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Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning
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JFF’s Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning provides expert guidance and resources on effective approaches to work-based learning that benefit businesses, students, and workers.
About the Center
About Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning
Learn how to plan for, create, and sustain an apprenticeship program
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Our Work
We work with businesses, intermediaries, government agencies, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, training providers, workforce boards, and more to develop, scale, and promote effective apprenticeship and work-based learning programs that work for a range of participants.
Orrian Willis, program manager, TechSFSince starting to work with JFF, there’s a number of milestones we’ve achieved. We can say we finally have momentum.
Featured Project
Improving Diversity and Equity in Apprenticeships for Manufacturing
Through 2025, JFF will work to provide apprenticeship opportunities in manufacturing to nearly 2,000 women and people of color.
Resources
Latest Resources
Report/Research
How Apprenticeship Programs in Construction Trades Can Establish Family-Friendly Policies
The construction industry’s lack of pregnancy and family medical leave policies can limit women’s ability to complete apprenticeships successfully and safely, often forcing tradeswomen to choose between their work and their families. This brief provides information and best practices on how construction employers can offer these crucial benefits.
Report/Research
5 Equal Employment Opportunity Steps to Take When Setting Up a Registered Apprenticeship Program
This tool documents the steps Registered Apprenticeship sponsors need to take under the Apprenticeship Equal Employment Opportunity regulations, 29 CFR part 30.
Report/Research
Using Universal Design for Learning for Inclusive Apprenticeships
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way of organizing learning environments to accommodate people with a wide array of learning preferences, needs, and ways of expressing and receiving information and demonstrating competency. This brief provides an overview of how applying UDL to Registered Apprenticeships can result in a more welcoming environment that better includes people with disabilities and others with varied learning needs and preferences.
Featured Resource
JFF's Program Design Framework for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Registered Apprenticeship
This framework offers employers and Registered Apprenticeship sponsors field-informed program design elements and considerations for building systems, processes, partnerships, and practices that can drive diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in Registered Apprenticeship programs.
Blog
Latest Blog Posts
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How to Engage Rural Employers in the Promise of Apprenticeship
Approaches that have succeeded in the field offer solutions to employer engagement challenges for rural communities.
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Apprenticeship Shaped My Post-Prison Life — Employers Will Benefit from Others Like Me
Partnerships between employers and prison industries are a win for companies, the economy, and aspiring workers after incarceration.
Featured Blog Post
Modern Apprenticeships Need Modern Preparation: Five Reasons States Should Recognize Pre-Apprenticeship Programs
Formally recognizing pre-apprenticeship programs in alignment with consistent quality standards would drive diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the apprenticeship system and the broader workforce.