The New Apprentices: September eNewsletter Now Available

The notion of adolescents becoming apprentices is as old as the notion of skilled work. What's changed across the country is that more organizations are developing teen training and apprenticeship programs that engage the most vulnerable high school students in work that excites them, puts them in touch with career masters, and helps them envision that kind of mastery in their own futures.

Strong apprenticeship programs go well beyond job placement. Kids typically undergo intensive training not only in the skills they need to do their jobs, but in general life skills: be responsible, be on time, and communicate when there's a problem. They bond with peer apprentices from other schools, making friends with similarly committed kids. And they form strong relationships with adults, many of them youth development professionals who can help kids through challenges at school and at home.

View the full multi-media article on apprenticeships to learn about initiatives in New York, Chicago and California where high school students are discovering how capable they are as they rise to the challenge of these new apprenticeships.

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