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WHAT WE DO
 

About Our Work

Through career-readiness programming that’s culturally relevant, youth centered, and prioritizes real-world experiences and connections, Schools That Can connects students and the world of work.

  • Helps develop students’ skills and confidence through hands-on opportunities to explore career and purposes, micro-internships and mock interviews for real-world guidance, and more.
     

  • Approaches career readiness through work-based learning that focuses on both explorability and employability.

  • Builds the capacity of teachers and schools by bringing career readiness directly into classrooms, led by talented STC facilitators. 

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How We Do It

  • Our career readiness curriculum builds directly into the school day, and can be customized to meet a school’s needs.

  • Schools can choose all 6 units in our award-winning curriculum, or mix and match specific units that fit their school’s needs.

  • We provide all curriculum, resources, and professional volunteer connections.

  • Our trained facilitators lead lessons right in the classroom, working with teachers to ensure units are meeting student needs and we’re supporting the school community.

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Where We Do It

Our programming is active across 4 cities: New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Newark. 

We believe every student should be empowered to explore career paths that meet their needs and interests, establish workplace connections, and build skills they need to pursue a career. We work with middle and high schools serving historically marginalized youth, and prioritize our award-winning curriculum being student-centered, accessible, and responsive to student needs and experiences. In addition to our curriculum being adaptable in what classes it builds into, our resources and curriculum are also designed to meet the needs of students who are English Language Learners.

Explore Our Programs

Design Challenge brings together teams of middle or high school students to engage in design thinking challenges to solve local community problems.

ABOUT DESIGN CHALLENGE

Design Challenges

Design Challenge

Our Career Readiness Curriculum has been recognized as exemplary by the U.S. Department of Education’s Career Z Challenge in 2024. Our Career Readiness Curriculum includes 6 experiential, student-centered units to prepare young people for post-secondary success.

STC'S CAREER READINESS CURRICULUM

Career Readiness

Career Readiness Curriculum

Our Work-Based Learning Experiences represent innovative ways we provide access to work-based learning experiences with industry professionals for students.

WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES

Career Readiness

Work-Based Learning Experiences

 STC’s proprietary ELL Rubric addresses the timely challenge of significant growth of English Language Learners in schools. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Design Challenges

English Language Learners

STC's Ed Chats provide an invaluable platform for sharing ideas and thoughts among diverse leaders.

STC'S ED CHATS

Career Readiness

STC Ed Chats

STC's STUDY GROUPS

Currently STC facilitates 3 diverse Study Groups including School Leaders, University Provosts and exemplary Thought Leaders

discussing timely issues impacting K-12 public education.

Career Readiness

STC Study Groups

Get Involved

To partner with Schools That Can, to get involved, or get more information about becoming a School That Can, please click here. To volunteer virtually with Schools That Can, please click here.

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