SCHOOL TO CAREER

Mass Hire North Central Workforce Board provides local support to high schools for work and learning opportunities through the Connecting Activities Grant.  Currently, we are partnering with Ayer-Shirley, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton-Dunstable, Leominster,  Lunenburg, Monty Tech, Narragansett, Oakmont, Quabbin and Winchedon High Schools. Last year,  we supported these schools in placing 573 students in jobs and internships.  The wages earned by many of the students were over $2,934,712 over the school year from 218 local employers.

ABOUT THE CONNECTING ACTIVITIES GRANT

Connecting Activities (CA) is a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education initiative that leverages a statewide infrastructure to support “college and career readiness” for all students. The CA line item in the state budget establishes public-private partnerships through the 16 local workforce investment boards to connect schools and businesses by providing structured work-based learning experiences for students that support both their academic and employability skill attainment.

Connecting Activities enables staff to recruit employers; prepare and place students in brokered work-based learning opportunities, and structure those experiences through the use of the Massachusetts Work-Based Learning Plan. Through CA, students achieve more learning hours by extending the classroom to the workplace while providing more adults who can support them in one-to-one relationships. For a more in-depth review of Connecting Activities, please visit Connecting Activities website.