Staff Support - A'Laura Bell
Meeting Time-4th Wednesday of Every Month at 5 p.m.

Mission Statement:
Develop relationships between the education and business communities by promoting educational excellence.

Good News Good News is an email distribution sent out once a week to Chamber members promoting the accomplishments of students in Guadalupe county.  To subscribe send an email to alaura@seguinchamber.com requesting that you be added to the distribution.  

 

The goal of the Family Friendly Business program is to increase parental and employee involvement in the education of area youth. The business strategies to achieve this goal recognize:

• the role education has in the economic development of the Seguin community;
• students without parental support are at a greater risk of not completing their high school education;
• due to the growing number of both parents employed, the need for business support to help employees in balancing work and family;
• and a business which is family friendly has a positive impact on the business  itself, families, and the community.

Friendly Business program incorporates a recognition plan for businesses, not a contractual agreement.  Businesses that are members of the Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce are eligible to apply for Family Friendly Business recognition by the chamber.  The chamber will recognize businesses as a whole who participate in the program.  The model has a rating component which the Education Partnership committee will use to select an outstanding Family Friendly Business to be presented at the annual banquet of the Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce.  This model for success seeks to share this Family Friendly Business program with neighboring chambers for area wide impact.  Finally, the model calls for the institution at the state level of a Texas Governor's Family Friendly Awards Program.

How do you become a Family Friendly Business?

Helpful tips for the Family Friendly Business

Family Friendly Business Letter of Committment

For more information on programs and initiatives of the Education Partnership Committee, please contact the chamber office.

1. Promote teacher appreciation through New Educators' Welcome and Teacher of the Year Reception
   
   • Teacher of the Year Reception the first week
     of March.
   • New Educators' Welcome in August.
   • Partner with and help promote the Teacher
     Appreciation Week to Chamber members through Chamber web,
     emails, newsletters, and pamphlets.
2. Recognize volunteer efforts through the Education
   Service Award.
   
• Review the guidelines. Proposals for
  amendments submitted to executive committee by July.
• Make nominations and select a recipient for
  the 2004 Education Service Award in August and make the
  presentation at the Chamber Banquet in October.
3. Continue implementation of Family Friendly Business
   Program.
   
   • Appointment of an ad-hoc committee to
     investigate the possibility of reinstating the program.
   • Committee recommendations to the executive
     board presented by January.
4. Promote continuing education and post secondary
   education in the Seguin area.
   
   • Identify local program opportunities and
     promote through Chamber web, emails, newsletters, and
     pamphlets.
5. Provide a presence on the Chamber's Industrial Relations
   Committee to strengthen communications between education and
   the workforce
   
   • Appoint a single representative responsible
     for keeping communications open.
   • Chamber presence to help promote the career
     fairs currently handled by the SBEC.
6. Disseminate information about and promote schools in the
   Seguin area
   
   • Provide Scrapbooks for real estate offices.
   • "Good News" emails. Identify sources
     responsible for making sure the good news gets reported.
   • Provide web support for area business
     members.