The Apprencticeship Connectors: How Different Youth Apprenticeship Intermediary Models Can Support Students, Employers, and Communities
Description
Youth apprenticeship programs provide students with a pathway to a career through the combination of classroom-based instruction, paid on-the-job learning with professional mentors, and ongoing assessments against relevant competencies and standards, all ]relevant in a portable industry-recognized credential and postsecondary credit implementation. However, connection and alignment with educators and employers can be difficult to coordinate, as well as building the capacity and infrastructure to support youth apprenticeship programs can be. Thus, many communities rely on intermediaries to help build, run, launch, and scale programs. Education Strategy Group’s (ESG) research outlines some of the various functions of intermediaries and their critical role in advancing youth apprenticeship. ESG also conducted a nationwide landscape scan of youth apprenticeship intermediaries to outline different models, and provide a clearer understanding of their roles, functions, and impact on the youth apprenticeship ecosystem.