Career Readiness & Modern Youth Apprenticeship (CRMYA)

What is a Modern Youth Apprenticeship? 

An apprenticeship is a 3-year experience that prepares a NYC Public School student for a specific occupation. Traditional apprenticeships are typically in the skilled trades while modern apprenticeships are focused in expanded industries like technology, business, education and finance. Apprentices can be employed in the for profit, government or non-profit sectors. Each occupational title has a set of related competencies of which an apprentice works to achieve mastery.

How is an Apprenticeship Different from an Internship?

    • Apprenticeship

    • Focus on preparation
    • Multiple years (2-3 years)
    • Pathway to employment
    • Paid work experience with annual wage increases
    • Registered through Federal or State Department of Labor
    • Completion marked by earning an aligned industry credential or credential of value

    • Internship

    • Focus on exploration
    • Short term (a few weeks)
    • No intentional pathway to employment
    • Not always paid
    • No official registration
    • No portable credential

NYS Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP)

The large majority of CRMYA apprenticeships are registered with NYS Department of Labor (NYSDOL). This means that these apprenticeships are competency-based experiences that provide young people with up to 3 years of work experience necessary to master a set of aligned competencies for that occupational title. Apprentices master these skills through on the job training and related training and instruction. A RAP is deemed successfully completed by NYSDOL when the apprentice earns the aligned industry recognized credential for their occupational title. 

Career Readiness & Modern Youth Apprenticeship (CRMYA) 

CRMYA launched alongside FRNYC in June 2022 with the intention to broaden access to career connected learning to students across NYC Public Schools.  While FRNYC was designed to scale to more schools every year, CRMYA was designed as a pilot from which we can learn and innovate. For this reason, OSP does not add new schools to CRMYA on an annual basis and for SY 26-27 no new CRMYA will be added. Additionally, every year the alignment between FRNYC and CRMYA is more intentional. All schools participating in CRMYA are expected to also participate in FRNYC. Offboarding from FRNYC will also result in offboarding from CRMYA.   

CRMYA is the marriage of career readiness coursework and apprenticeships. There is a prescribed course sequence that all CRMYA participating schools must adhere to in order to prepare students for apprenticeship experiences. See table below. NYCPS students participating in CRMYA apprenticeships will attend classes at school Monday through Thursday until 12:00 PM and then travel to their worksite where they will work from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. On Fridays, apprentices are in the school building all day and do not work. Apprenticeships can be credited if schools choose to offer companion coursework that is required to accompany any off-site learning experience, as per NYC Public Schools Office of Academic Policy guidance.

Required courses are listed in bold font.

    • Course Name

    • Universal or Selective

    • Able to Embed

    • Notes

    • Career Exploration
      Required
      Grade: 9
    • Universal
    • Yes
      • Not required to be credited
      • Can be ELA core credit or elective.
    • Pathways Matching*
      Required
      Grade: 11
    • 26 students maximum
    • Yes- Must be approved using THIS FORM
      • Must be credited
      • Elective credit
      • Cannot be offered after school or at lunch
    • Apprenticeship Connections
      Optional
      Grade: 12
    • Apprentices only
    • No
    • Required companion course to award elective credit for apprenticeships.

*Pathways Matching curriculum is being updated and will be shared in time for Spring semester. 

Alignment with FutureReady NYC (FRNYC)

For SY 26-27 over 90% of schools participating in CRMYA are also FRNYC schools. This intentional push to provide FRNYC coursework at schools offering apprenticeship experiences speaks to the strong belief that the five FRNYC pillars prepare students well to be competitive applicants and successful apprentices.

  • CCI: The pathway aligned coursework in 9th–11th grades provide students with foundational knowledge that employers need wage earning apprentices to have before starting work. 

  • ECC: The level of rigor required of a dual credited course prepares youth apprentices for the more intense expectations in a workplace setting. 

  • Personal Finance: Engaging in personal finance coursework prior to beginning an apprenticeship experience equips a young person with an understanding of how to manage their money, invest, save and spend wisely.  

  • Individualized Advising: Individualized advising is critical for a student to be able to make the intentional connection between what they are learning in an FRNYC class and applying for, and succeeding at, a pathway aligned apprenticeship. See more below.  

  • WBL: Early exposure to unpaid work-based learning experiences through shadowing, Career Discovery Week and guest speakers helps students better understand their interests and how they align with their career aspirations. Paid internships in later years introduce students to different workplace settings and cultures and help them make more informed decisions about where they would like to work as an apprentice, when the time comes. 

Integrating CRMYA with FRNYC

Pathway to Success

Integrating FRNYC and CRMYA