School-to-Career Programs

Designed to respond to Garissan youths’ needs and assets, the Garissa Youth Project (G-Youth Project) aims to empower youth to make sound career and life decisions as they transition from high school to the next phase of their lives. The project is also building the capacity of local institutions and networks to sustain the much-needed services that G-Youth will provide.

Although green technology is one of the fastest growing industries in America, studies have shown that there is an alarming lack qualified professionals in this field. GreenFab: Sustainable Design Through Engineering and Technology will address this imbalance through activities that increase participating students’ technological and engineering fluency while providing a community and framework for them to explore “green collar” jobs. CCT is providing research and evaluation support for this initiative.

Preparing Youth for Work (PAS), an EQUIP3 Associate Award, is a workforce preparation program that assists minimally educated youth (ages 16–30) from East Timor’s most rural areas in gaining the skills and expertise needed to find job opportunities and promising futures. These young men and women will benefit from the program’s 8-month combination of off-the-job classroom instruction, on-the-job training, and livelihood accompaniment.

ALMA’s mission is to help adults gain basic reading, writing, and math skills. ALMA creates innovative, educationally sound, and entertaining television-based teaching materials and cultivates community networks to support ALMA learners. TV411, ALMA’s magazine-format television series (with ancillary print materials and an instructional Web site) is aired on more than 100 stations nationwide.

CSE is conducting an evaluation of the Educational Outreach program at the Broad Institute. The outreach programs are targeted at Greater Boston high school students and include summer internships, semester-long projects, and class field trips to the Broad Institute. Evaluation activities include surveys and interviews with students, mentors, and other program staff and has both formative and summative components.