THE MALCOLM JENKINS FOUNDATION
Help us to close the skills gap.
Our future economic growth is dependent upon creating a strong and skilled workforce.
Our public schools are our most important, yet underutilized, pipeline for talent development.
It is critical to connect students with employability skills and career pathways.
Empowering youth to discover their path,
realize their power
Interactive + Culturally Relevant + Real World Stories
In February 2020, The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation announced the expanse of its youth education programs to include a digital model, as a way to offer its powerful educational programming to youth everywhere.
When schools began to close due to COVID-19, TMJF accelerated the launch of its first digital e-learning curriculum: a career readiness program, to support public high schools that were struggling to transition to online learning.
Discover their path.
Realize their power.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Digital “POWER SKILLS”
Key employability skills for all 21st century career pathways
Cross-Cutting “MIND SKILLS”
Soft Skills Valuable in School, Career, Life
Exposure to Career Pathways
5 million young adults are unaware of their career pathway opportunities
Culturally Relevant Role Model Stories
Because youth must “SEE IT” to believe they can “BE IT”
Why did we create Power Pathway Academy?
The Skills Gap
Our future economic growth is dependent upon creating a strong and skilled workforce.
Our public schools are our most important, yet underutilized, pipeline for talent development.
It is critical to connect students with employability skills and career pathways.
The Talent Development Pipeline
Public school districts need support in preparing high school students with the skills and technical knowledge required for competing in a strong and skilled workforce.
COVID-19 has made this need exponentially greater.
The Digital Divide
While students are at home due to COVID-19, we recognize that many young learners won’t have the opportunity to benefit from Power Pathway Academy because they lack the hardware and/or connectivity to access it.
This has become a critical roadblock to learning as COVID-19 has forced students to learn from home.