Facilitate more public and private partnerships between schools and businesses to enhance students’ learning experiences and job opportunities.
Our office firmly believes that real-world experiences are important for a youth’s development and learning. We have seen this firsthand through the feedback we receive from the high school, college and post-graduate interns in our office. We also heard from the community that it is important to engage the private sector in this endeavor.
Our office spearheaded the first Mobile Job Fair in District 4 in 2014, and have successfully paired students either living or studying in District 4 with local small businesses for summer jobs. The youth are selected and funded through the Mayor’s Youth Employment & Education Program (MYEEP), while our office helps recruit Sunset District businesses to participate. Ten students were hired in 2014, and eight were hired in 2015. This year, students were placed with:
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Adapt Clothing
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Allstate Insurance
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Cal Insurance
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Eagle Pizzeria
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Great Highway Gallery
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Honey Hive Gallery
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Irving Pizza
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Java Beach Cafe
We look forward to continuing this successful partnership and recruiting more businesses to hire students in the coming year. This program allows businesses to receive assistance, while youth are given the opportunity to become more engaged in their community. We also hope the summer opportunities will lead to more permanent employment for the youth.
Our office has also shared information about programs and initiatives that offer youth work and internship opportunities to District 4 schools and non-profit organizations through our newsletter and social media channels. We will continue to disseminate this information as we receive it.
Finally, we will continue to support San Francisco Unified School District programs that provide job-focused instruction, such as its Career Technical Education Academies. At Abraham Lincoln High School, students have access to the Academy of Information Technology, a three-year program designed to introduce high school students to the digital workplace; and the Academy of Finance, which provides training for career opportunities in business and finance. We will continue to support these initiatives so that students have hands-on learning opportunities.
Find out more:
Learn more about San Francisco’s Youth Jobs+ program:
Read about SFUSD’s CTE Academies: