PAYA Resources

This document outlines PAYA’s definition of youth apprenticeship and five principles for high-quality youth apprenticeship....

This brief introduces the PAYA Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool, which is a key piece in a four-step protocol designed to assist education providers, employer...

The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) created a infographic that illustrates the components and sequence of a typical youth apprenticeship program—including the many options...

The infographic addresses frequent questions employers have about youth apprenticeship and how it works. While the infographic is a good starting point for employers, local...

The report includes information learned from interviews with nearly a dozen established intermediaries that varied in geographic scope, service scale, and type(s) of work-based learning...

This self-assessment and planning tool assists local, state, or regional entities and their partners in gauging current capacity to establish a high-quality system for high...

This toolkit helps youth apprenticeship practitioners—including educators, employers, and other local leaders and stakeholders—increase their awareness of potential barriers to student access and success in...

This brief serves new and emerging youth apprenticeship programs by providing guidance and visualizations on how the core components of youth apprenticeship fit together. Three...

Advance CTE released Building A Youth Apprenticeship Data Ecosystem: A Starter Kit to help state and local intermediaries address challenges and improve the quality of...

This brief details strategies for engaging apprentice voices so that youth apprenticeship programs can promote culture building, community support, and greater accountability for apprentices and...

This report fea­tures infor­ma­tion on how states col­lect data on youth appren­tice­ships and oth­er work-based learn­ing pro­grams and includes strategies to expand the col­lec­tion of...

This white paper explores how gov­er­nors can help expand appren­tice­ship pro­grams — includ­ing by advo­cat­ing and set­ting a statewide vision for grow­ing qual­i­ty appren­tice­ships, allo­cat­ing...

This self-assessment tool is designed to help youth apprenticeship program administrators and policymakers determine how effectively a program is engaging employers and industry to meet...

This playbook outlines actions state leaders can take to enable and support the expansion of youth apprenticeship within a larger work-based learning and career readiness...

This video covers PAYA’s five guiding principles for high-quality youth apprenticeship. Informed by experience and research, these principles define the characteristics required to successfully serve the many stakeholders in youth apprenticeship.

This video covers PAYA’s definition of youth apprenticeship, the differences between internships and apprenticeships, and other key apprenticeship-related terms.

As youth apprenticeships continue to expand in the United States, there is a need and an opportunity for us all to better define “apprenticeship intermediary”...

What motivates employers to hire and train youth apprentices? New America Senior Policy Analyst Kelly Vedi explores this question and details specific strategies to appeal...

Managing a youth apprenticeship program is a highly complex venture that requires careful planning, coordination, data sharing, and communication with a diverse group of stakeholders....