Bridging the Classroom to Careers through Apprenticeship

Registered apprenticeship (RA) provides your students with a proven pathway to high-demand careers across every sector. Related instruction delivered in-person, online or in a hybrid method is a key required component to all RA programs. These courses - which can be delivered in high school, through Career and Technical Education center programs, or community, technical colleges or universities - help students gain critically-needed knowledge to become competent professionals in their chosen pathway and earn one or more industry-valued credentials. Secondary and post-secondary educational institutions can participate in apprenticeship by:

  • Becoming an RA sponsor, enabling local businesses to recruit your students for paid apprenticeship opportunities and/or enroll their incumbent workers and new hires into your courses for related instruction
  • Serving as a training provider, delivering industry-aligned related instruction for local existing RA programs
  • Being an intermediary, connecting students to local RA programs with recruiting, screening and testing services and even creating high-quality pre-apprenticeship programs to provide accelerated entry into a local RA program

Engage with the Center by:

  • Viewing materials in our online repository (see below)

Resources

22 Sep 2022

This presentation discussed registering for National Apprenticeship Week, the partnership with the Center of Excellence, an introduction to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Apprenticeship Update, Safal partnership with the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation America, an overview of role clarity, and a Q&A section.

Link to Webinar

25 Jul 2022

At the Missouri Association for Career & Technical Education Summer Conference, the Center presented, Adapting Your Programs to the Modern Apprenticeship Model, including an overview of the Center’s work.

Link to PPT

07 Jul 2022

Ready Aim Launch - Overcoming Youth Barriers Through Registered Youth Apprenticeship

Link to Webinar

20 Jul 2022

Meet your USDOL Apprenticeship Training Rep.

Link to Webinar

18 Jul 2022

During the Florida Association for Career and Development Education conference, the Center presented, Building, Launching and Sustaining Your Program. This presentation talked about the elements of Registered Apprenticeship (RA), five core components of RA, companies adopting RA, benefits for schools, students, and employers, and comparting apprenticeship and internship.

Link to PPT

08 Jul 2022

For those launching a Registered Apprenticeship in the state of Missouri, this webinar is for you to meet your U.S. DOL Missouri Apprenticeship Training Representative.

Link to Webinar

25 May 2022

Attendees joined Center of Excellence team members from Safal Partners and CWA at CWA's annual WORKCON conference. The session was open and free to all. Attendees learned how stakeholders from business, industry associations, workforce boards, and secondary- and post-secondary educational institutions can access assistance around better aligning Registered Apprenticeships with workforce and education systems and increasing co-enrollment with WIOA. This is a presentation to the State of California included an introduction to the Center's work outlining system alignment and the services that the Center offers.

Link to PPT

13 Apr 2022

Toolkit developed by the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE), the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the state's workforce system - CareerSource Florida - aimed at equipping colleges with information, tools and templates to build, register, launch and sustain a registered apprenticeship program.

Link to Tool