Career Partners

Chart a new career path.

From education to the workforce takes the right support.

  • Identify youth by their aspirations by not focusing on only challenges within the CTE program and services.

  • Understand youths’ context – understand that youths’ aspirations may not be understood or defined which means that their “real possibilities” are not present; given this context, short- and long-term support should be in place to sustain future youth-defined aspirations.

  • Understand that crisis situations may exist for youth.

  • Understand that opportunities for learning should be present.

  • Youth must be seen - acknowledged; they are not invisible.

  • Youth matter including their voice and choice.

  • Acknowledge and encourage what “success” means to youth including their own hopes and dreams mean to youth.

  • Recognize that youth have their own set of skills and assets (compared to having none)

  • Recognize that youth have their own social values and aspirations such as wanting to help others or care for other youth, their social values matter.

  • Motivate youth and provide greater opportunity and exposure for learning and successes.

  • Understand that each day matters including the micro and macro encounters and interactions; this is especially important when working towards building and sustaining trust.

  • Be patient with youth and their progress – positive outcomes and progress take time and patience.

  • Industry Driven Curriculum

    Engaging Instructional Strategies: active, authentic learning experiences paired with positive support, and personalized for individual learning styles

    Competency-Based Curriculum: teaching foundational skills for entry into a career pathway leading to employment with fair wages

    Workplace Soft Skills: acquisition of essential soft skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills needed in any career

    Industry Certification available

  • Employer Partnerships

    Community-based internships

    Ongoing mentoring and job placement

    Real-world application through client-based experiential learning

  • Career Assessment

    Ongoing transition/career assessment

    Career decision-making and planning

  • Highly Qualified Staff

    Industry expertise

    Utilizes a strength-based approach

    Promotes youth self-advocacy and self-determination

    Values youth voice

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Building Futures

PHILLIPS Building Futures provides intensive hands-on career training for youth. The program provides academic programming, positive behavioral supports, industry certification, and related services while students learn the building trades during school.

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Growing Futures

PHILLIPS Growing Futures is a hands-on experiential program encompassing culinary arts training in a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen and training in an indoor hydroponic vertical farm growing and harvesting fresh ingredients like herbs, vegetables, and microgreens all year round.

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Designing Futures

PHILLIPS Designing Futures is an innovative career and technical education program that provides opportunities for youth to build confidence and competence through a 3D design, print, and Information Technology curriculum.