Apprenticeship 2.0

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and Kiko chat with Dr. Robert Lerman, Chairman of the Board for Apprenticeships for America, and John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America. Together, they discuss the state of play on U.S. apprenticeship in 2025, where the U.S. stands with youth apprenticeship and apprenticeship degrees, the potential for law enforcement and other pu...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with Anna Fontus, Program Officer at ECMC Foundation; Laura Love, Senior Vice President at Strada Education Foundation; Michael Horn, Education Author, Speaker, and Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation; and Brent Orrell, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Together, they d...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with Kathleen deLaski, Founder and Board Chair of the Education Design Lab, which works with colleges, states, and employers to design shorter, more targeted forms of higher education. Together, they discuss Kathleen's new book, Who Needs College Anymore? , and where apprenticeships fit in; policy and political barriers in the current higher educati...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Kiko chats with Laura Roussel, Chief Academic Officer for Teaching and Learning in Jefferson Parish Schools in Louisiana; Dr. Tamika Duplessis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Delgado Community College ; and Dr. Joshua Barnett, Chief Executive Officer for the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) . Together, they discuss promot...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Kiko chats with Mark Hedstrom, Executive Director of Skilled Careers Coalition (SCC), and Chelle Travis, Executive Director of SkillsUSA. Together, they discuss differing career pathways for young people, key findings from recent research from both organizations, the apprenticeship "knowledge gap," how apprenticeships compare to traditional education pathways...

In this bonus episode, coinciding with National Apprenticeship Week, Apprenticeship 2.0 shares the stories of four outstanding leaders in the space, as well as insights into their apprenticeship programs. They are Sai Pachava from ApprenticePath; A aron Linson from the Blind Institute of Technology; Amanda Wells from the Naval Shipyard Institute; and Lisa Johnson from FHI 360.   Music by Evgeny Ba...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and Kiko chat with Chad Rountree, CEO of Propel America. Together, they discuss why apprenticeship is one of the most viable career pathways for careers in healthcare, how apprenticeship benefits young people and employers, the launch of a new Propel model in 2025, and much more.   Music by Evgeny Bardyuzha  from  Pixabay . Sound Effect from  Pixabay .

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and Kiko chat with Paul D. Steiner, the Administrator for Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Adult and Community Education (ACE); and Joseph Wolfe, an Electrical Apprenticeship Instructor for FCPS ACE and an Electrical Construction and Engineering Instructor at FCPS' Edison Academy. Together, they discuss FCPS ACE's apprenticeship program and...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and Kiko chat with two Reach University superstars: Ko Kim, Senior Vice President of Candidate Affairs, and Gene Lee, Chief Operations Officer and Head of Candidate Affairs. Together, they talk about the challenges working adult learners face in apprenticeship program and how to overcome those challenges, finding the right support systems to keep apprenti...

In this bonus episode, Kiko meets with several leaders in the apprenticeship space at the 2024 National Youth Apprenticeship Summit in Indianapolis, Sept. 17–19. Those leaders are Marie Mackintosh, President and CEO of EmployIndy; Yennifer Mora, Youth Apprenticeship Coordinator at Career Launch Chicago; Taylor White, Director of Postsecondary Pathways for Youth at New America; Brent Parton, Presid...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and Kiko chat with Dr. Reesha Adamnson, Associate Dean of the College of Education at Missouri State University, and Dr. Kristina Smith, Director of Special Education Services at Hollister R-V School District in Missouri. Together, they talk about an apprenticeship model that's filling teaching roles in the district—and elsewhere in the state—and how the...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and Kiko chat with Dr. Heath Grimes, Director of Partnerships at Reach University, and Inocencia Guarcas Cua, English Language Aide at Russellville Elementary School in Alabama and student at Reach. Together, they talk about the evolution of teacher prep in the United States, how Reach's teacher prep program came to be, how Guarcas Cua discovered the prog...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with David Day, Director of Pryor High School Innovation Center in Pryor, Oklahoma, and Bridget Quinn, Workforce Development Coordinator at the NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center in Portland, Oregon. Together, they talk about their respective pre-apprenticeship programs, the role of pre-apprenticeship programs in workforce development in their are...

