EdSystems is supporting SWIC and its school district and employer partners in developing high-quality, comprehensive college and career pathways leading to regionally in-demand occupations.
In partnership with JFF and College of Lake County, EdSystems is supporting the design and implementation of a new dual enrollment hub to help improve educational outcomes for high-need high school students.
In their ongoing commitment to enhance college and career pathway development, EdSystems is supporting Joliet Junior College in designing and implementing equitable work-based learning opportunities for high school students throughout the region.
Youth apprenticeships at EdSystems offer a unique blend of hands-on experience, networking with industry professionals, and postsecondary planning.
EdSystems supported City Colleges of Chicago in designing extended model pathways from high school through college degree completion and developed student-facing resources to support recruitment.
To help encourage learners to complete the rigorous requirements and earn a College and Career Pathways Endorsement and matriculate into postsecondary, EdSystems is supporting the development of equity-centered strategies and incentives for students.
In 2023, EdSystems began supporting Waukegan CUSD 60 and its regional partners with targeted support for alignment to the Illinois College and Career Pathway Endorsement and systems for career exploration.
Together with the Illinois Community College Board, we are supporting a cohort of community colleges to develop competency-based education programs in both welding and industrial maintenance.
EdSystems led a pilot project to support healthcare workforce development through intergenerational work-based learning.
In partnership with XQ Institute and Student Achievement Partners, EdSystems is launching an initiative to create an Illinois high school math badging system as an alternative credentialing mechanism wherein students can certify learning gained through a broad range of sources including coursework, independent study, summer school, and work-based learning.
The AMP-IT initiative is engaging school districts and their community college and employer partners to design and launch an accelerated IT pathway.
STAMP serves secondary districts in implementing manufacturing pathways that align to the College and Career Pathway Endorsement, with a particular focus on historically marginalized students.
EdSystems is working with the East St. Louis community to engage community, school district, and higher education stakeholders in deep racial equity work in the context of college and career pathways
EdSystems supported the Plainfield community to engage community, school district, and higher education stakeholders in college and career pathways design.
EdSystems conducted a deep landscape analysis of middle-skills pathways in Chicago that lead to priority occupations.
To help stabilize and grow the local economy, community partners in Peoria are working with EdSystems to design and implement GPEAK, which translates the state’s ten competencies into a practical system to prepare individuals for meaningful and fulfilling careers.
With the support of Crown Family Philanthropies, CPS brought in EdSystems to provide strategic counsel and support of the OCCS pathways vision framework and Student Success Roadmap.
Elgin’s Alliance for College Readiness engaged EdSystems to support alignment to the new College and Career Pathway Endorsement system and the State’s new Perkins V plan.
Since 2015, EdSystems has provided strategic counsel and technical assistance to Rockford Public Schools, Belvidere District 100, and Rock Valley College as they build and expand their college and career pathway systems.
The Career Development Experience Toolkit, aligned to the PWR Act, supports scaling high-quality career pathways and work-based learning.
Scaling Education Pathways in Illinois (SEPI) guided communities in creating streamlined teacher career pathways.
Sponsored by the Illinois Community College Board, EdSystems leads the development of the State of Illinois Model Programs of Study Guides. Organized by industry sector, the guides provide secondary and postsecondary partners a framework to develop high-quality pathways that incorporate meaningful dual credit, CTE, and general education coursework as well as work-based learning opportunities in alignment with Illinois’ College and Career Pathway Endorsement.
EdSystems’ supported the Illinois Advanced Apprenticeship Consortium in implementing a high-quality manufacturing pathway program.
EdSystems provided the Great Lakes College and Career Pathways Partnership with strategic expertise and technical assistance.
EdSystems worked with Liberian partners to launch the Liberian nongovernmental organization and the U.S. based nonprofit organization.
Since 2017, EdSystems has partnered with Tanzania Development Support and 4-H Tanzania to implement a career awareness and exploration program designed to help students deepen their awareness of and build competencies and skills in fields that are in high demand in Tanzania.