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District outlines apprenticeship and 'SOFA' job-shadow pilot; aims to recruit regional partners
Summary
Lindbergh’s real-world learning coordinator described a regional apprenticeship cohort, a new 'Shadowing Opportunities For All' (SOFA) pilot for sophomores and plans to recruit business partners and neighboring districts for a November kickoff and spring recruitment.
Julie Durham, Lindbergh’s real‑world learning coordinator, told the board the district has become a federally recognized apprenticeship site and is building a regional model that pools employer outreach and student recruitment across school districts.
Durham said the model borrows a cohort approach she previously used in Saint Charles County to grow apprenticeship placements quickly. The cohort approach reduces duplicate employer outreach by having multiple districts meet together with employers and coordinate which placements fit which students.
Durham identified a local coordinator, Cynthia…
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