MISSION
Stark Education Partnership is a catalyst, engaging and collaborating with education, business, civic and community stakeholders to drive sustainable improvement and innovation to provide all students with education and career success.
WHO WE SERVE
SEP serves education, business, and community organizations in the Stark County region as a connector and partner. SEP collaborates with local foundations to ensure a continued focus on meeting emerging needs and works in complementary fashion with other nonprofits throughout the region.
LATEST NEWS
Video Storytelling Inspires Stark County’s Future
Issues (October 17, 2025) – Written by guest columnist, Frank Greiner, Founder/Executive Producer at HDWERKS: At HDWERKS LLC, we believe in the power of storytelling to ignite inspiration and drive change. The Stark Career Pathways Explorer Series, our flagship collaboration with the Stark Education Partnership (SEP)...
Stark Education Partnership Announces 4th Season of Stark Career Pathways Explorer Series
EIN Preswire (September 9, 2025) – The 4th season of videos highlights local businesses, in-demand jobs in manufacturing, healthcare, tech, & more to inspire Stark County students. The Stark Career Pathway Explorer is a valuable career exploration resource for Stark County students and community members seeking to...
Making an Impact: SEP's FY25 Year in Review
Issues (June 3, 2025) – Stark Education Partnership (SEP) provides career support to students, employers, and schools through its focused career-connected learning (CCL) endeavors. Progress continuously occurs through intentional actions aligned with our vision of building generations of successful individuals who fulfill their...
The Vision: Where Are We?
Issues (May 23, 2025) – Stark Education Partnership's (SEP) vision is to build generations of successful individuals who fulfill their career potential and grow roots in Stark County. While this is our organization’s stated vision, it is more accurate to refer to it as our community’s vision, because it followed more than 100...
Career paths: Marathon Petroleum hosts field day for area students
The Repository (May 7, 2025) – Students gathered around an engineering booth filled with clear jars of elements, such as sulfur, at Marathon Petroleum Corporation's career field day on Wednesday. They heard how the sulfur byproduct from oil refining is then used in products like fertilizer and even toothpaste. About 14 schools...
The Impact of Job Shadowing – 3 Student Stories
Issues (April 25, 2025) – Stark Education Partnership’s (SEP) three Career Champions have the opportunity and honor to guide and build relationships with remarkable students in the eleven Stark County high schools they serve. The following is an introduction to three of these students and their experience. (And, if you attend...
Student’s Worksite Experiences Equal Workforce Development – One Youth at a Time
Issues (March 21, 2025) – At Stark Education Partnership, our career-connected learning program relies upon the belief that real world experiences help young people to flourish personally, while gaining confidence and skills necessary to prepare them for the workforce...
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Trent Robinson
Stark County
Freshman
“YouScience helped me learn about myself…I always knew I was good with numbers, and the YouScience results confirmed that and helped me understand why. I think YouScience is interesting and useful for students – especially students who are searching for a career.”
Rick Baxter
Alliance Area Development
"Our schools and businesses are very excited for the work that SEP is doing to help students learn about career paths that fit their skills and interests – and then connecting those students with local businesses that have jobs matching those skills and interest. SEP is helping Alliance meet our biggest need, workforce development."
Kimberly Woodruff
Alliance High School Pre-Med CTE teacher