Together, we educate for our future.
When work experience happens at the right time in a young person’s life: passions emerge, opportunities arise, and newfound purpose propels students forward. At Apprentice Learning, we invite businesses to engage and shape their future workforce. These partnerships welcome all of Boston’s students to imagine a productive and satisfying future in their community.
Our experienced team matches students to your business and guides you to an impactful experience that can ignite a sense of purpose, deepen skills and broaden a young person’s sense of their future in our community.
With careful attention to updated health guidelines, our staff will help your business design an impactful experience.
Whether it is an Apprenticeship: six, once-a-week, two-hour sessions at a designated public location with for five students or a Workplace Exploration, a one day visit with a group of 12 students. Apprentice Learning professionals will meet with you to design a community service opportunity that showcases your business and engages employees. Visits are typically three hours and include a snack or lunch. This offers ample time for adults and students to have a meaningful–and memorable– experience.
Apprenticeship spring dates begin during the week of March 3, 2022. Deadline for participating businesses is December 15, 2021
Workplace Explorations occur throughout the year. There is no deadline for sign ups.
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Director, Bain Capital 
Program Manager
Helen Russell is the Founder and Executive Director of Apprentice Learning. Over the past 30 years, Russell has advocated for connecting students and schools to their communities using hands-on learning experiences. She spent over a decade in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) in external affairs, program development and fundraising at Boston Arts Academy and the Mission Hill School. Prior to working with BPS she was an instructor and program director for Thompson Island Outward Bound and is a senior trainer at Project Adventure. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Boston College and a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. | 
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Chief Development Officer, Brookview House 
Head of Middle School, The Meadowbrook School of Weston