Stakeholders Partnerships serve as advisory councils, comprised of executives from a specific industry, to work with the School District to ensure that instruction and training are aligned with industry needs and standards. Members of Stakeholders Partnerships include representatives from business, labor, industry and post-secondary education. In the elementary grades, the focus is on career awareness and exposure activities including career days, community service learning experiences, field trips, presentations by parents and businesses, and the development of student-run enterprises. At the middle school level, this includes career exploration on the Internet, community service learning, internships, job shadowing, mentoring, peer tutoring, and visits to high school STC programs and post-secondary institutions. In high schools, the academic program in each Small-Learning Community is organized around a broad set of career or thematic interests.
Entrepreneurial programs take place at all grade levels throughout the District.
Next Step Centers, which will be developed for all twenty-two clusters, will be expected to connect or reconnect youth to appropriate education and training services, or providers of such services, e.g. the school district, postsecondary education institutions, or quality second chance systems. This requires coordination between secondary and post-secondary instruction and standards so that high schools provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college. EfE also convenes or co-convenes the College Prep Round Table, University Partners and the Summer College Fair and Colloquium. Various training opportunities are provided to teachers, principals, counselors and other instructional and administrative personnel. Service-Learning projects are integrated into the curriculum and tied directly to academic and community standards.