The Intermediary Network has identified specific functions that must be conducted by one or more institutions in a local community if convening and connecting activities are to be effective and sustainable.

• strengthen and create employer demand;
• provide services to support participation of workplace partners;
• promote quality workplace experiences for all youth;
• connect all youth to appropriate and high quality learning experiences;
• build awareness and buy-in among educators and community partners;
• provide services to support educational and training institutions;
• provide the communications link among partners; and
• create a system focused on quality, evaluation and improvement.

Intermediaries interested in being considered for Network membership must complete the attached application and letter of commitment.

We look forward to hearing from you and about your work.

Intermediary Organization Name:

Mailing Address:

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Contact Person:

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Fax:

Email:

Alternate Contact:

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Please answer the following questions to help us identify the most appropriate organizations for participation. Be as specific as possible in your answers, providing evidence and insight into your work as an intermediary.

1. Type of Organization: We are seeking information on local organizations that

simplify, manage, and strengthen the interactions among schools, workplace

partners and community partners. A number of different types of organizations

are listed below. Please check the ONE that best describes your organization.

2. Primary Intermediary Functions of the Organization: Four strategic intermediary functions are critical to successful, sustainable community efforts to connect work and learning for young people. What functions are currently performed by your organization? Please check ALL that currently apply to your organization:

Name:

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Our organization, , performs intermediary functions that

help connect schools with workplaces and other community resources so that

young people can combine learning with doing and become better prepared for

post-secondary learning and careers. Like other intermediary organizations, we

perform a range of functions that are critical to organizing and sustaining

effective local youth-serving systems that bridge the worlds of education and

workforce development, including: 1) convening key stakeholders; 2) brokering

and/or providing services to employers, educational institutions, young people,

and the youth-serving system; 3) measuring outcomes of these efforts; and 4)

promoting policies that can sustain effective practices. While we may be stronger

in the provision of certain functions rather than others, we are committed to all

four of these priority functions and to expanding our efforts in these four areas.

We are interested in being part of a network of other organizations that realize the

critical importance of staffed local organizations that perform these intermediary functions in their communities. We will be active members of such a network, sharing our knowledge and experience, learning from and with others, and creating a voice for ourselves and others like us in debates about education and workforce policy and practice.

Our organization, , meets the criteria described, and if selected for membership will actively participate in and support the Intermediary Network by:

• Contributing annual dues.
• Participating in and contributing to a network workgroup;
• Providing data and information for analysis of intermediary functions, effectiveness and operation; and
• Sharing effective practices and lessons learned with the network via electronic and face to face communications.

Your application will be reviewed by a group of your peers from the Intermediary Network who may contact you by phone or email with some follow-up questions.