Know How Virginia

“Know How” is an invitation to learn something. It represents the knowledge, skills, proficiency, and attitudes needed to be successful at something.

KnowHowVirginia is a long-term public awareness campaign designed to:

• inform students and their parents, teachers, and counselors of rewarding career opportunities, particularly in high-demand and emerging fields;

• promote quality Career and Technical Education (CTE) in middle and high schools to support career exploration and preparation; and

• ensure a larger pool of qualified, motivated applicants for Virginia businesses and industries.

The campaign has two components:

• an Umbrella Campaign that provides basic information on careers, career exploration, and the benefits of Career and Technical Education (CTE);

• Career-specific Campaigns underwritten by private-sector partners seeking to cultivate greater pools of qualified candidates for specific types of jobs

Private Sector Partners

Public funding for VCEF has been supplemented by support from these private-sector partners:

2007-2008

Platinum ($25,000 and above)

• Northrop Grumman Newport News
• Pearson Education Resources

Gold ($15,000 – $24,999)

Silver ($10,000 – $14,999)

Bronze ($5,000 - $9,999)

Patron ($3,000 - $4,999)

Contributor ($1,000 - $2,999)

• Beyer Family Fund of the Alexandria Community Trust

Friend (Less than $1,000)

2006-2007

Platinum ($50,000 and above)

Gold ($25,000 – $49,000)

• Northrop Grumman Newport News

Silver ($10,000 – $24,000)

• Centra Health
• English Construction

Bronze (Up to $10,000)

• Robert Almond
• Glenn Anderson
• Babcock and Wilcox Companies
• Peter Blake
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Diversified Education Systems, Inc.
• ECPI College of Technology, Manassas Campus, VA
• ECPI College of Technology, Newport News Campus, VA
• ECPI College of Technology, Virginia Beach Campus, VA
• Edward Jones
• Glencoe/McGraw Hill
• Charles and Dorothy Hackworth
• Hackworth Reprographics, Inc.
• James River Air Conditioning Company
• Jewett Machine Manufacturing
• Kuder National Career Assessment
  Services, Inc.
• McGraw-Hill Companies
• MediCorp Health System
• Midwest Shop Supplies
• Old Dominion Glass
• Emily Richardson
• Ronald A. Williams, Ltd.
• Schievelbein Family Foundation Trust
• Spotsylvania Career-Technical Center
• Thomson Learning
• Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States
• Calvin Yarbrough

2005-2006

Platinum ($50,000 and above)

• Harrington Foundation, Adel, IA

Gold ($25,000 – $49,000)

Silver ($10,000 – $24,000)

Bronze (Up to $10,000)

• *Blair Marketing, Lynchburg, VA
• ECPI College of Technology, Manassas Campus, VA
• ECPI College of Technology, Newport News Campus, VA
• ECPI College of Technology, Virginia Beach Campus, VA
• Sarah Finley, Richmond, VA
• The McGraw Hill Companies, Highstown, NJ
• National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), Chapter #141, Richmond, VA
• National Occupation Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI), Big Rapids, MI
• Connie Rhoton, Gate City, VA
• Jesse White, Hampton, VA
• Ronald A. Williams, Ltd., Richmond, VA

2004-2005

Platinum ($50,000 and above)

• *WTKR-TV, Norfolk, VA

Gold ($25,000 – $49,000)

• Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, VA

Silver ($10,000 – $24,000)

• AMERIGROUP, Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA
• Carter Machinery Company, Inc., Salem, VA
• Centra Health, Inc., Lynchburg, VA
• English Construction Company, Inc., Lynchburg, VA
• MediCorp Health System, Fredericksburg, VA
• Norfolk Southern Foundation, Norfolk, VA
• Northrop Grumman IT, Herndon, VA
• Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Reston, VA
• Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA

Bronze (Up to $10,000)

• *Blair Marketing, Lynchburg, VA
• Boxley Materials, Roanoke, VA
• CACI International, Inc., Arlington, VA
• E. V. Williams, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA
• Halifax Regional Hospital, South Boston, VA
• Marine Hydraulics International, Inc./Ocean Marine
• Marshall Concrete, Danville, VA
• Martin Marietta Aggregates, Richmond, VA
• Military Sealift Command
• Permatile Concrete Products, Bristol, VA
• Emily Richardson, Williamsburg, VA
• Specialty Blades, Inc., Staunton, VA
• Virginia Automobile Dealers Association, Richmond, VA
• Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Falls Church, VA
• Virginia Wesleyan College/Virginia Beach Public Schools, VA
• W & L Construction, Chilhowie, VA
• Earle Williams, McLean, VA
• Calvin Yarbrough, Richmond, VA

* Approved in-kind support

Other Supporters in the KnowHowVirginia Network:

• Career Prospects in Virginia, Weldon Cooper Center, UVA, Charlottesville, VA

• Opportunity, Inc., Norfolk, VA (Hampton Roads Workforce Development Board)

• Peninsula Worklink, Hampton, VA (Greater Peninsula Workforce Investment Board)

• Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education, Richmond, VA

• Virginia Career VIEW, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Click here to find out how to support KnowHowVirginia.

KnowHowVirginia is an initiative of the Virginia Career Education Foundation in partnership with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Virginia Community College System, Virginia Department of Education, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, and the Virginia Employment Commission.