Inside BERKS business

A five-day learning experience for educators

The Sovereign Center

There’s not a bad seat in the house.

The Arena

Ralphie May

FREE music and entertainment!June-August, 11:30-1:30,

Downtown Reading

Education, Salary, and Benefits

• High School Diploma- Master’s Degree

• $25, 000- $120,000

• Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Long-term and Short-Term Disability, Employee Assistance

Greatest Assets

• Put Reading, PA on the Map

• Center of Reading

• Host of Reading Royals with State-of-the-Art Ice Plant Equipment

• Builds Sense of Community

Technology

• Company-Wide Booking Program

• Three Ticketing Systems

Greatest challenges

• Inviting people to spend discretionary funds on entertainment

• Make profit

• Layoffs• Analysis of costs-------

Keep lights off when not in use, no raises, no bonuses

• Best shows with which to entice public

Skills Needed

• Speak well

• Write well

• Interact professionally with co-workers and others

• Create relationships with others

• Leadership

• Volunteering

Curriculum Connections

• Talk about experience with inside Berks business

• View and discuss overview of experience

• Related activities

-vocabulary

-discussion

-skit

Academic Standards

• 13.2 Career Acquisition

• A. Apply effective speaking and listening skills used in a job interview.

• 13.3 Career Retention and Advancement

• A. Evaluate personal attitudes and work habits that support career retention and advancement.

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