Our area’s aging workforce will soon be leaving the employment pool, creating a need for at least 10,000 additional new employees to fill the coming vacancies. The situation creates real challenges for employers since the labor force participation rates in our region have consistently remained lower than rates throughout the rest of Pennsylvania.
This, along with expanded automation and a rapidly evolving economy, requiring skilled and adaptable employees, indicates an urgent need to address the specific requirements of key and growing industries throughout our region.
To combat shortcomings and equity gaps, Careers That Work introduces students to the real-life application of skills found in the workplace, providing an understanding of career opportunities, and their requisite pathways for empowered employment.
Each short video is accompanied by curriculum that focuses on grades 4th through 12th, fostering early awareness and education emphasizing PA Career Readiness Standards and Career Pathways. The videos and curriculum highlight and explore high demand jobs in our region, focusing on career descriptions, necessary workforce skills, career pathways, and salary. Videos are hosted on the WVIA Education portal, shared on all WVIA social media platforms as well as being featured by PBS Learning Media.
Careers that Work not only addresses workforce skills development for grades 4th through 12th, but also offers career pathways education. Curriculum content includes lesson plans, activities, and evaluative materials, all aligned to the Pennsylvania Career Readiness standards.
Discover exciting career pathways with these worksheets:
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