Narcisse asks if DOE will expand employer outreach and budget for work-based learning

Okay.

I appreciate you.

So I think you already answered how many teachers have been trained.

I think it was coming from my chair.

The new system counts entry to work-based learning and service learning, I mean learning, for graduation, right?

Will DOE expand its outreach to employers and community partners to create more placement and their money in the budget so that we can be effective?

I'll share, Jane, any expansion, but I think a very public priority of Chancellor and I is to, you know, our children are part of the greatest city on earth.

Yes.

And leveraging the incredible employment opportunities, expanding internships is a big priority.

And we are working through that now.

And Jane's work, along even with Dr.

Chang's advocacy and working with...

So many partners across the city that are very invested philosophically and financially in the success of this work are everyday ongoing.

And so as it relates to some of your questions, Jean, if you want to talk a little bit about expansion.

Sure.

So speaking very specifically to how we are using the community, right, in our bigger ecosystem,

we've built a really strong employer and workforce ecosystem through the Pathways Advisory Council, which is a sector-based industry commission, school partnerships, and intermediary organizations that connect employers and students.

And so we have what we call a three-legged stool, right?

It's going to be a three-pronged approach.

One is supporting students directly with funding, training, and technical assistance to develop local employer partnerships and expand work-based learning opportunities.

One of the things that Dr.

Chang has really pushed us on is to really consider, like, what is going on, like, around the corner from our...

student schools, where can our students have experiences within community and not just like writ large in larger New York.

So we are going to be doing that work.

We also partner with intermediaries such as CareerWise New York to scale the opportunities across industry.

And just to give you an example, today nearly 800 students are participating in youth apprenticeships and we have distributed over $45 million in student wages and stipends through the career connected learning opportunities that we have.

And that's not even including the SYEP wages that we partner with DYCD on.

And then the third piece is just to really create new public sector pathways, including the first of its kind civil service use apprenticeship law, which was passed last winter,

which is launching this fall with over 100 seniors across 20 city agencies.

And that work finally is really strengthened through the close collaboration with DYCD, with DK.

and the Mayor's Office of Talent and Workforce Development.

Through Career Ready SYEP alone, New York City Public Schools and DYCD provided paid summer work experiences to approximately 23,000 students across 230 high schools.

We're also really trying to figure out how do we couple that with students maybe even earning credit for the work that they're doing over the summer so that they get ahead before they're going to college.

And then in FY25, while Work, Learn, and Grow extends those opportunities into the school year, we're working really closely with Commissioner Escamilla to make sure that we are growing those partnerships.

So as we look at Portrait of a Graduate,

They're learning, they're getting those attributes, but it's also as scaled as we can possibly get it so that every student has it.