Kelly’s primary focus in 2024 was mentoring grant strategies and writing for CA public K12 school districts. She also developed 12 Standards for the CA Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) and submitted 5 to the US Department of Labor. Dara and Ben supported administrative paperwork (human resources and DAS certification) for Bayha Group’s Apprenticeship program WorkWonder. Veronika focused on book design and layout for 2 Degree Shift/Livable Wage Jobs upcoming Work-based Learning Upskill Workbooks publication.
Kelly advised school districts and business startups on potential grant awards. Dara and Ben learned AirTable. Veronika learned WordPress. All contributed to school district data and graphic design-related content. Stacy and Kelly presented the AP for CTE: Across CTE Pathways books at Educating for Careers.
Grant Awards
$31,983,206 – 25 Awards:
2024 K12 Strong Workforce Round 7: Design Tech High School Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering: Design, Prototypes, and Fabrication ($499,840); Downey USD CA Public Sector Careers ($1,499,601); Palos Verdes Peninsula Creating Connections: Leveraging Academics to 3 New CTE Pathways ($849,945); Winters JUSD CA Specialty Crops and Technologies ($968,477).
2024 California Apprenticeship Initiative (alpha order): Da Vinci Charter ($1,499,610); Davis JUSD ($1,499,769); Downey USD ($1,499,118, $1,497,591, $1,499,811, and $1,499,160); Glendale USD ($1,499,118); D Winters JUSD ($1,499,541).
2024 CAI Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative (alpha order): Bonsall USD (499,395); Design Tech HS ($499,875); Winters JUSD ($499,842).
2024 Golden State Pathways Planning Awards: Davis JUSD ($311,494); Downey USD ($413,303); Glendale USD ($239,414); Winters JUSD ($233,346).
2024 Golden State Pathways Implementation Awards: Davis JUSD ($2,600,705); Glendale ($4,750,488); Palos Verdes Peninsula USD ($825,371); Winters JUSD ($1,934,898).
2024 K12 Strong Workforce Round 6: Downey USD Education, Construction, Culinary, Middle School Pathways ($1,593,902); Mechatronics and Industrial Automation ($1,769,592).
Loosely collaborated/advised on an additional $5,583,912 over 5 awards.
Work-based Learning Use cases
On ResearchGate, in 2024 we published the screen reader versions of Mathematics for Game Developers Teacher and Student Editions (English and Spanish) and Review Algebra (English and Spanish). The Spanish version of Review Algebra, Repaso de Álgebra: Libro de Capacitación, was published in early 2024.
