforce
necessary to remain competitive on a global stage.
Steve Dyer, President, Trostel
Statewide Expansion
In 2014, GPS Education Partners
expanded its presence across the state by
opening education centers in Eagle,
Peshtigo, North Milwaukee, Jackson,
Franklin, and Lake Geneva.
GROWTH
National Expansion
In 2014, GPS Education Partners began
gathering resources for planning to launch
national expansion of its award-winning program.
GPS Education Partners Moves To Larger Space In Butler
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DWD Awards Grants For School-To-Work Programs
MPS Takes A Look At Intensive Technical Training Proposal
BPM, Inc. Ribbon Cutting For GPS Education Partners
MPS, GPS Education Partners Receive Wisconsin YA Grants
GPS Graduates Largest Apprentice Class In State
Businesses Must Embrace The Multi-Generational Workforce
STRATTEC To Host New GPS Education
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Education centers in the City of Milwaukee open at Strattec Security Corporation and Capitol
Stampings Corp. thanks to the generous support of the MMAC Council of Small Business
Executives and the Helen Bader Foundation (now Bader Philanthropies, Inc.).
BPM, Inc. Education Center opens in Peshtigo, which leads to our first out of state business
partnerships (Anchor Coupling, Inc. and R.W. Fernstrom in Menominee, MI and
Tyco Fire Protection Products in Marinette, MI).
RAM Tool in Grafton welcomes GPS students and staff by becoming a GPS Education Center.
With the support of United Way of Waukesha County, GPS has extended its commitment to students by
planning and launching a Parent Engagement Program to foster positive communication and relationships,
as well as increase parental involvement with their children’s education as engaged partners and primary
influencers of character and success. The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have, by Laura
and Malcom Gauld, serves as a tool and resource for the group.
The majority of GPS students graduate with nationally recognized Certified Production Technician
(CPT) Certification from the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC), a GPS program
offering made possible by the Harley-Davidson Foundation.
GPS Education Partners graduates the largest apprentice
class in the state of Wisconsin- 74 graduates!
SPECIAL THANKS TO...
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Thanks to your generosity, GPS Realized a 91%
increase in revenues from fundraising & Donations in
2013-2014. These funds were used to establish an Advanced
Manufacturing Certificate PatHWAY for students.
REVENUES & SUPPORT
2013-2014
2012-2013
Business Sponsorships
$1,180,646
$775,562
Investment Income $34,855
$28,444
School District Funding & Fees $1,287,430
$936,291
Fundraising & Donations $461,131
$252,555
Gains For Future Use $694,434
N/A
Grant Income $567,225
$46,500
TOTAL$3,531,289$2,039,352
EXPENSES
2013-2014
2012-2013
Manufacturing Certificate Pathway
$2,220,378
$1,613,152
Advanced Manufacturing Certificate Pathway
$209,867 $169,527
Administrative & Management $197,180
$152,440
Development
$227,430 $203,616
TOTAL$2,836,855$2,138,735
SUPPORT IN EXCESS OF EXPENSES
In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, GPS Education Partners received $694,434 in support
that was directed to fund national growth planning and expansion of program
offerings for students and businesses in 2015 and beyond.
85% OF ALL EXPENSES DIRECTLY
FUND STUDENT PROGRAMMING.
Program revenue includes
sponsorships from local
Grant Income 16% manufacturing business
Business Sponsorships 33% Fundraising and Dona<ons 13% partners, school
districts, corporate
and state foundation
Investment Income 1% grants, fundraising
activities and
School
District
School District Funding and Funding and
Fees
Fees 37%37% individual
donations.
Program COSTS include core
education of students,
partnership development,
Expense Total parent & community
engagement, youth
Development 8% Administra.ve and Management 7% apprenticeship facilitation,
and providing the
opportunity to earn
stackable credentials
Advanced Manufacturing Cer:icate Pathway 7% for continuing education
and career options.
Manufacturing Cer.ficate Pathway 78% BOARD OF DIRECTORS & ADVISORS
Dawn Tabat
Board Chairperson & Founding Director
Generac Power Systems, Inc.
Executive VP of Community & External Relations
Patricia Deklotz
Board Vice Chair
Kettle Moraine School District
Superintendent
Shannon Gilbertson
Accenture
Operations Managing Director- Technology
Jonathon Means
Manpower
Vice President, General Manager- Midwest Division
Lisa Olson
Hartford Union High School District
District Administrator
David Vetta
Board Treasurer
First Business Bank- Milwaukee
President & CEO
Denine Rood
Waukesha County Technical College
VP of Learning
John Schliesmann
Board Secretary
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Attorneys
Shareholder
Mary Scheibel
Trefoil Group
Principal
Bryan Albrecht
Gateway Technical College
President
Debbie Seeger
Patina Solutions
Sr. Vice-President & Co-Founder
Marvin Bynum
Godfrey Kahn, S.C.
Attorney
William Treffert
Generac Power Systems, Inc.
Retired CEO
Steve Dyer
Trostel, Inc.
