PROFESSIONAL lEARNING SERIES
BUILDING CAPACITY
The Attainment Network’s Professional Learning Series provides practical learning opportunities for leaders and practitioners working to strengthen education-to-career pathways.
Each session features expert perspectives, real-world examples, and interactive discussion designed to help participants translate ideas into action.
Sessions are free and open to educators, workforce leaders, policymakers, employers, community organizations, and others committed to expanding opportunity and economic mobility for learners and earners.
What to Expect
Participants will:
- Learn about emerging research and promising practices
- Hear real-world examples from organizations leading this work
- Engage in interactive conversations with peers across sectors
- Leave with ideas and tools to strengthen career-connected systems
Pathways & Career Navigation: Insights from the Purposeful Pathways Commission
Monday, April 27 | Noon to 1 p.m.
Across the country, leaders are rethinking how career pathways and advising systems can better support learners in navigating education and employment.
This session explores key insights from the Commission on Purposeful Pathways Report: A Launchpad for Life - A Vision for Purposeful Pathways for all Students, a national report that draws on lessons from right here in Colorado, highlighting emerging recommendations for strengthening career navigation systems. Participants will discuss how these ideas align with Colorado’s ongoing efforts to improve advising, expand career pathways, and support economic mobility.
Colorado has been a national leader in this work, and the Purposeful Pathways report reflects lessons from across our state. Our speakers will connect these insights to Colorado’s ongoing efforts to strengthen advising and expand career pathways.
PURPOSEFUL PATHWAYS presenters
Michelle Camacho Liu
Director, Programs & Policy
at The Attainment Network
Amber Elias
Vice President of Policy and Programs
at The Colorado Education Initiative,
on behalf of
The Homegrown Talent Coalition
Dr. John Garcia III
Executive Director
Pathways Impact Fund
at Strive Together
Co-Chair, Commission on Purposeful Pathways
HEAR FROM COLORADO LEaders in this space
Beau Foubert
Deputy Superintendent
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Dr. Samantha Haviland
Executive Director
Career and College Success
at Denver Public Schools
Bill Summers
Cañon City High School Principal
The Commission on Purposeful Pathways brought together current students, recent graduates and 22 leaders from a range of backgrounds (K12 to higher ed, research to policy, implementation to ideation) to better define and connect the key experiences that empower students to successfully see, understand, and get and stay on great pathways.
Colorado stands at a pivotal moment in transforming the high school experience and expanding opportunities for every student. Over the past two decades, educators and partners across the state have built momentum, bringing together new learning experiences and opening classrooms to college and career pathways.
This paper outlines a roadmap for making that vision a reality. It is both a call to action and an invitation to join in continuing to build the structures needed to sustain this work for years to come.
L/Earners Leading: Centering Learner Voice in Career-Connected Learning
Monday, May 18 | Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Learners and earners bring critical insights into how education and workforce systems actually function.
This interactive session highlights the power of learner and earner voices through a series of short Ted Talk-style presentations from learners and earners sharing their own experiences navigating education and career pathways. Our presenters are leading the way with development of programs and policies that support career-connected Learning outcomes.
Participants will also engage in facilitated discussion and breakout conversations exploring how organizations can more authentically incorporate learner voice into program design, policy, and practice.
Apprenticeships for All: A Model for Continuous Improvement
Monday, June 19 | Noon to 1 p.m.
Employers are leading the way in the design of apprenticeships that work for all apprentices.
Learn from the experiences of employers who participated in a three-month continuous improvement process with Emily Griffith Technical College about how they identified a challenge in their apprenticeship program and took clear, actionable steps to improve their programs.
Utilizing the Apprenticeships for All starter questionnaire and associated workbook employers learned and executed a continuous improvement process designed to support the success of their apprenticeship programs and apprentices.
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