Ford Dealers: How You Can Get Involved

Make a commitment to strengthen education with Ford Motor Company Fund's innovative high school education outreach program. Read about the Business/Education Advisory Council and the Dealer's Toolkit for more information.

Dealer's Toolkit

PDF available Download the Dealer's Toolkit (48KB)

Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS)Ford Motor Company Fund’s Premier Education Program

What is Ford PAS?

Ford PAS is an academically rigorous, standards-based program that introduces students to the concepts and skills necessary for future success. The inquiry- and project-based program links classroom learning with the challenges students will face in post-secondary education and the workplace. These links are forged through community-wide, cooperative efforts and innovative partnerships that join local high schools, colleges and universities, school districts, states, and businesses. Through these coordinated learning opportunities, Ford PAS equips students with 21st century skills and provides them with experiences that help them make informed decisions about their future education and careers.

How does my dealership benefit from its involvement in the Ford PAS program?

Connecting with Ford PAS gives dealers the opportunity to:

  • Improve the quality and relevance of local schools
  • Share their expertise with teachers and students
  • Promote high achievement for young people in the community
  • Expand the pool of highly qualified future employees
  • Make connections with parents, teachers, administrators, and students in the community that may result in vehicle sales and lifelong customers

How can I contribute to Ford’s premier education program?

Your dealership can support Ford PAS programs in a variety of ways, for example:

  • Joining your local Ford PAS Business/Education Advisory Council (BEAC) to provide a supportive link between the program and local businesses, community organizations, and institutions of higher education
  • Becoming a project mentor to students working on curriculum activities
  • Providing real-world learning experiences, such as job shadowing, internships, and field trips to a dealership
  • Engaging students in thinking critically to help you solve real-world issues in your dealership
  • Visiting Ford PAS classrooms and participating in educational enrichment, such asjudging student projects or presentations and providing guest speakers
  • Sponsoring Ford Motor Company Fund’s Driving Skills for Life events in the local community
  • Mentoring Ford PAS students
  • Sponsoring special programs and events
  • Fundraising
  • Offering scholarships or other awards
  • Assisting in the acquisition of classroom technology, curriculum materials, and other resources
  • Sponsoring public relations and family and student events
  • Sponsoring a program coordinator or teacher to attend the Ford PAS Annual Networking Conference or a Ford PAS Professional Development Institute

How do I get involved?

Visit the Ford PAS Web site at www.FordPAS.org to learn more about the program. Our Ford PAS technical assistance staff can help you identify a local program and develop a partnership. (See http://www.fordpas.org/about/map.asp for current Ford PAS locations.) If there is no Ford PAS program in your local area or region, our staff can suggest ways to identify potential educational partners. For more information, please contact:

Janet Padilla
Ford PAS Manager
Ford Motor Company Fund
313-248-3044
jpadil18@ford.com

“A good company delivers excellent products and services. A great one delivers excellent products and services, and strives to make the world a better place.”
—Bill Ford, Chairman, Ford Motor Company

TOP