WorkReady Summer Programs

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. The School District of Philadelphia, through The Office of Career and Technical Education, will provide summer employment and enrichment opportunities for high school students between 14 and 18 years of age. The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Employment Program is an innovative program that affords CTE students, who currently attend Philadelphia Public Schools, the opportunity to gain valuable work experiences and develop meaningful skills that can be used in their future careers.

We will only accept youth who we share our code with. The School District of Philadelphia, through The Office of Career and Technical Education, will provide summer employment and enrichment opportunities for high school students between 14 and 18 years of age. The Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Employment Program is an innovative program that affords CTE students, who currently attend Philadelphia Public Schools, the opportunity to gain valuable work experiences and develop meaningful skills that can be used in their future careers.

Our WorkReady program is an extension of our innovative one-year Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources CTE program. Youth engage in service learning on sustainable product making: food waste & composting; food safety (serve-safe food handler certification); and many options for natural resources projects. All participants engage in small business accelerator activities, financial literacy, food growing and cooking and product making, marketing, and sales. And field trips!

This program is currently full and not accepting additional applications. The Summer Youth Employment Program at UAC is dedicated to connecting youth to in-person work experiences. Businesses from industries and from neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia volunteer to host youth for the six-week program. The core population we serve are youth who are 14-18 years old. Rising 9th graders and current high school students are encouraged to apply. This is not a program for current college students. Current college students may inquire about opportunities at uac.org.

To Our Children’s Future With Health, Inc. provides workforce development training in-person at the Overbrook High School. We use a workforce readiness approach providing technical education training in Electrical, Customer Sales and Services, and Information Technology; and Community Advocacy (Philly On The Come Up) for youth in 9th-12th grades living in West Philadelphia. All youth receive Career Workforce Development and social emotional training to strengthen employment skills.

There is a known critical gap between the need for financial education in Philadelphia and the presence of innovative and comprehensive programs for students. WesGold Fellows was started in 2007 by VestedIn with the purpose of being a bridge that covers the gap between financial disparity and educational inequality. The WesGold Fellows program is a paid summer internship for high school youth focused on personal and professional development, financial literacy, real estate, and entrepreneurship.

Our award-winning programs offer excellent free arts education and paid creative opportunities to youth. Taught by top working artists, our programs support young people to enter the workforce and postsecondary education as creative problem solvers and social innovators. Studios offered are: Music Production Dance Voice Studio Fashion Design Clay + Ceramics Philly Earth (Urban Farming) Photography Graphic Design + Event Production

We ONLY serve students currently enrolled at the Workshop School. The Workshop School offers current Workshop students the opportunity to participate in a WorkReady Summer experience that is an extension and expansion of work students participate in during the academic year. In previous years, students participated in mural making, completed automotive projects, and engaged in internship opportunities across the city. Staff at Workshop are working hard to confirm our program offerings for summer 2023. Stay tuned for more information!

Earn while you Learn Zhang Sah's middle school incentive based education program. Age 12-14, this program provides for early job preparedness by equipping youth with the skills needed for interviewing and writing a resume. Our focus is sports based youth development, positive coaching and Martial Arts. Our High School program grades 9-12 offers job preparedness with paid work experience in sports based youth development and positive coaching through multiple sports.