Description

Work-based or “on-the-job” learning through apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs benefits learners from all education and socioeconomic levels and put them on a fast track to high-wage, nationally portable careers.

In this episode of “Ready for Work," we talk to leaders in postsecondary education and business about the use of work-based learning programs at the community level and the personal and economic results that can be gained from creating such programs. Among the topics:

• How work-based learning and apprenticeship enhance other training methods
• How apprenticeships help learners who have not previously been successful in traditional education
• The effectiveness and return on investment for apprenticeship programs
• How these initiatives are typically funded
• What it takes to launch a successful initiative
• How apprenticeship programs can leverage national certifications to improve outcomes
• The future of apprenticeship models and what it will take to support them
• Why industry partner engagement is crucial to initiative success
• And more!

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Resources

ACT webinar: Leveraging National Certifications in Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship resources from ACT

Workforce GPS

Southwest Ohio Region’s CPT apprenticeship success

ACT Workforce Summit

ACT® Work Ready Communities

ACT® Workforce Solutions

Episode Guests

• John Wensveen, Miami Dade College
• Trudy Haszlauer, NV Energy
• Tammy Green, Metropolitan Community College