Collaborators RWL Employers Facebook Linkedin Twitter Related Employers: Contact us to join the RWL Employer group and identify ways to get engaged with school districts [PDF] >Download the 2020/2021 Executive Committee Roster [PDF] >Download the RWL Collaborators resource [PDF] > The 2020-21 school year brought unprecedented challenges for school districts and businesses alike. Both have taken advantage of the disruption to provide innovative solutions for providing real world learning experiences to students including virtual and in-person internships, zoom career exploration, and client-connected projects. The following employers have actively engaged with our region’s school districts this year, getting us one step closer to our goal of all students graduating with a market value asset by 2030. Thank you! Please join this list of businesses supporting real world learning opportunities for students by taking this quick survey and someone from the RWL team will follow up. Scroll below to explore the 600+ employers engaged in this work. 18th & Vine Poet Laureate Glenn North 20/20 Leadership-Heather Hoel 21c Museum Hotel 2A Marketing 41 Action News 5 All A & A Electric, Inc. A3G Architects Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, L.L.P AdventHealth AHLA of Greater KC Air Associates AirGas Alan Muller Enterprises Align Chiropractic Care for Mommies and Babies All Things Independence (student-run store) All World Languages and Cultures Allegion Allied All-In Sports Allstate Insurance Amazon American Century Investments American Grinding American Jazz Museum American Public Square American Red Cross AMR Amteco Finishes Animed Animal Clinic Anita B. Discovery Center Apex Engineering ARC South Performance Training Army Arrowhead Vet Services Arvest Bank Associated Service & Insurances aSteam Village Athletico Physical Therapy (Overland Park and Olathe) Automatic Systems, Inc. Automation Engineering – KLG Manufacturing Aviation Institute of Maintenance Aylett Surveying B&B Theater Back in Time Balance Point Heating & Cooling Bank of Grain Valley Barham Family Farms (Wildflower Dreamz Farmers Market) Barth Financial Services Bayer Belton Fire Department Belton Police Department Belton Regional Hospital Belton Vet Center Benesch Civil Engineering Firm Benson Method Bernstein-Rein BGT Fitness BHC Rhodes Billy Goat Industries Biomicrobics Biz Fest (Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) Black & Veatch Black Rep Theater Bliss Plaza Event Blue Branch Manor Blue Peral Animal Hospital Blue Ridge Bank & Trust Blue Ridge Elementary Blue Valley Physical Therapy BNIM Bob Sight Ford Boost Physical Therapy and Sports Performance Bordner BOTS KC Brand Lab Brent Blevins Consulting Bridge Space Bridging the Gap Brillient Corporation Brookdale Senior Living Brown Industries Buckner Chamber of Commerce Builders Association Burge Bird Sanctuary Burns & McDonnel Bushyhead Law Firm BV Rec C&R Manufacturing C2FO CAPA Capital One Caring Hearts of Peculiar Carnegie Village Carpenter’s Union Carpenter’s District Council Greater St. Louis Carstar Cass County Cass Regional Medical Center CBIZ Centerpoint Medical Center Centric Centriq Cerner Cerner First Hand Foundation Cerner Innovations Cerner Kids Realization CerTek Ceva Biomune Charles Starkey CPA Cherry Sports Gear Children’s Mercy Hospital Chipman Animal Clinic Chive Cafe & Market Christian Brothers Automotive Cisco City Market City of Grandview City of Independence City of Kansas City City of Lee’s Summit City of Liberty Planning and Zoning City of Olathe Parks and Recreation City of Olathe Storm Water Management City of Olathe Water Quality Lab City of Peculiar City of Raymore City of Raytown Clanton Stable Clay County Public Health Clayview Country Club Cleveland University Cleveland University-Cadaver Lab Coffee Lunch Coffee Colonial Gardens Comets Commerce Bank Commerce Trust Community America Community Bank of Raymore Community Services League (CSL) Compassionate Family Care Complete PT Confluence Landscape Architecture Connection Coach KC Control Service Company Convivial Production Cordish Companies Core Physical Therapy Cornell Roofing & Sheet Metal Corporate Copy Print Corps of Engineers Power Plant Cosentino’s Price Chopper (Kearney Location) CPRO’s Inc Creative Blow Molding CREW Crossroads Hospice Crowley Furniture Curry Hospitality Custom Truck One Stop CVS DairyQueen (Kearney Location) Dave Richards Homes, Inc. D’creamery DDM Global Deanna Rose Farmstead DEG Digital Delmar Gardens of Overland Park Delta Dental DEMDACO Deogi Pointe Dept. of Homeland Security Dev Inc Dick Smith Ford District Administration