Pearson’s Connections Academy and Home Depot’s Path to Pro Program Partner to Connect High School Students to Trade Careers
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Pearson and its Connections Academy, the absolutely on-line public faculty program serving Ok-12 college students for greater than 20 years, introduced at present their partnership with The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program to introduce highschool college students to careers within the commerce {industry}. Through the partnership, Connections Academy will join highschool college students, their households and current graduates to The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program. The initiative consists of the Path to Pro Skills Program, providing on-demand programs designed to put together members for six trade-based careers, together with electrical, drywall, paint, plumbing, HVAC and basic building.
Interested college students discover free applications developed by consultants within the building occupation. Once eligible, they will construct a free profile within the Path to Pro Network to showcase their expertise, add a resume, apply for greater than 2,500 jobs and join to tens of millions of Home Depot Pro clients in search of expert staff.
These skilled contractors are part of the U.S. building {industry}, which yearly should fill nearly three-quarters of a million jobs due to retirements, job modifications, and different types of turnover, in accordance to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In lower than a decade, this sector is projected to develop by one other 250,000 jobs that usually pay family-sustaining salaries.
To assist construct the following era of commerce professionals to fill this hole with certified expertise, Connections Academy and The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program will:
- Introduce college students to numerous rewarding careers within the trades;
- Deliver the dear coaching and schooling they want to understand these careers; and
- Connect them to commerce professionals trying to rent early expertise.
The partnership is the primary of its sort with a studying firm for The Home Depot and the primary company employer partnership in Connections Academy’s lately introduced expanded slate of college and career readiness offerings for center and highschool college students. The initiatives supply an modern new tri-credit method the place programs can ship highschool credit score, industry-recognized micro-credentials, and eligibility for faculty credit score towards over 150 U.S. bachelor’s diploma applications.
“At Pearson’s Connections Academy, we want to meet our students where they are, whether they want to attend college or go immediately into the labor market, as a growing number have told us that they would like to pursue alternative pathways and more direct routes to employment after high school,” stated Pearson Virtual Schools VP for Careers, Casey Welch. “The Home Depot’s Path to Pro program is a great fit because it is all about providing high school students early pathways to training and education in rewarding fields. And the connections and relationship building in the industry will be a win for those looking to enter the labor market – not to mention for the many professional contractors that need to find a new generation of talent.”
To date, The Home Depot has enrolled almost 9,000 individuals within the Path to Pro Skills program and greater than 13,800 within the Path to Pro Network. Connections Academy will share Path to Pro with 4,000 college students and households this faculty yr with plans to increase to Connections Academy colleges nationwide sooner or later.
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