Skill Development refers to the mastery of academic and technical content youth need in order to develop a range of non-academic, social and emotional, and employability skills. These skills are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ and are seen as essential in order for youth to be successful in college, career, and beyond.
Resources
Improving Long-Term Labor Market Prospects for Youth: Evidence from Career Academies
One of the nation’s most popular approaches to high school reform, the Career Academies model, combines an academic course of study with job-related training, …
Keeping Up with the Demand for a Technically – Skilled Workforce: The Role of ATE Networks and Community Colleges A Forum, hosted in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges
This was the first in a series of forums showcasing the work of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, created by the U.S. Congress in 1992 in an …
Advisory Group for AYPF Compendium on Supporting College- and Career-Readiness for All Youth
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization that bridges youth policy, practice and research for p…