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At JFF, we believe a skills-first future is essential to driving economic success for people, businesses, and communities. Use the filters below to find insights, tools, and resources designed to help your organization move from a skills-first vision to real-life implementation.
Uncategorized Learn, Earn, and Lead: Paid Pathways to Teaching Careers
The Colorado Mountain College teaching apprenticeship program breaks down barriers to careers in K-12 education…
Uncategorized Focus on Skills to Expand Opportunity for Workers With Records
Career coaches who take a skills-first approach to providing advice and guidance to jobseekers can…
Tool Skills Readiness Planner
An HR leader’s guide to assessing organizational readiness and accelerating skills-based transformation. Advancing and sustaining your…
Project Skills at the Core
Skills are the currency of future-focused colleges and universities. Skills-first learning models, like competency-based education,…
Report/Research Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education: Implementation Blueprint
The Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education: Implementation Blueprint is a hands-on road map for institutional and…
Tool Power Your Workforce
The Employer’s Playbook for Unlocking Skilled Talent through Community College Partnerships Community college career and…
Project Exemplars in Work-Based Learning
Program exemplars are work-based learning initiatives that demonstrate many of the quality indicators, serving as…
Project Work-Based Learning Framework
Welcome to the Work-Based Learning Framework. This guide provides everything you need to know about…
Report/Research In Brief – How State Policy Can Transform Career Navigation for Young People: A 50-State Analysis
This two-pager summarizes findings from our new 50-state analysis outlining how states can build more…
Creating a Skills-First Future Together
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We believe that cross-sector collaboration is crucial to achieving a skills-first future. That’s why we partner with organizations across the skills-ecosystem—from employers and educators to policymakers and CBOs. Get in touch with our team to explore ways we can work together.
