JFF Drives Talent Growth for John Deere
JFF partnered with John Deere to build and deliver a national apprenticeship program for agriculture and equipment technicians and heavy construction equipment mechanics. Background John Deere is one of America’s most successful, resilient, and iconic…
How to Develop an Effective Work-Based Learning Program
JFF has identified seven key principles for effective work-based learning models to ensure that work-based learning can fulfill its promise as a critical component of career pathways strategies designed to bolster education and employment outcomes.…
Work-Based Learning Glossary
A apprenticeship A workforce training model that combines paid on-the-job learning and formal classroom or online instruction to help a worker master the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed for career success. These programs generally vary…
Building Workers' Skills at Ralph H. Simpson Co.
An Illinois manufacturer uses the Industrial Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship program to build its workers’ skills. The Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship program provides frontline manufacturing production workers with the knowledge and competencies needed in the…
The Business Case for Work-Based Learning
JFF can help JFF works with top companies like Lockheed Martin, John Deere, Nissan, Honda, and Best Buy to put work-based learning into action. We help companies assess their business drivers, evaluate talent needs, and…
Workforce Development Institute: Teamwork Makes the IMT Dream Work
This profile highlights how WDI, a Michigan intermediary, expands the IMT apprenticeship program through building and maintaining close relationships with employers. Intermediary Profile Workforce Development Institute (WDI) This workforce product was funded by a grant…
Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Youth Apprenticeship Programs
This self-assessment and planning tool assists local, state, or regional lead entities and their partners in gauging their current capacity to establish a high-quality system for high school-based youth apprenticeships. This self-assessment and planning tool…
Growing Equity and Diversity Through Apprenticeship: Business Perspectives
More than 20 leading employers and industry associations share strategies for making apprenticeship programs more accessible to people from underrepresented populations. Despite the ongoing evolution of apprenticeship programs, there have been concerns that not all…
4 Strategies for Incorporating Equity and Diversity in Your Apprenticeship Program
This brief pulls up 4 approaches businesses are using to increase equity and diversity in their apprenticeship programs. This brief pulls up 4 approaches businesses are using to increase equity and diversity in their apprenticeship…