Following, you’ll find the programming and resources we offer to support educators in expanding or enhancing opportunities for students to become future ready…
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Consortium Newsletter
Monthly updates on Consortium programs, partnerships, resources, and opportunities for educators.
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Future Ready Partnerships
Employers and educators working collaboratively to prepare the next generation of workers.
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Career Education & Work Lesson Plans
Lesson plans for helping students explore careers.
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Professional Development
A menu of options we offer educators for training or continuing education.
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Human-Centered Design Services
Human-Centered Design training, webinars, and facilitated sessions available to educators.
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Leadership Cohorts
Small networks of educators or educators and students that the Consortium convenes, facilitates, and coaches to address specific shared needs and concerns.
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Career Journeys
Video interviews with professionals in occupations across 16 industry clusters to provide a glimpse into various careers.
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Small-Group Career Mentoring
Employers partner with educators to provide students with opportunities to explore careers and learn about building professional relationships.
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Project-Based Learning Training (PBL)
PBL training helps educators personalize instruction, increase student engagement, and deepen student learning.
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Project-Based Learning Resources (PBL)
Project-Based Learning (PBL) training helps educators personalize instruction, increase student engagement, and deepen student learning.
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PBL: Learning Outcomes & Assessments
Identifying the content or skills students should be able to demonstrate by the conclusion of a project is a key step in any PBL journey.
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Future Ready Alliance
A multi-district network of educators focused on ways to improve career learning and the overall future readiness of students.
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EdLeaders Pittsburgh
A regional network of school districts, working together to accelerate next-generation learning, future readiness and systemic change.
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PBL: Driving Question
The big question (or set of smaller questions) that guides student learning through any PBL project.
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PBL: Real World Connection
"Real-world” problems as a key to helping students see the relevance of classroom learning.
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PBL: Research
Applying research techniques in PBL -- from surveys and experiments to web searches and library visits.
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PBL: Feedback & Revision
Feedback & Revision as a process for refining ideas and helping students build a disposition toward improvement, not just completion.
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PBL: Student Voice & Choice
Giving students a say in choosing a project or even shaping it in smaller ways creates a sense of ownership.
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PBL: Reflection
Reflection is a critical disposition that takes time and effort to develop. PBL offers a space for building in reflective practice.
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PBL: Public Presentation
Presenting their project to an audience that’s invested in the outcome underscores both its relevance and the students’ sense of ownership.
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PBL: Planning & Additional Resources
Additional resources for planning and building a successful PBL project.
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PBL: Brainstorming
A key to developing the best possible response to a driving question lies in generating ideas through structured brainstorming.
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Career Journeys: Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Interviews with people in jobs involving the environment, plants, animals, farming and food.
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Career Journeys: Architecture & Construction
Interviews with people in jobs involved in designing and building.
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Career Journeys: Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communication
Interviews with people in jobs encompassing an array of communications and creative careers.
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Career Journeys: Business Management & Administration
Interviews with people in jobs needed to run businesses.
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Career Journeys: Education & Training
Interviews with people in jobs that involve teaching, whether in schools or other institutions and workplaces that provide training.
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Career Journeys: Finance
Interviews with people in jobs that involve making, managing, and investing money.
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Career Journeys: Government & Public Administration
Interviews with people in jobs in politics as well as local, state, and national agencies.
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Career Journeys: Health Sciences
Interviews with people in jobs in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, and other kinds of patient care.
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Career Journeys: Hospitality & Tourism
Interviews with people in jobs ranging from airlines to hotels and restaurants.
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Career Journeys: Human Services
Interviews with people in jobs involving services ranging from social work to dry cleaning and home or auto repair.
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Career Journeys: Information Technology
Interviews with people in jobs ranging from software development to computer system installation.
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Career Journeys: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Interviews with people in legal jobs such as attorneys and court clerks, as well as police work and private security.
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Career Journeys: Manufacturing
Interviews with people in jobs involved with making tangible products, from cars to computers.
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Career Journeys: Marketing, Sales, & Service
Interviews with people in jobs involving advertising, sales, and retailing.
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Career Journeys: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Interviews with people in jobs including information science, biology, industrial engineering, astronomy, chemistry, and other scientific disciplines.
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Career Journeys: Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Interviews with people in jobs involved in moving people or products from place to place.
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Spotlight Newsletter
A newsletter showcasing school-business partnerships and the strategies that make them work.
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News & Events
Frequent updates on programming, new resources, and events for educators, community partners, and students.
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Collaborative for Student Success
A cohort of leadership teams from six districts is launching individual, district-wide pilot projects that address at least one of three outcomes.
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Human-Centered Design Resources (HCD)
A cohort of leadership teams from six districts is launching individual, district-wide pilot projects that address at least one of three outcomes.
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Snack & Learn Videos
Videos with representatives from post-secondary training institutions who share the key need-to-knows about their work.
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Future Ready Leaders
A collaborative leadership program for students and educators that fosters innovative thinkers and problem-solvers through a project-based approach.
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Corporate Partners
Corporate partners of the Consortium are showcasing careers and opportunities open to young people through video.
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I Reach, I Teach: Conversations with Educators of Color
Elevating the voices of educators of color in PA to highlight the incredible impact that representation has on teaching and learning.
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CPE Blog: Equity & Engagement in Education
Blog posts focused on helping educators weave equity and engagement into their practice.
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