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Starting Early, Staying Engaged: What It Takes to Keep Employers at the Table
During a recent webinar, Catalyze Director Dr. Michelle Cheang and CareerWise Chief Operating Officer Stephanie Bothun discussed how early, sector-wide employer engagement strengthens career-connected learning. They were joined by panelists Mary J. Beaudette of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Billy Mansour of Emerson.
Regional Career-Connected Learning Strategy Expands With $1.5 Million Catalyze Pittsburgh Challenge
Catalyze continues to expand its national funding strategy to the next region with the $1.5 million Catalyze Pittsburgh Challenge.
Catalyze Announces $4 Million in Grants to Connect Young People to Career Exploration
The fifth round of the Catalyze Challenge provides $4 million to fund 14 innovative career-connected learning projects underway across the country.
Voices from the Field: How Grantees Are Defining Scale in Their Own Contexts
In May, we shared how Catalyze designs our Learning Labs to move beyond traditional networking and create space for meaningful peer learning. There, we highlighted insights from our panel discussion featuring leaders from CareerWise and Propel America, who offered reflections on what it takes to scale impact thoughtfully and sustainably.
Q&A: Vision-Setting in Employer Partnerships
When partners take the time to get aligned from the start, everyone benefits. In this Q&A, we unpack how vision-setting shapes stronger employer partnerships and more meaningful learning experiences.
Lessons from the Field: Building Deeper Employer Collaborations with the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation and Mayo Clinic
Catalyze hosted Jennifer Mellor from the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation, a Catalyze grantee, and Ron Mack from Mayo Clinic for a fireside chat about ElevateEdAZ’s collaboration with Mayo Clinic. Through this relationship, Mayo Clinic employs Arizona high school students as paid interns, offering learners direct experience in health care, IT, and operations roles.
Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation: Employer Partnerships & CTE Programs
Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation will use Catalyze funding to expand ElevateEdAZ’s structured career exploration and work-based learning to seven new high schools in Arizona via meaningful employer partnerships and co-designed CTE programs.
Propel America: Earn & Learn Pathways
Propel America will use Catalyze funding to launch new earn-and-learn pathways for Medical Assistant and Pharmacy Technician roles in Los Angeles and Philadelphia alongside three new employer partners.
American Student Opportunity Collaborative: Career Exploration in Rural Communities
American Student Opportunity Collaborative is using Catalyze funding to expand virtual and in-person middle school career exploration programming to rural communities in Colorado and Ohio through their partnership with National Rural Education Association.