Center DLR Group Dr. Alexander Dentistry Dr. Robert Tait D.D.S. Drones for Hire, LLC Drury Duncan Academy Edward Jones Empowered Electric Engineering Inter – Labconco Englewood Art Gallery Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 EP+Co Etiquette KC Evergreen Community (Olathe) Evergy Evolve Excelsior Springs Fire Department Excelsior Springs Hospital Farmers Insurance Faulkner’s Ranch Federal Courthouse FedEx Fike Corporation First National Bank of Omaha Fish Window Cleaning Fishtech Flash Performance Fort Osage Educational Foundation Fossil Forge Freckled Lamb Freeman Tool and Die Fulk Chiropractic Garmin Garver GEHA Geico George Owens Nature Reserve Giambalvo’s Good Will Industries Google Fiber Gould Evans Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) Graceland University Grain Valley Airport Grandview Animal Hospital Grandview Chamber of Commerce Grandview Fire Department Grandview PD Great Clips Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association Green Summit Animal Clinic Green Works Kansas City Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group – Groundwork NRG Gunselman Realty Team GVSD Early Childhood Center H&R Block Habitat for Humanity Hampton Inn Hampton Plumbing Hanger Prosthetics Harper’s Fabrics Harrisonville Animal Clinic Harry S. Truman Library and Museum HCA Health Midwest HCA Research Medical Center HDR, Inc. Healthcare for Children Heart to Heart International Heartland Therapeutic Riding Hello Lovely Salon Henges Insulation Herndon Career Center Hide N Seek Learning Center Hillcrest Hope Hillcrest KC Hire KC/KC Social Innovation Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Historic Garment District Museum HOK Architecture and Engineering Firm Holiday Inn Express Holland 1916 Hollis & Miller Architects Home Builders Association Homegoods (Liberty Location) Honeywell House and Renner Rentals Hulsing Enterprises Husch Blackwell Huston Contracting HyVee Hyvee Arena Identity Chiropractic IHop (Liberty Location) IN Kansas City Magazine incite Design Studio Independence Center Independence Chamber of Commerce Independence Fire Department Independence Parks and Recreation Independence Police Department Independence Power & Light Independence Technology Services Indian Hills Country Club InnovateHer KC Intellifarms Intouch Solutions Jackson County Health Department Jackson County Medical Examiner Jackson Creek Memory Care Japan Council of Greater KC Jason Vollmecke Chiropractic JC Penney Salon JCCC (Biotech and others) JE Dunn Construction Joe Hensen Consulting John Knox Village Johnson C. Smith University Johnson County Community College Johnson County Consolidated Fire District #2 Johnson County Fire Dept. Johnson County Med-Act Johnson County Orthopedics Johnson County Sheriff’s Department Johnson County Stormwater Management Johnson County, KS MED-ACT K12 Perform Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City Crime Lab Kansas City Fire Department Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra Kansas City Mavericks Kansas City Mayor’s Office Kansas City Microsoft Kansas City Missouri Health Department Kansas City Museum Kansas City Southern Kansas City Urban Youth Academy Kansas City Water Department Kansas City Zoo Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (via K-State) Kansas State School of Engineering Katie’s Catering Kaw Valley Greenhouse KC and STL Carpenters Union KC Black Rep Theater KC Braces+Kids KC Chapter of the All Girls Considered Podcast KC Comets KC Mavericks KC Perform KC Pet Project KC Rising KC Road Lawyers KC Social Innovation-William Dowdell-ReThink Youth KC Spay and Neuter KC STEM Alliance KC Tech Academy KC Tech Council KC Water KC Zoo Conservation/Commissary KCKCC (Tech Impact) KCMBF Law Academy KCMO Public Health Department KCP&L KCWJ Radio KDR Designer Showrooms Kearney Chamber of Commerce Kearney Eye Care Kearney Family Chiropractic Kearney Fire Department Kearney R-1 School District Kearney Water Department Kearney-Holt Can Kennedy’s Animal Hospital KFKF Radio Kiewit Engineering and Design KinderCare Kissick Construction Knowledge Works Kohl’s (Liberty Location) KS Department of Wildlife K-State College Advisers K-State STEP UP KU KU Edwards (Biotech programs and others) KU Med Implementation KU Medical Center KU Pharmacy KU School of Engineering KU School of Nursing Kueker Logistics Lakeside Nature Center Landmark Structures Law Office of Lynn Laffoon Lazer Tow Lazerdown Lee’s Summit HyVee #2 Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council Lee’s Summit Fire Department Lee’s Summit History Museum Lee’s Summit Medical Center Lee’s Summit