Middle-Skills Pathways in Chicago: Resources
About the Project
To determine how education and workforce partners can advance middle-skills pathways in Chicago, Education Systems Center is conducting a deep landscape analysis of existing pathways that lead to industry credentials and degrees associated with priority occupations. To date, we have completed five analyses in the sectors of Education/Childcare, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics.
This project is designed to:
- Inform those involved with system design and implementation
- Identify policy barriers to effective program progressions for populations of focus
- Connect to the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance Progressive Pathways initiative
- Inform employer engagement strategies
- Inform the funding community of gaps and strategic investment opportunities
Industry Sector Analyses
With Support From
This project is supported by Bridges to Brighter Futures, a collaboration between Kinship Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust.
Advisory Committee
Stakeholders from across the public, private, and non-profit sectors to serve as Advisory Committee members to help guide, advise, and shape the direction of the project. Our current members are:
- Veronica Aguilar, City Colleges of Chicago
- Matt Bruce, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance
- Julie Burnett, City of Chicago
- Jessica Cañas, Enlace Chicago
- Mari Castaldi, Chicago Jobs Council
- David Castro, Southwest Organizing Project
- Michael Deuser, Chicago Public Schools
- Morgan Diamond, Young Invincibles
- Stacia Edwards, City Colleges of Chicago
- Austen Edwards, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
- Leah Eggers, Youth Guidance
- Erika Ehmann, One Million Degrees
- Idara Eno, America Needs You
- Rebecca Estrada, City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
- Robin Ficke, World Business Chicago
- Maureen Fitzpatrick, City Colleges of Chicago
- Jennifer Foster, Illinois Community College Board
- Emily Goldman, Partnership for College Completion
- Mark Harris, Discovery Partners Institute
- Caleb Herod, Chicago Community Trust
- Pam Johnson Davis, OneGoal
- Lisa Jones, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
- Peggy Korellis, City Colleges of Chicago
- Kindy Kruller, Cook County Bureau of Economic Development
- Sarah Labadie, Women Employed
- Sarah Lichtenstein Walter, City Colleges of Chicago
- Greg Martinez, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
- Amrit Mehra, Office of the Mayor
- January Miller, Embarc Chicago
- Matt Muench, P33
- Rhonda Patterson, Chicago Public Schools
- Paige Ponder, One Million Degrees
- Lara Pruitt, Kinship Foundation
- Becky Raymond, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition
- Alex Ritson, OneGoal
- Sarah Rudofsky, Chicago Public Schools
- Rebecca Senatore, Chicago Community Trust
- Christina Warden, Women Employed
- Owen Washburn, JPMorgan Chase & Co
- Simone Weil, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
- Amberly Zwiener, Civic Committee
- Kylin Fisher, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance
- Alberto Ortega, World Business Chicago
- Adam Levine, World Business Chicago
