Opening Up Future
Pathways for Bronx Youth
Delivering impactful career-discovery programs to a part of NYC that suffers from high levels of poverty and a lack of resources and opportunity for young people.
The Challenge
Staffing shortages resulting in scarce resources for running enrichment programs
A lack of career-discovery programming in the most poverty-stricken NYC borough
A need for a safe environment supported by positive role models
What students experienced
Robotics
Students got to code and command their own robots! This helped them develop math and digital skills while getting creative designing their robots.
Video Game Design
By learning how games are made — story structure, character and map design, and marketing — students developed communication and presentation skills.
Business Startup
Students brought their ideas to life by planning, developing, and pitching business ideas, learning about finances and project management.
Work ED's (not so) Secret Sauce
"This was like school, but funner!"
A fully-staffed solution
CHCF was able to use Work ED as a turnkey solution: fully staffed, well-trained, and ready to hit the ground running — helping ease staffing shortages.
Career-discovery programs
CHCF used Work ED's proven curriculum to hit their aims of providing tech-themed career-discovery skills to local youngsters — kids and parents loved it.
Social-emotional learning
Work ED's SEL approach and community events helped students work on emotional regulation and foster a sense of agency and community.
"Our Students have received the Work ED Curriculum extremely well, are fully engaged, excited about the program and are eager for things to come."
Glendaliz Valdez — Director of Programs for CHCF
The partnership grows
Following on from the success of the summer camps at P.S./M.S. 279, CHCF once again partnered with Work ED to bring afterschool programs to more Bronx kids at PS 59!
Bring the same impact to your students!
Fill out the form and our NYC Program Manager Darren Sanchez will set up a meeting with you.
Darren Sanchez — NYC Program Manager