PD Lee’s Summit Symphony Legacy Touch Leigh & O’Kane Lenexa Fire Department Lenexa Police Department Let It Fly Media Lever 1 LHS Athletic Department LHS Automotive LHS Technology Support Liberty Chamber of Commerce Liberty Hospital Liberty Montessori Center Liberty Park Dental Lillian James Lincoln Electric Linda Hall Library Lockton Lone Summit Ranch Long Veterinary Clinic Longhorn Steakhouse (Liberty Location) Longview Community College LPS Bus Barn LPS Communications Department LS Parks & Recreation LSR7 District Office LSR7 Education Foundation Lumen Touch Magna Main Event Center Make It Count Nutrition Manor Hill Elementary Man’s Best Friend MARC/KC Rising Marcia Ritter Consulting Mark One MarksNelson CPA MC Power MMC Corp MCC – Blue River & BT campuses MCC Health Sciences Institute MCC Longview MCC Penn Valley McCown Gordon McDonald’s (Kearney Location) Mechanical Internship – BNSF Railway MediaHead. Medical Lodge of Gardner Meinike Menlo Merriam Police Department Metropolitan Community College Mid America Regional Council Mid-America Nazarene University (Athletic Training) Mid-Continent Public Library Mid-Continent Tool & Molding MidWest Animal ResQ Mildred’s Restaurant Mind Drive Mission Organic Missouri Restaurant Association Missouri State University Misty River Equestrian Center MO Highway Patrol MO PLTW/ MO S&T Mo. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Mo/Kan Good Will-Kristen Wood MOJO Realty Montessori Children’s House of Blue Springs Morgan Miller Plumbing MoWest-Stacy Turner Mr. Craig Sundell – paleontologist Mr. David Dods – Rain Gardens/Environmental Restoration Mr. Thomas Showalter – aquarist KC Aquatics Solutions MU Business Department MU Engineering MU Immersive Lab MU Nursing MW Builders National Institute for Construction Excellence National Organization of Minority Architects National Park Service (via K-State) National Weather Service National World War I Museum and Memorial Nebraska Furniture Mart Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Nelson-Atkins Museum New Age Graphics New Mexico Tech. Next Gen Wealth Nicholson Wood Lot Nickel and Suede Niles Media Group Noble Chiropractic Norfleet Elementary Northland Family Care NorthPoint Development Northrup Grumman Northwestern Mutual Oak Pointe Retirement Home Olathe Family Vision Olathe Fire Department Olathe Medical Center Olathe Police Department Old Quindaro Museum Olsson Associates OmniLifeVR One Community Hospice One Kansas City Radio Orange Easel Art O’Reilly Overland Park Regional Hospital Ozark Tech Community College Papa Murphy’s Pizza Paradise Park Park University Patrick Hoopes Consulting Pauli Homes Peculiar Controls Pendrods Greenhouse Penn Valley HSI People to People International Performance Chiropractic Peterson Manufacturing Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Progressive Care Unit Pinnacle Rehabilitation (Olathe) Pizza Hut (Kearney Location) Plaas Associates Pleasant Hill Animal Hospital Plygem Polytainers Pool Fire Protection Powell Gardens Prairie Life Fitness Center (Now called The Athletic Club) PrepKC-Career Jumping-Candace Villanueva PrepKC-NEPRIS-Brittany Verette Pretty & Planned Price Chopper PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Principals Connect-Carol Hallquist Pro Circuit Inc. Pro Turf & Pest Solutions ProDeo Youth Center PT Solutions (Olathe) R&D/Leverage Radio Revolution Raymore Police Department Raymore Vet Clinic Raytown Central Middle Raytown Chamber of Commerce Raytown Education Foundation Raytown Fire/EMS Raytown Gregory Animal Health Raytown PD Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Henry W. Bloch School of Management at UMKC Research Medical Center Reside Home Group Resiliency 2.0 ReThink Youth Retired HR Executive-Michael Roane RG Federal Credit Union Rightfully Sewn Roasterie Rock Ridge Quarry Rockhurst University-Cadaver Lab Roger’s Sporting Goods Ronson Manufacturing Royal Creations Architectural Landscaping Royal Garage Doors Saddle & Sirloin Saint Luke’s Hospital Sallee Homes/Sallee Development Samaritan House of NKC (not sure if this is the actual name) Schloegel Design Remodel Schuff Steel Science City SeaLife Aquarium Security PS Select Physical Therapy SERC Physical Therapy Seyler Construction Shawnee Mission Medical Center Shawnee Mission Post Shep’s Place Shot Tracker Sibley Orchards Signal Theory Silvertooth Stables Sioux Chief Manufacturing Skip Grigsby Consulting Smile Doctors Smoothie King (Liberty Location) Soft WARFARE Sonic SoulcentricTea South KC Chamber of Commerce Southwood Elementary Speaks Family Funeral Home Speaks Family Legacy Chapel Spectrum Sporting Kansas