The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model

An in-person site visit to explore how to build and sustain partnerships to support high-quality youth apprenticeship programs
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This April, Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeships (CRYA) at Trident Technical College will bring together current and new apprenticeship practitioners from across the country to their campus in Charleston, South Carolina to explore what it takes to build and implement high-quality youth apprenticeship programs. This event will lift up promising practices, foster a community of peer to peer learning, and provide attendees with opportunities to hear directly from employers, education providers, industry leaders, funders and other experts in the field of youth apprenticeships. 

This event is open to the public and catered towards work-based learning practitioners that are new to youth apprenticeship and are particularly interested in developing early-stage youth apprenticeship programs in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, hospitality, culinary arts, and mechatronics.

We encourage participants to attend as a partnership team with 2-5 colleagues (e.g., intermediary, employer(s), postsecondary education partner(s), K-12 education partner(s), workforce development board leaders, and others). 

Image of attendees at 2025 site visit to Trident Technical College

Attendees are welcome to take our complimentary bus from in front of the Hyatt House in Downtown Charleston to Trident Technical College each day.

Logistics: 

  • Registration: free
  • Hotel room from March 31-April 2: We recommend for all attendees stay at or near Hyatt House in downtown Charleston to catch the complimentary bus to and from our meeting space at Trident Technical College.
  • Travel: at attendees' own expense.

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Agenda subject to change.

DAY 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP

9:00 Buses Depart Hyatt Place Charleston/Historic District to Trident Technical College

9:30-10:00 Registration & Coffee

10:00-11 Welcome & Youth Apprenticeship Fundamentals Presentation by New America

11:00-11:35 History of Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship at Trident Technical College

11:45-12:30 Lunch

12:30-2:00 Training Lab Tours - SC Aeronautical Training Center, Nursing, and Culinary Institute of Charleston

2:00-2:15 Break

2:15-3 Collaborate, Don’t Compete – The Power of Partnership: Partnering with K-12 systems, leaders, and schools to build capacity and support apprentice recruitment and success.

3-4:00 Youth Apprentice Panel & To and Through YA: A panel of current and former youth apprentices sharing best practices for recruiting, onboarding, and supporting high school aged youth

4-4:45pm Networking Reception with youth apprentices

5pm Bus Returns to Hyatt Place



DAY 2: RECRUITING AND ENGAGING EMPLOYERS

8:00 Buses Depart Hyatt Place Charleston/Historic District to Trident Technical College

8:45-9:15 Low Country Breakfast + Networking

9:15-10 Employer Voices: A panel of employers sharing why they chose to hire youth apprentices

9:45-10:30 Recruiting & Onboarding Employers

10:30-10:45 Managing On-the-Job Training Presentation

10:45-11 Coffee Break

11:00-11:30 Peer Learning Activity

11:30 Closing Remarks

11:30-12:15 Boxed Lunch

12:15 Bus Departs to CHS Airport (12:45pm ETA) then returns to Hyatt Place