Partnerships seeking to launch, expand and strengthen youth apprenticeship programs that lead to careers with family- supporting wages and provide a return on investment for employers must have a clear vision for programmatic design and quality and a strategy for collecting data to ensure continuous improvement.
Domain One asks partnerships to reflect on the actions they will take to design and implement programs and data infrastructure that align to the PAYA Definition and Principles of High-Quality Youth Apprenticeship.
High-Quality Program Development
- What are the partnership’s priority actions to develop and launch or improve an existing youth apprenticeship program aligned to the PAYA Definition and Principles?
- What steps will the partnership plan to take to work with partners to formally adopt or endorse the PAYA Definition and Principles for high quality youth apprenticeship?
Data Collection and Integration
- What gaps does the partnership need to address to collect and report data on program participation and outcomes as described in the PAYA Data Framework?
- What steps can the partnership take to better integrate youth apprenticeship program data into broader education and workforce data systems?
The following resources may be helpful to partnerships as they build and strengthen youth apprenticeship partnerships to align with PAYA's National Definition and Principles for High-Quality Youth Apprenticeship.
- PAYA National Definition and Principles for High-Quality Youth Apprenticeship
- PAYA Youth Apprenticeship Infographic
- Creating Pathways to College Degrees Through Apprenticeships (New America)
- Apprenticeship Competency Based Pathway Sample Frameworks (Urban Institute)
- The Basic Components of an Apprenticeship Program (National Fund for Workforce Solutions)
- Equity in Youth Apprenticeship: Access, Inclusion and Continuous Improvement (National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity)
- High School Youth to Apprenticeship (National Fund for Workforce Solutions – Webinar)
- Ensuring Career Pathway Quality (Advance CTE)
- Principles for Equity in Apprenticeship (COWS)
- The State of Career Technical Education: Improving Data Quality and Effectiveness (Advance CTE)
- Valuing College AND Career Readiness in State Accountability Systems