We are pleased to announce funding from DC’s Office of the State Superintendent (OSSE) to take one of our prototypes into pilot with Academy of Hope, an adult charter school in Washington, DC. Our partners include Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels, SUNY-Empire State College and Edgewood/Brookland Family Support Collaborative. This week the Lab convened the partners to build on the prototype of what we called an “Entry-Level Plus” bootcamp, that will seek to break new ground in pathway design: Identifying learners who are a good fit for the exploding hospitality industry in DC, helping them benchmark and develop the 21st century skills those employers care most about, and getting hands on experience and competency-based college credit for their training and learning experiences.

Sprint participants convert job descriptions into ‘T profiles’