MEATA’s 2023 Spring Apprenticeship Conference took place at the Black Lake Conference Center in Onaway on May 23-25, 2023. The conference was packed with valuable and insightful apprenticeship presentations and networking opportunities with Michigan's leaders in Registered Apprenticeship expansion and delivery.

Place:

UAW Black Lake Conference Center
2000 Maxon Rd, Onaway MI 49765
Website: www.uawblacklake.com
Phone: 989-733-8521

Conference Fee:

  • General Admission (non-educator): $400
  • Educators: $350
  • Presenters: $0
  • Golf Outing: $125 additional fee

 

 

AGENDA

Download the agenda here!

 

 

MEATA Kicked Off the 8th Annual National Apprenticeship Week with Its
2022 Fall Drive-In Conference in Frankenmuth, Michigan on November 9th.

The “Expanding Registered Apprenticeships Together” theme for the conference was resonated throughout the entire day with jam-packed, informative sessions. Our professional leaders and guest speakers hosted presentations from expanding apprenticeships through diversity, equity, inclusion and justice to engaging and supporting the youth populations through pre-apprenticeship training.

MEATA understands the importance of apprenticeship and the people who are doing this work!  Registered Apprenticeship provides a critical talent pipeline to address workforce shortages, and is a proven industry-training model that responds to our economy’s needs.

MEATA also celebrated the day with an awards ceremony, a tradition, to honor all the great successes in Registered Apprenticeship. 

Two MEATA awards were presented. The ‘Pre-apprentice of the Year’ award went to Terrell D. Terrell is now a Registered Apprentice, working full-time, attending classes and making good wages. He adores his family and just purchased a new home!  

The second award went to our very own, U.S. DOL Office of Apprenticeship State Director, Russ Davis, for MEATAs ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in Registered Apprenticeship.  Russ is our fierce yet humble leader in Michigan! He is dedicated, passionate and very well respected among everyone in Michigan and around the states. Russ, without a doubt, is everywhere talking about Registered Apprenticeship, from roadshows, apprentice celebrations, articulation signings, to RACE days, RAPID events, and more!

Congratulations to you both!!!

As always, a big THANK YOU to all of our MEATA members who continue to think BIGGER and ELEVATE Registered Apprenticeship.

Also, many thanks to our generous sponsors and to those working behind the scenes who made this conference a celebration!  (picture enclosed and attached)

MEATA Executive Board
Kevin Green – President
Andrea Morrow – Vice-President
Annette Norris – Treasurer
Cameron Albring – Secretary
Russ Davis – US DOL OA State Director
Steve Long – US DOL ETA
Scott Jedele – MDE-LEO
Amy Burns-Bailey – Outreach Representative
Sue Roche – Post-Secondary School
Ben Wallace – Secondary School
Jamal Al – Labor Representative
Justin Zielinski – Industry Representative

#NAW2022 | November 14-20, 2022
www.apprenticeship.gov/NAW

“Celebrating 85 years of Registered Apprenticeship”

On August 12th, 2022, the MEATA Executive Board heard from interested members on serving the Board in various vacant positions.

The MEATA Executive Board voted unanimously on the following new Board Officer and Members for 2022. Please see results in yellow highlight below and congratulations!

Please note also, that MEATA still has opportunities for all to serve such as events chair and planning committee members.

Thank you everyone, and again congratulations to our new Board Officer and Members.

MEATA Executive Board
     -Kevin Green, Deb Schultz (former VP), Annette Norris, and Cameron Albring

 

Position

Term

Board Member

President

2 years

Kevin Green

Vice President

1 year

Andrea Morrow - UAW

Treasurer

2 years

Annette Norris

Secretary

2 years

Cameron Albring

Outreach Representative

2 years

Amy Burns-Bailey -Northwestern Michigan College

Labor Representative

1 year

Jamal Al

Business Representative

1 year

Justin Zielinski – ITS

Secondary School Representative

2 years

Ben Wallace - Marshall Public Schools

Post-Secondary School Representative

1 year

Sue Roche – Delta College

Past President

2 years

VACANT

State of Michigan LEO Representative

Appointed

Scott Jedele

U.S. DOL OA State Director  

Appointed

Russ Davis

U.S. DOL Apprenticeship Training Representative

Appointed

Steve Long

 

The Michigan Apprenticeship and Training Association (MEATA) held its first in-person conference since 2019 on May 24-26, 2022 in Acme, MI.   The two-day conference was made possible by our generous donors: Oakland County Michigan Works, Michigan Construction Laborers’ Local 1076, Operating Engineers Local 324, Michigan Regional  Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, Michigan Laborers Training and Apprenticeship Institute and the Carl D. Perkins Consortium grant.

To kick off ‘Expanding Registered Apprenticeships Together’ was our very own State Director, Russ Davis from the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship and all three of his Apprenticeship Training Representatives: Marybeth Koski, Tiffanie Clawson and Steve Long. 

Both days were full of educational and networking sessions with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Apprenticeship, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, Michigan Department of Education/OCTE, trade and labor organizations, WIN (Workforce Intelligence Network) and intermediary, employers, vendors, workforce development agencies, as well as secondary and post-secondary educators from around the state.

The conference had its first in-person, RAPIDS (Registered Apprenticeship in a Day) singing ceremony since 2019 with sponsor, Habitat for Humanity and Northwest Michigan Works, an articulation agreement signing ceremony with Northwestern Michigan College’s Construction Management Program and the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, sponsored employer, Precision Plumbing & Heating, Inc. presenting on their DOL approved, HVAC Installation occupation and 9 apprentices; as well as two awards presented for Apprenticeship Employer of the Year going to Great Lakes Water Authority in Detroit and Apprenticeship Educator of the Year being awarded to Oakland Community College.

Those in attendance were also enlightened by Genesee County Sheriff, Christopher B. Swanson, not only a motivational speaker but creator of the IGNITE (Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education) program which is also working with the US DOL on CDL Registered Apprenticeships.  

Many thanks to all those in attendance who made the 2022 MEATA spring conference a success!

MEATA Executive Board Members:

Kevin Green – MEATA President
Debbie Schultz – MEATA Vice President
Annette Norris – MEATA Treasurer
Cameron Albring – MEATA Secretary

We had a great one-day conference at Kirtland Community College's beautiful Grayling campus on November 10th.

Here is a recording of the conference:

 

Thanks to everyone who presented and to all of the in-person and virtual attendees!

MEATA's 2021 Apprenticeship Virtual Spring Conference may be over, but you can relive the event (if you attended) or experience it for the first time (if you didn't). Here is a recording of the event:

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