Today’s guest is Everett J
ordan, the Director of Education for The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding, a Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia. In this episode, Jordan talks about the apprentice model of learning and believes that at The Apprentice School, “The future is consistently in front of our students.”
Jordan began his career at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1973 as an apprentice ship fitter. Throughout his career, he has held increasingly responsible positions including supervisor, general foreman, superintendent, and trade director of dimensional control, ship fitters, and welders. Jordan has received a number of awards including the Newport News Shipbuilding President’s Model of Excellence Award for leadership and is a Master Shipbuilder. Named Director of Education in 2010, Jordan manages craft training, academic delivery, student services, recruitment and athletics for a student body of 840 in addition to staff and faculty.
A graduate of the company’s Apprentice School, Jordan is the eighth director of the school and the second apprentice graduate to serve as its director. Jordan is a graduate of the Leadership Institute of the Virginia Peninsula, architect of the company’s Hourly Leadership Development Program, liaison to the Virginia Community College System, and executive lead to Habitat for Humanity. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Leo University and a master’s degree in education and human development from The George Washington University. Jordan serves as co-chair on the board of directors of Thomas Nelson Community College and serves on the Greater Peninsula Workforce Investment Board.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Employing nearly 38,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, its primary business divisions are Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding. For more information, please visit www.huntingtoningalls.com.
The Apprentice School provides high quality, comprehensive four and five-year apprentice programs for students interested in shipbuilding careers. Since 1919, these programs have produced over 9,800 graduates in support of the operational needs of Newport News Shipbuilding . For more information, visit www.apprenticeschool.com.
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