Partnerships of
Interest to Educators
Educational Institutions
- Butler County
Community College is dedicated to
providing affordable and accessible education, training, and cultural
enrichment opportunities responsive to the needs of the community. The
College is committed to fostering a supportive environment that values
integrity, diversity, and excellence.
- Carlow University, the first Catholic, women-centered, liberal arts
university in Pennsylvania, prepares students, primarily women, for
competent leadership and compassionate service in personal and professional
life. With an enrollment currently under 2,200, and a student-faculty ratio
of 12-1, students enjoy small classes and individual instruction. The student population is culturally diverse consisting
of more than 20 percent African American students, traditional and
nontraditional, and more than half are first generation. Upon graduation,
73 percent of graduating seniors gain full-time employment within six
months.
- Carnegie Mellon University is a global research university of more than
10,000 students, 70,000 alumni, and 4,000 faculty and staff. Recognized for
its world-class arts and technology programs, collaboration across
disciplines and innovative leadership in education, Carnegie Mellon is
consistently a top-ranked university.
- Community College of Allegheny County is about students learning from expert faculty.
It's about a full campus life that includes athletics, social
organizations, Phi Theta Kappa honor society and more. It's about
choice—more than 170 programs that lead to great careers and great
four-year colleges.
- Community
College of Beaver County offers a
variety of programs and services that respond to the educational needs of
our students and our community. Expand your horizons through associate
degrees designed to meet the requirements for the first two years of a
bachelor's degree or occupational programs that train those ready to enter
the working world after graduation.
- Duquesne University is a private Catholic university
founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne has
over 10,000 graduate and undergraduate students within a self-contained 48
acre hilltop campus. The school maintains associate campuses in Harrisburg
and Rome and encompasses ten schools of study.
- Educators and Employers Engaged for Excellence (E4)-participating school districts help prepare young
people with quality-workplace experiences to enhance their education and
help them discover the opportunities that exist in southwestern
Pennsylvania. This initiative benefits many as it:
- Helps educators achieve
curriculum requirements and enrich their lessons;
- Gives youth concrete
educational experiences;
- Raises the profile of
potential employers in the region; and
- Gives employers visibility
and effectively positions them to the up and coming workforce.
Click here for a full list of participating school
districts.
- Pittsburgh Job Corps Center offers academic remediation and
vocational training for low-income young adults in a residential setting.
The facility, operated by ResCare Inc. in conjunction with the AFL-CIO
Appalachian Council and the International Union of Operating Engineers,
currently serves approximately 800 young men and women, ages 16-24.
- Pittsburgh Public
Schools is the largest of 43
school districts in Allegheny County and second largest in
Pennsylvania. The District serves approximately 28,000 students
in Kindergarten through Grade 12 in 65 schools. In addition, Early
Childhood programs serve three- and four-year-olds in classrooms
across the city.
- University
of Pittsburgh is one of the oldest
institutions of higher learning in the United States and among the nation's
most distinguished comprehensive universities, with a wide variety of
high-quality programs in both the arts and sciences and professional
fields.
- Westmoreland
County Community College is a
learning-centered college focused on student success, a catalyst for
economic growth, a leader in workforce development, and a hub for cultural
and artistic experiences.
Intermediary Organizations
- Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania Career Education & Work Standards provides resources, references, crosswalks and other tools to assist elementary, middle and high schools teachers and administrators in implementing the Pennsylvania (PA) Career Education and Work Standards.
- Allegheny
Intermediate Unit (AIU) provides specialized educational
services to Allegheny County's 42 suburban school districts and 5
vocational/technical schools.
The AIU employs more than
2,000 employees at 721 sites and operates 11 family centers and 3 schools
for exceptional children. With more than 130 programs for infants, young
children, students, and adults, the AIU receives funding through federal,
state, county, and private grants.
- America's Promise Alliance is
a cross-sector partnership of more than 300 corporations, nonprofits,
faith-based organizations and advocacy groups that are passionate about
improving lives and changing outcomes for children.
- Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities of Pennsylvania seeks to inform the broader
public, including prospective students and their families, about the
colleges and universities that make up its membership.
- Boys &
Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for
youth, with particular emphasis on members who live in urban communities of
highly diverse cultures. The primary mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs
of Western Pennsylvania is to promote health, social, educational,
vocational and character development for boys and girls ages 6 through 18,
by self-esteem, values, and skills.
- Educators
and Employers Engaged for Excellence (E4) seeks to
improve career education by connecting employers and educators and youth. E4
provides a growing number of young people with quality-workplace
experiences to enhance their education and help them discover the
opportunities that exist in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- Health
Careers Futures, a supporting organization of the Jewish Healthcare
Foundation, was created in 2002 in order to identify, develop and share
best practices in health workforce recruitment, development and retention.
- City of Pittsburgh, Mayor's Youth Council serves as a liaison between the City of
Pittsburgh youth and the Youth Commission on issues affecting youth and to
encourage the positive growth and development of youth by involving them in
social, cultural, recreational and other drug and alcohol free activities.
- Pittsburgh
Promise is a visionary scholarship
program to help students graduating from the Pittsburgh Public Schools to
pursue further education after high school, and to enhance the growth,
stability, and economic development of the Pittsburgh Region.
- Pittsburgh Regional Compact is a
network of employers, schools and community organizations committed to
building career education partnerships in southwestern Pennsylvania. The
Compact facilitates partnerships among members by establishing lines of
communication between businesses and schools, and engaging community
organizations. Through relevant career education, local employers build a
future pipeline of qualified employees, and the region's students gain
valuable career awareness and preparation.
- YouthWorks provides a coordinated
approach to youth initiatives in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The
organization builds a community solution to help young people whose
potential might be overlooked to pursue employment and career development
opportunities.
