City Summer Internship
Demystifying Boston’s skyline for Boston’s next generation of women leaders in the workplace.
Apprentice Learning curates programming that illuminates agency and choice whenever possible.
By Letta Neely, Associate Director of Programs As everyone knows, this particular pandemic makes us reach deep in our toolbox to build new and edit the tried-and-true pathways for success. This fall, at Dearborn STEM Academy (DSA) and at Boston Teachers Union School (BTU), we were innovative with our programming and kept our young...
Boston middle schoolers get a taste of career opportunities with short, early apprenticeships
Article: Working Nation – Published on December 16, 2021 Apprentice Learning says the program sets eighth graders up for success in high school and beyond By Victoria Lim -December 16, 2021 It’s a well-known—and quoted—notion that “children are our future.” A Boston-based nonprofit is leaning all the way into this belief with short unpaid apprenticeships that...
Skills for Success
Students practice self-presentation and communication skills in professional workplace setting.
Career Knowledge
Worksite partners ignite a sense of purpose with authentic learning.
Dreams and Plans
Students meet professionals who share and inspire their career pathways.
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For as little as $85, you can provide a weekly stipend for a rising ninth grade City Summer Intern.
Host Students at Your Workplace
Ignite purpose with career discovery at your workplace.
We partner with local business to create seminal experiences that give purpose to the present, but more importantly, to a young person’s future. That purpose—the thing that motivates students and moves lives forward can be found in workplaces across our city.
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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