WELCOME,

 INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Oregon's youth need learning experiences in school that excite, engage and include them. In particular, Oregon's historically marginalized and underserved youth need to see their future path within Oregon's education system. Schooling should not be disconnected from their communities nor detached from students' aptitudes or interests.

Career Connected Learning (CCL) creates pathways for all youth to prepare for their best possible futures. This approach to learning brings together community partners, industry leaders, parents and educators to engage youth of all backgrounds and provide learning opportunities that connect with their interests, life experience and aspirations for their futures.

From Pre-K through post-secondary education, CCL guides students through a journey of awareness, exploration, preparation and training—including work-based learning—that connects their learning to aspirations and careers.

Through a unified approach, CCL brings together an array of efforts to empower young people to discover and build on their interests. By strengthening meaningful connections to their academic learning, students build a strong foundation from which they can apply their education to questions, challenges and opportunities they care about.

Finally, CCL places people's experiences—past, present and future—into a collaborative path of growth. Since CCL is fundamentally about youth in community, it provides the kind of culturally responsive instruction where all youth can engage and thrive.

Thanks,

— The CCL Team