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Partners in Philadelphia Host After School Prog Aimed at Recruiting Future Frontline Transit Workers

Posted June 2014

SEPTA, TWU Local 234, Keystone Development Partnership and school partners continued their cutting edge work on career pathways in Philadelphia as they kicked off a Careers in Public Transportation After School Program at Mastbaum Vocation and Technical High School.  The programs builds on the partners’ innovative summer youth program, detailed in the Center’s “Pathways to Equity: Effective Transportation Career Partnerships” report.  The three-week Spring program is a pilot that prepares students to apply for the eight-week SEPTA TWU Summer Youth Program.  It will set the stage for a longer and more in-depth semester-long After School initiative at Mastbaum in the Fall.  That program will use a curriculum developed by SEPTA, TWU Local 234 and KDP in consultation with Mastbaum CTE teachers.
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