Member PortalTransforming Futures Through Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship
Work-based learning (WBL) integrates academic learning with practical work experience, allowing individuals to apply theoretical knowledge in real-world settings, enhancing their understanding and skills. Benefits of WBL include improved employability, as learners gain hands-on experience and develop industry-specific competencies. It also fosters professional networking, providing opportunities to connect with potential employers and mentors. It bridges the gap between education and employment, preparing individuals for successful careers. Work-based learning offers an opportunity to grow and support talent through on the job training, apprenticeships, and paid work experiences with on-ramps pathways to industry recognized credentials.
The Power of Apprenticeship
NAWB is engaged in several apprenticeship initiatives, designed to strengthen, modernize, and expand apprenticeship programs, providing individuals with the opportunity to earn while they learn. By partnering with workforce development boards, industry leaders, and educational institutions, apprenticeships offer hands-on training and mentorship in various fields, ensuring participants gain the skills and experience needed for successful careers.
How NAWB Helps
NAWB raises awareness, provides informational resources, and technical assistance to workforce development boards interested in supporting and creating apprenticeship programs. NAWB partners with national apprenticeship hubs focused on supply chain automation, clean energy, youth development practitioners, and electric vehicle training in conjunction with community colleges.
Partners and Resources
Apprenticeships in Clean Energy (ACE) Network
The Apprenticeships in Clean Energy (ACE) Network is a national coalition of industry, training, and workforce development leaders. Their goal is to expand and diversify Registered Apprenticeship opportunities in the clean energy industries.
National Institute for Work & Learning/fhi360 Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship
As part of the National Institute for Work and
Learning’s Apprenticeship Programs, FHI 360’s
Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship (YDPA) partners with employers to equip them with the resources they need to train new employees and upskill existing staff. In turn, the program participants earn nationally recognized credentials from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Manhattan Strategy Group, Supply Chain Automation Hub
The Hub helps employers develop and expand customized training programs to shore up and diversify their supply chain talent pipelines while raising productivity, increasing recruitment and retention, and improving worker morale through Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs.
American Association for Community Colleges Electric Vehicle Hub
Workforce and Economic Development brings together community colleges, offices of economic development, workforce boards, labor market entities, employers, and other organizations to improve the economic prosperity of business, workers, and communities. Working with public and private sector partners, AACC provides technical assistance to member colleges to promote the alignment of priorities, strategies, and resources with those of workforce and economic development partners in response to regional labor market needs.