How do I get there? That’s one of the three questions the Consortium hopes to have students able to answer before they graduate high school, working with our partners to help students better understand how to plan and navigate pathways that prepare them to achieve their goals. Designing an effective career pathway can start early, […]
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Kicking off a Year of Career Readiness & Exploration
More than 100 students and adult educators representing 15 high schools came together for the Future Ready Leaders (FRL) Kickoff meeting to launch a new school year of collaboration, career exploration, and student-led projects. This year’s launch convened everyone at the Best of the Batch’s impressive facility in Homestead, allowing teams to bring more students […]
Connecting Classroom Learning to Career Exploration
A typical lesson for middle school students participating in the PATHmakers program might find them learning about electrical transmission using batteries, strings of Christmas lights and various liquids to test their relative conductivity. But the learning doesn’t stop there. In the weeks following, through the Career Pathways program, those same students might visit the Pittsburgh […]
Celebrating 40 years!
The Consortium is thrilled to celebrate 40 years of supporting students and educators in southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. Watch our new video (or read the audio transcript) and join us in reminiscing and planning for another 40 years of work together!
A Letter from CEO Jackie Foor
When I returned to Pittsburgh early in my career, my mother kept telling me about this nonprofit that Dr. Linda Croushore founded. She told me about the amazing work they were doing with schools in the Mon Valley and encouraged me to reach out to see if there might be an opportunity for me to […]
Welcome Lindsay and Lance!
The Consortium is thrilled to announce the addition of two new staff members – Lindsay Forman, Director of Partnerships, and Lance Harrell, Director of Pathways. Lindsay Forman comes to CPE most recently from Carnegie Mellon University as the K-12 Coordinator for the Simon Initiative where she brought together faculty’s expertise with community partners, and worked […]
CPE at JFF’s Legislative Summit
In our role as a bridge between K12 education and the workforce, we are always looking to connect with national organizations to help us learn more and to promote the success we see locally between school and employer partners. Over the past year, we’ve had opportunities to engage with one of those organizations, Jobs for […]
CPE Welcomes New Board Members
This past July, the Consortium welcomed three new members to the board: Courtney Behling, Christopher Kelly, and Erin Haney. Each comes with a rich history and an enthusiasm for CPE’s mission and programming. Courtney Behling is Director of Consumer Banking Strategy and Product Development at F.N.B. Corporation, where she leads the growth, optimization, and evolution [...]
Spotlight on: Our Partners
Every year, the Consortium works to bring together professionals, educators, and students to build connections, create pathways, and design systems that build stronger bridges across education and workforce. If you are reading this newsletter, our programming is stronger because you are a part of it - thank you! As you engage in our work, we [...]
Our PBL Training is Coast-to-Coast
It’s been a monumental year for our project-based learning team, officially expanding the Consortium’s engagement from coast to coast. The school year began with a Labor Day week training in Willingboro, New Jersey, with our professional learning team providing a tailored training for educators in an alternative school, and ended with a trip out west […]
