Construction Ready | Future Builders 2025 — Transcript

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1. 0:00It's amazing to see what they do and the
2. 0:02teamwork and the collaboration that goes
3. 0:04with it is amazing, right?
4. 0:09[Music]
5. 0:20My name is Clint Puit. I'm the director
6. 0:21of program development at Construction
7. 0:23Ready. The benefits of the elementary
8. 0:24school construction program are
9. 0:26phenomenal. Uh, not only do the kids get
10. 0:28to use tools, learn how to use basic
11. 0:30hand tools and power some power tools,
12. 0:33they go home, they tell their parents
13. 0:34about it, um, they have they want to
14. 0:36sand it and they love building. It's it
15. 0:39they really get a a joy for going to
16. 0:41school that they didn't have before. Hi,
17. 0:42I'm Michelle Reynolds. I teach at Whitlo
18. 0:45Elementary at Foresight County and I am
19. 0:46the STEM teacher. It has been an amazing
20. 0:49opportunity that construction ready
21. 0:51future builder program has entered
22. 0:52Whitlo Elementary. I have seen the
23. 0:55impact that that has had on my students.
24. 0:57They are feeling empowered that they can
25. 1:00build. They feel like they can use their
26. 1:02math skills in a real world application.
27. 1:05They also ask for Christmas presents for
28. 1:07construction related items, tools, wood,
29. 1:10drills, um screws, nails. They're
30. 1:13wanting everything to do with
31. 1:14construction. They're loving it. My
32. 1:16favorite part is like when we get to
33. 1:18build with like your team, like working
34. 1:21with teamwork. You can learn a lot from
35. 1:23all of them. Like you can learn
36. 1:25different things from different careers
37. 1:27in construction. School is so much fun
38. 1:29with construction. I wish all school was
39. 1:31construction.