Promising practices for successful high school apprenticeships

The aim of this guide is assist US secondary schools in the design and implementation of apprenticeship programs. The main goal is how to create a smooth transition with industry partners, community and technical colleges, students and parents. The guide may be used for district-level planning, school-level planning, school counselor training or coordinated training between student support and third-party providers.

The guide was designed using a variety of research methods. Due to the exploratory nature of US apprenticeships, mixed methods were employed including content analysis of documents, qualitative case study based on individual and focus-group data using semi-structured interview protocols and triangulation of interview data with various supporting documents. The introduction provides an overview of apprenticeships and the history of how contemporary apprenticeship programs have developed and evolved. The rest of the book is divided into sections. Each section contains pertinent literature on a topic specific to secondary school apprenticeships, recommendations, case studies and reflection questions. The case studies are important and are based on true stories about real people.

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