City Spring Valley Elementary SS&C Technologies (formerly DST Systems) St. John LaLande Early Learning Center St. Joseph Medical Center St. Luke’s Health System St. Mary’s Hospital Staab Studios Stables Starkey + Company, LLC Startland KC State Bank State Beauty Supply State Farm State Street Steamboat Arabia Stewardship Capital Stillwell Animal Hospital and Equine Center Stockdale Farms Stoney Creek Hotels Stowers Institute for Medical Research Strickland Construction Strothertowne Pet Hospital Summers Pharmacy Summit Homes Summit Tech Academy Sunrise Montessori Supply Chain – Gamin Sylvan Learning Center Teacher Accelerator/Startland Foundation-Katie Kimbrell Team Cura TeamLogic IT Technology Group Solutions The Artisan Market the DeBruce Foundation The Future Project The Jewish Community Center The Kansas City Home Builders’ Association The Lean Lab The Learning Club The Nature Conservancy (via K-State) The Pilgrim Center The Tines Group, Inc. Think Big Partners Three Trails Animal Hospital Tico Productions T-Mobile Tool Designer – Honeywell KC Tortoise Capital Advisors Totta Hardwood Floors Transformation Visitation Home Tri-City Christian Preschool Truman Heartland Community Foundation Truman Heritage Habitat For Humanity Truman Library Truman Medical Center Turner Construction ULTRAX Aerospace UMB Bank UMKC UMKC Berkley (early childhood center) UMKC Health Sciences District UMKC Medical Center (PA School, Health Careers, etc.) UMKC School of Dentistry UMKC School of Engineering UMKC School of Law UMKC School of Medicine UMKC School of Pharmacy UMKC School of Nursing & Health Studies UMKC-Dr. Bradley Poos UMKC’s Henry W. Bloch School of Management Uncover KC Unity Village & Conference Center University of Central Missouri University of Kansas Health System University of Kansas Natural History Museum University of Kansas School of Geology US Army US Dept. of Energy – Kansas City National Security Campus Valley Broasters Valley Tax Services Veritas Architecture Versfeld and Hugo Immigration Law Veteran’s Community Project Vision Sports Voc Rehab Walsworth Publishing Company Ward Development Wayside Waifs Weber Orthodontics WeCode KC Wildlife Habitat Education Program (via K-State) Will Akin William Jewell College Wings of Love WNB Architects Woodcraft Woodmaster Tools Wood’s Feed and Grain Worlds of Fun YEPKC (Young Entrepreneurs of Kansas City) RWL Advisory Groups Facebook Linkedin Twitter Executive Committee The Real World Learning Executive Committee is made up of employers and school district and post-secondary education leaders. The committee reviews and approves changes to Market Value Assets (work experiences, dual-college credit, industry-recognized credentials, and/or entrepreneurial experiences) and other key resources to ensure equitable access and quality; cultivates support for employer-education engagement; onboards new leaders; and advocates for continuous learning and changes needed to achieve our vision of a world-leading, Real World Learning community. The committee meets monthly. Download the ’20/21 Roster [PDF] CEO Champions Group As part of the regional RWL initiative, KC Rising has recruited a small group of CEOs to help support and champion RWL. The committee is supported by four sponsoring organizations: Aligned, Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and Kauffman Foundation. The Civic Council provides the lead staff for the committee. The authority of the committee is advisory in nature. The initial scope of committee activity includes: Raise business community awareness around RWL.Review regional data and outcomes related to RWL and student attainment of MVAs.Advocate for necessary policy change to support RWL.Student attainment of MVAs. Community Collaborators Facebook Linkedin Twitter These organizations have helped shape the RWL initiative, ensuring its relevance for individuals, organizations, and communities across our region. They continue to work alongside us and many others to promote and expand the movement, so that all students can access RWL experiences. Education Intermediaries are collaborators focused specifically on providing services to districts, parents, and students. Many of them have specialized expertise, capacity, and flexibility to offer programming that meets a variety of needs. Meet the Intermediaries [PDF] Education Intermediaries KC Scholars KC Social Innovation Center (Hire KC) KC STEM Alliance Learning Collaborative Northland CAPS PrepKC Startland Young Entrepreneurs Program KC (YEPKC) Community Collaborators AlignED KCADC KC Chamber KC Civic Chamber KC Rising KC Common Good KC Global Design MARC