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Clare Buckley Flack; John Sludden; James J. Kemple – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2024
There is currently a heavy emphasis on career-connected learning for high school students in New York City. ExpandED Schools' science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Options (ES Options) program predates the newest of these initiatives. Launched in 2019, ES Options combines a credit-bearing STEM apprenticeship in the spring with a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Work Experience Programs, STEM Education, Student Participation
Rosen, Rachel; Alterman, Emma; Treskon, Louisa; Parise, Leigh; Dixon, Michelle; Wuest, Cassie – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
Rachel Rosen; Emma Alterman; Louisa Treskon; Leigh Parise; Michelle Dixon; Cassie Wuest – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
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Caldicott, Julia; Wilson, Erica; Donnelly, James F.; Edelheim, Johan R. – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2022
Work-integrated learning (WIL) continues to be a central element of higher education and may provide students with opportunities for both personal and professional development. However, the personal development opportunities afforded by WIL are often overshadowed by the more typical focus of work readiness. Increasing attention to self-authorship,…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Work Experience Programs, Internship Programs, Professional Development
Amechi, Mauriell H. – New America, 2022
Despite the growing popularity of WBL, the community college and workforce development fields need greater transparency and clarity on the design of these programs to broaden workforce pathways, ensure the transferability of exemplary program models, and support the advancement of equitable outcomes for all students, especially learners from…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship
Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Edelstein, Sara; George, Taz; Freiman, Lesley – Urban Institute, 2014
This report presents baseline and process study findings of an evaluation of the Urban Alliance high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Chicago. The report, which focuses on the program's…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Internship Programs
Lanese, Lorena D.; Fitch, Wendy C. – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Presents an overview of a 16-step internship model. The steps range from the initial contact between the company and university to final evaluation of the internship, in which the company and university representatives, project coordinator, and student intern examine to what extent their objectives and expectations have been met. (EAO)
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Models
Ohio Office of School-to-Work, Columbus. – 1996
This resource directory, which is designed to assist educators across Ohio who are involved in developing and implementing school-to-work systems, describes a number of promising school-to-work practices and partnerships that embrace and represent elements of Ohio's vision of a school-to-work system. Presented first are a statement of Ohio's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Career Development
Wonacott, Michael E.; Hamilton, James B. – 1983
This document reports the results of work in identifying promising approaches to the provision of technological update to vocational/technical teachers, and discusses barriers and facilitators to the use of these approaches. Technological update refers to the technical knowledge and skills needed by vocational/technical teachers to provide…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Industrial Training, Inservice Teacher Education, Internship Programs
BellSouth Foundation, Inc. Atlanta, GA. – 1999
These two booklets are products of the Bell South Foundation's teacher internship program, which awarded 2-year grants to 8 school districts to immerse teachers in workplace experiences, enhance their understanding of workplace demands, and thereby improve their teaching. The first booklet focuses on the importance of placing equal emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Corporations, Education Work Relationship
Casella, Donald A., Ed. – 1977
Reflections on a year-long demonstration project infusing the principles and practices of career education throughout the divisions and departments of a major State university are presented in this document for use in institutional renewal in higher education along the lines of the education-work problem. Institutional renewal is discussed in…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Change Strategies, College Faculty
Wieler, Susan S.; Bailey, Thomas R. – IEE Brief, 1997
The internship program at La Guardia Community College (New York) confirms the possibility of achieving the level of employer participation required for the success of an educational reform movement centered on work-based learning. The La Guardia program, which has existed for 25 years and has provided 1,800-2,000 internships annually, shares its…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Whiteman, Jo Ann M. – 2001
As a source of trained workers, postsecondary schools need to develop a curriculum that encourages critical thinking and provide an environment that helps students to understand the changing economy. The curriculum should be based on the student's experiences and interests and should prepare one for life situations. In the business curriculum,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Dykeman and colleagues developed a taxonomy of career development interventions used in United States secondary schools that can help career and technical education (CTE) practitioners evaluate and improve the effectiveness of guidance programs. The interventions include introductory, advising, curriculum-based, and work-based interventions.…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Hamilton, James B.; McElroy, Jack – 1983
As part of an effort to address the problem of the technological update of vocational and technical teachers, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education conducted a status study to determine the nature and extent of the problem with respect to institutional level and occupational area. A second aspect of the study dealt with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conferences, Cooperative Programs, Educational Needs
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