CEO
Karen Wilken
The Kern Family Foundation
Program Director
Development Committee
Debbie Seeger- Chair
Shannon Gilbertson- Co-Chair
Mary Scheibel- Co-Chair
Jonathon Means
Karen Wilken
Advisors
Ryan Fitzgerald - Prefix
Claire Flitcroft - M3 Insurance
Vicki Fox - Eisen Fox
Curt Hoffmann - GRAEF USA
Terri Isabell - Terri Isabell Consulting
Wendy Labinski - UW Milwaukee
Kelly Rudy - The Paranet Group
Melissa Schneyder - US Bank
Finance Committee
David Vetta- Chair
Steve Dyer
John Schleissman
William Treffert
Advisors
Don Kossow - Schenk SC
Steve McGuire - US Bank
Education Committee
Lisa Olson- Chair
Bryan Albrecht
Marvin Bynum
Patricia Deklotz
Denine Rood
Advisors
Eric Radomski - Milwaukee Public Schools
Rick Steinke - Sentry Equipment
Executive Committee
Dawn Tabat- Chair
Patricia Deklotz
John Schleissman
David Vetta
Advisors
Debbie Seeger - Patina Solutions
Steve Dyer - Trostel
Eric Reisner - Comfort Systems USA
Brian White - Retired CEO
of GE Waukesha Gas Engines
THANK
YOU!
PARTNERS & DONORS
School District Partners
Appleton School District
Arrowhead School District
Burlington School District
Cedarburg School District
East Troy School District
Germantown School District
Grafton School District
Green Bay Area School District
Hartford School District
Kettle Moraine School District
Kettle Moraine School District – AMCP
Kewaskum School District
Marinette School District
Menasha Joint School District
Menomonee Falls School District
Mequon Thiensville School District
Milwaukee Public Schools
Mukwonago School District
Muskego Norway School District
New Berlin School District
Oak Creek School District
Oconto School District
Peshtigo School District
School District of Brown Deer
School District of West Allis-West Milwaukee
Slinger School District
Sussex Hamilton School District
Waterford School District
West bend School District
Westosha School District
Whitnall School District
Wilmot School District
Business Partners/Donors
AAA Sales & Engineering
Allied Plastics, Inc.
Allis Roller*
Alto Shaam
Amalga
Anchor Coupling
Aptar
AS Pindel
Axcessor
Badger Alloy
Belmark
BPM, Inc.*
Bradley Corporation
Brady Corporation
Columbia Grinding
Create-A-Pack
Danfoss
Desert Aire
Dickten Maasch Plastics, Inc
Dueco
Dynatect (f/k/a A&A Manufacturing)
THANK
YOU!
*Host an Education Center
EDL Packaging Engineers, Inc
Elite Finishing
EMT International Inc.
Eutectic Corp.
Exacto Spring
GE Waukesha Gas Engines
Generac Power Systems*
Glenn Rieder
Goodrich UTC
Grob Inc.
Grover Corporation
Gruber Tool & Die
Harley-Davidson Motor Corp.
Husco International
Hypro
InPro
International Thermal Systems
ITU AbsorbTech*
J.W. Speaker Corp*
Jorgensen Conveyors
Kapco
KI
KS Kolbenschmidt
Lakeside Manufacturing*
Laminations
Lavelle Industries
Lindquist Machine Corp*
Mahuta Tool
Mantel Machine Products
Matrix Packaging Machinery
Molded Rubber & Plastics
National Technologies*
Nordco, Inc.
Paper Machinery Corp.
Perlick
Plastic Components, Inc.
Plexus*
Power Test
R&B Wagner Companies
Ram Tool, Inc.*
Raphael Industries
Reliable Plating Works
Rexnord
Romo Durable Graphics
RR Donnelley
Rytec*
Senior Flexonics
Sentry Equipment
Signicast
Spiros
SPX Transformer Solutions
Standard Machine Company
Steel Craft Corp
STRATTEC Security Corp*
Super Steel
Surface Mount Technology
Tailored Label Products
Triton Trailors, LLC
Trostel, LTD*
Tyco Fire Products
Waukesha Metals*
Weimer Industries
Wisconsin Precision Casting
Wisconsin Stamping & Manufacturing
Additional Donors
Michael & Mary Altschaefl
Mary Baer
Lou Banach
Brady Corporation
Carroll University
Jeffrey Clark
Brian Cota
Debra Crawford
Patricia DeKlotz
Patrick Diem
Eisen Fox
First Business Bank
Fox Valley Technical College
Karin Gale
Garland Enterprise
Generac Power Systems, Inc.
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Frank Habib
Harley-Davidson Foundation
Helen Bader Foundation
Luis Hernandez Jr.
Gary Hill
John & Mary Hummer
Husco International, Inc.
IEWC Global Solutions
Jannsen & Co.
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Suzanne Kelley
Laurie Kennedy
Lato Family Foundation, Inc.
M3 Insurance
Metropolitan Milwaukee Asociation of Commerce
Gordon Michaelson
Milwaukee Economic Development Corp
Milwaukee School of Engineering
MMAC’s Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE)
NEW Manufacturing Alliance
Lisa Olson
Thomas Parks
Roger Pascavis
Marcia & Greg Peterson
Prefix Public Relations
Prestwick Group, Inc.
REACH (Real Estate Alliance For Charity)
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Denine Rood
Kathleen Ruehlow Marital Trust
Cynthia Schaus
Mary Scheibel
Schenck SC
John Schliesmann
Smart Interactive Media
Gary Strand
Dawn Tabat
Norma Tabat
Tabat Family Foundation
Target Corporation
The Paranet Group
William & Selma Treffert
Treffert Family Foundation
Trefoil Group
United Way in Waukesha County
United Way of Milwaukee
Karen Vanderheiden
David Vetta
Washington County Economic Development Corp.
Waukesha County Technical College
WI Department of Workforce Development
WI Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Gail Wilson
Wisconsin Energy Foundation
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