Secret to success: Building a program based on Switzerland’s apprenticeship model.
Why it matters: Gives companies, across many industries, an active role in developing their future workforce while giving students real work experience.
Secret to success: Coordinator to mentor and support student business owners.
Why it matters: Allows students to build and operate businesses within the school walls.
Secret to success: Using partnership to develop a new career pathway program to prepare students for local jobs.
Why it matters: Allows manufacturers to grow their own talent through targeted training programs.
Secret to success: Combines core classes like math with CTE classes through experiential learning.
Why it matters: Students apply combined geometry and construction skills to build homes that give back to the community.
Secret to success: Utilizing a German apprenticeship curriculum translated into English.
Why it matters: Combines students’ high school studies with an industrial maintenance apprenticeship program.
Secret to success: National organization with state support that makes implementation easy and cost-effective.
Why it matters: Develops interest in STEM fields while teaching employability skills through mentorship.