Rodel - Implementing Career Pathways 2.0 in Delaware
Non-Network partners: Bloomberg Philanthropies, American Student Assistance, Walton Family Foundation Rodel Rodel and partners started Delaware’s career pathways effort in 2014 with 27 students and set a goal of engaging 50% of high schoolers, 20,0000 students, by 2020. We achieved that goal, and in 2021 launched Pathways 2.0. and set our sights on: - Starting earlier in the middle grades – Our goal was to begin rolling out a new set of standards and supports to all 30,000 of our middle schoolers in 2025. At this point, after a student-centered design phase, 10 local schools will pilot “Rethinking Middle Grades” this fall to over 5,000 middle school students. - Going deeper with our high schoolers – We plan to not only reach our goal of 80% of all high schoolers, or 32,000 students enrolled in career pathways by 2025, but we are going deeper, starting with our vocational school students to accelerate apprenticeship programs. - Strengthening employer partnerships – Our plan is to engage hundreds of employers statewide by 2025 including a deep dive in IT. To do this, we launched the Tech Council of Delaware, DE’s first tech sector intermediary to connect the dots between IT training providers and employers. This work was made possible through a blend of public and private resources.