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About Johnson & Johnson's Bridge to Employment Initiative
In 1992, Johnson & Johnson launched the Bridge to Employment initiative (BTE) in an effort to support education by communicating to at-risk students that learning can be meaningful, engaging, and relevant. BTE helps young people build solid futures by introducing them to a broad array of careers in health care and providing them with real world experiences. In the summer of 2003, the AED National Institute for Work and Learning (NIWL) was selected by Johnson & Johnson to become a partner in the management and evolution of the BTE initiative.
BTE sites, currently operating in ten communities in the continental U.S. and around the world, are located in some of the most economically disadvantaged areas. While each site is unique in its structure and implementation, each partnership consists of a local Johnson & Johnson operating company, a high school, an institution of higher education, and an intermediary organization. BTE program excellence stems from use of a common core of school-to-career principles: maintaining high standards of academic learning for all students, providing opportunities for contextual learning, creating links with institutions of higher education, and connecting students with adults in the workplace. BTE is based on solid research and uses continuous evaluation to promote success and measure outcomes.
Specifically, Bridge to Employment:
- Builds long-term partnerships among businesses, educators, community groups and parents to have a meaningful impact on students' future success in the workplace;
- Prepares at-risk young people to meet the challenges and requirements of the health care industry and today's complex society;
- Reinforces parental involvement as a critical link between young people and their schools;
- Recognizes and advances community efforts in locations that are exemplary in helping young people to begin building careers; and
- Assists in creating linkages to institutions of higher education and training.
In 2007-2008, new partnerships were launched in
Trenton, New Jersey;
St. Louis, Missouri;
Bogota, Colombia;
Inverness, Scotland; and Livingston, Scotland.
Other current sites include:
Bound Brook, New Jersey;
Cork, Ireland;
Rochester, New York;
Silicon Valley, California; and
Vacaville, California. Click here for information on former BTE sites.
NIWL staff who work with these partnerships on the BTE initiative include:
Lisa Johnson, BTE Project Director
Amanda McMahon, BTE Program Manager
Read more about BTE...
For more information on the Bridge to Employment program, please contact us at:
AED National Institute for Work and Learning
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
E-mail: BTE@aed.org
Phone: (202) 884-8069
Fax: (202) 884-8422
Bridge to Employment is managed by the AED National Institute for Work and Learning, Washington, DC. To learn more about BTE, call NIWL at (202) 884-8069 or send an E-mail to BTE@aed.org.
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