Resource: The Apprenticeship Connectors
How Different Youth Apprenticeship Intermediary Models Can Support Students, Employers, And Communities
Our education system is facing significant challenges—declining engagement, questions of value, inequality of opportunity, etc. Youth apprenticeship has emerged as a powerful tool to address these concerns; by providing real-world, hands-on experience for students in high-demand career fields, apprenticeship gives them better options and opportunities for their future.
Over the last five years, over 5,700 youth have entered a program and over 175 new youth-focused local programs have been established, and the Department of Labor is investing millions of dollars in programs to support youth apprenticeship intermediaries.
But as the field rapidly expands, there is a need and an opportunity for us all to better define “apprenticeship intermediary” for the field, and to help those organizations functioning as intermediaries better understand the integral role they play in establishing successful apprenticeship programs that serve the needs of the students, community, educational institutions, and workforce partners.
The Apprenticeship Connectors: How Different Youth Apprenticeship Intermediary Models Can Support Students, Employers, And Communities highlights the function and focus of those intermediary organizations serving as program implementers, those serving as field builders, as well as those functioning as hybrids between the two models.
Be sure to check out the full suite of resources that are part of the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship on New America’s website.