 In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with Dr. Mallory Dwinal-Palisch, Founder and Chancellor of Reach University. Together, they talk about Mallory's journey and vision for the apprenticeship degree, dating back to her days at Oxford University; how she and Joe came together to imagine and bring Reach to life; the qualities that make up an apprenticeship degree and why they work; and...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe and new co-host Dr. Kiko Suarez, Reach University's new Chief Impact Officer, chat with John Kelly, Executive Director of the Colorado Governor's Commission on Community Service. Together, they discuss the importance of aligning workforce development and AmeriCorps; how John and his colleagues have shifted AmeriCorps programs to focus more on career pathw...

In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation; an internationally recognized leader in higher education, philanthropy, and public policy whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, and many other high-profile outlets; and author of America Needs Talent and Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines . Toget...

 In this episode of Apprenticeship 2.0, Joe chats with Shari Franey, Chief Operating Officer at Hamilton-Ryker; Jennifer John, Early Childhood Education Instructor and Grant Coordinator for the Childcare Apprenticeship Program at Harford Community College in Maryland; Dr. Sandy Gibson, Professor of Online Counselor Education at The College of New Jersey; and Binal Patel, Chief Program Officer at N...

In this bonus episode short, Apprenticeship 2.0 revisits the bonus episode published earlier in 2024 on the National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree, which was created to spearhead meaningful change at the intersection of apprenticeship, education, and workforce development. In this short, Joe and Liz chat with Marjorie Ringrose, Director of Education at the Richard and Susan Smith Family Fou...

In this bonus episode short, Apprenticeship 2.0 revisits the bonus episode published earlier in 2024 on the National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree, which was created to spearhead meaningful change at the intersection of apprenticeship, education, and workforce development. In this short, Joe and Liz chat with Ross Lohr, Managing Director of Accelerate the Future.   Learn more about the Nati...

In this bonus episode short, Apprenticeship 2.0 revisits the bonus episode published earlier in 2024 on the National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree, which was created to spearhead meaningful change at the intersection of apprenticeship, education, and workforce development. In this short, Joe and Liz chat with Taylor White, Director of the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship & Postse...

In this bonus episode short, Apprenticeship 2.0 revisits the bonus episode published earlier in 2024 on the National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree, which was created to spearhead meaningful change at the intersection of apprenticeship, education, and workforce development. In this short, Joe and Liz chat with Katherine Keegan, Director of the Office of the Future of Work at the Colorado Dep...

In this bonus episode short, Apprenticeship 2.0 revisits the bonus episode published earlier in 2024 on the National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree, which was created to spearhead meaningful change at the intersection of apprenticeship, education, and workforce development. In this short, Joe and Liz chat with Kristi Kirschner, Founder of Gateway Education Partners, LLC.   Learn more about t...

In this mini bonus episode, Apprenticeship 2.0 revisits the bonus episode published in April on the National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree, which was created to spearhead meaningful change at the intersection of apprenticeship, education, and workforce development. In this portion of that bonus episode, Joe and Liz chat with Eric Dunker, Executive Director of NCAD.    Learn more about the N...

In this fourth bonus episode, Apprenticeship 2.0 gives the floor to its marketing partners. These leaders in the apprenticeship space support not only the podcast but apprenticeship initiatives across the U.S. Serving as the voices of these organizations are Stephanie Curtis, Executive Director of Teacher Apprentice Sponsor Coaching and Collaboration, or TASCC LLC ; Dr. Allen Pratt, Executive Dire...

In the second of Apprenticeship 2.0's two-part series on institutions of higher education and apprenticeship degrees, Joe and Liz chat with Dr. Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts, and Dr. Liz Qualman, Director of Teacher Education at Colorado Mountain College. Together, they discuss the U.S. Department of Labor's Advisory Committee for Apprenticeship, how tha...