Schools & Districts
Schools and districts are essential partners in shaping the future of our communities. Through their commitment to education, equity, and student success, they cultivate environments where young people can discover their potential and prepare for meaningful pathways beyond the classroom. By partnering with Pathway Forward, schools and districts can expand access to resources, strengthen career and workforce readiness, and empower students with the skills, confidence, and opportunities needed to thrive in an ever-changing world.
Data shows that students wish they had better understood their talents and career options while in high school.
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Recent studies also show that graduates feel they lacked work-based learning experiences and needed better access to career counseling and guidance.
Early career planning and preparation leads to student readiness and clearer next steps
Our career readiness roadmap and travel guide is designed to empower, inspire, connect, and equip students as they are guided on a journey of early career exploration and planning.
Its plug-and-play and flexible framework provides the ability to implement work-based learning opportunities that align with your career readiness goals or curricula.
Bridge classroom learning and workforce readiness through applied learning.
Combine work-based learning with reflection, planning tools, and real-world context.
Turn confusing, high‑stakes decisions into a guided journey with clear next steps.
We provide students with a self-guided, modular roadmap and toolkit for career exploration and academic pursuits.
The Pathway Forward readiness program helps to even the load with educators and guidance counselors. With its comprehensive, flexible, and ready-to-use framework, less time is required of them for development and prep work, increasing their ability to support more students with their postsecondary planning and career exploration, while also reducing costs and increasing program engagement and success.
Our program offers educators and guidance counselors clear session plans, ready-to-use tools, and a shared roadmap and language that can be used across grade levels, programs, schools/districts, and agencies — making it easier to implement into your existing career readiness program and curricula, while also increasing consistency and streamlining program operations.
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With your partnership, students will be more prepared, increasing their confidence and setting them up for success as they further their education and enter the workforce.
When students have clarity and feel confident about their career options and possibilities, the path is clearer.
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The Result: Higher post-secondary enrollment and completion, stronger diversity and inclusion, increased career and workforce readiness, a skilled talent surplus, a thriving workforce, and reduced achievement and equity gaps.