3. Expand Learning to Work Opportunities for all Students.

Overview:
Strategies for preparing Baltimore City’s youth for the world of work and post-secondary educational options, including: promoting academic preparation as well as career awareness, exploration and experience; providing real-life work opportunities to build job skills; and supporting positive development and preventing risk behaviors by helping youth see the connection between schooling and their relationship to their communities, the economy and the world of work. 

Panelists and Presentations: 
   • Michael Thomas, Executive Director, Office of Learning to Work, Baltimore City Public Schools  
      View presentation: Learning to Work

   • Andrea Payne Roethke, Policy Analyst, Job Opportunities Task Force
      View presentation: Facing the Youth Employment Challenge
      View Handout: Issues Brief #4 - A Young Workforce at Risk

   • Meaghan Woodbury, Program Director, Urban Alliance
      View Handout: About Urban Alliance