Employer partnerships providing work-based learning placements, mentors, and career-awareness activities¶

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Description¶

Career Academies build relationships with local employers who support the program and provide work- and career-related activities. "Through work-based learning programs developed in collaboration with employer partners, students are placed in jobs (or a series of short-term jobs) that expose them to occupations." Employer partners contribute funds, speak in classes, supervise student interns, serve as mentors, and sit on advisory boards that guide curricular and extracurricular development, including field trips, job shadowing, and outside speakers.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Partnerships with local employers willing to host placements and advise on curriculum
• Collaboration between academy staff and employer representatives on career-awareness and development activities

Constraints¶

• The report states employer partnerships were a feature of the evaluated academies; it does not isolate their separate effect on outcomes

Target Learners¶

• High school students in career academies preparing for postsecondary education or work

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improving students' understanding of the world of work and occupations within the program's career theme

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2015, September). Dropout Prevention intervention report: Career Academies. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/70