Maker Work Based Learning Partners and Opportunities
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Maker Partner |
2024-2025 Programs |
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Big Brothers Big Sisters |
Workplace Mentoring Program (2 cohorts this year - grades 11 and 12) with Amex and PWC |
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Children's Arts and Science Workshop |
CareerReady SYEP and school year Work Learn Grow site placements |
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Industry Scholars Program / Grant Associates |
Site placements for 11th and 12th graders at IT companies |
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Gotham Park |
- GROOP Prototyping Internship: phase 4 will begin this year with funding from ConEd. After initial concept designs were created with support from a wide-range of city agencies and stakeholders, students created full-scale models for feedback. Now we are moving into fabrication and installation in the park - Web Design and Social Media Internship: 2 students hired to help edit Gotham Park's online presence - Annual Block Parties: Collaboration to run event that includes other campus schools as well as over 20 neighborhood organizations - Youth Council launching this winter with reps from all campus schools - SYEP Site |
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FiDi Resiliency Project |
- AP Environmental Science site for citizen science project - Spring internship for community engagement events |
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Teachers College Citizen Science Program |
SYEP Site summer 2025 |
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PowerTools for Progress |
Internship developing Advisory materials for other schools to use and updating blog posts |
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Arup |
- Modeling Internship: Students hired to create a 3d Model and Map of the neighborhood, focusing on accessibility - Support in math and CTE classrooms by providing staff for student feedback sessions |
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Junior Achievement of NY |
- HS Heroes: Students from Maker will train to teacher career prep curriculum to K-5th grade students - Job Shadows/Workshops: We have several job shadows planned through JA with Swiss Bank, Goldman Sachs, Avanade, and Chanel - Finance Park: all 11th grade students will take a trip to JA's facilities to participate in personal finance and career development simulations with corporate volunteers from Goldman Sachs. |
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Baruch College |
Admissions office social media internship |
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PowerTools |
Year-long internship creating advisory materials for schools that work with PowerTools |
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IIDA (International Interior Design Association) |
Students were invited to participate in two career fairs and industry events through FIT And IIDA as well as received scholarships for FIT courses |
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Stacks + Joules |
- In 11th grade Python classes, Stacks and Joules provide instruction 2x/week using Carnegie Mellon materials - Internship doing data visualization for Chicago Public Schools energy usage |
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Teens for Food Justice |
- Student workers grow, harvest, pack, and distribute produce in addition to making promotional materials for the farm. |
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SUNY FIT Interior Design Department |
- Workplace challenges to redesign spaces on campus (fall 24 samples here) - IIDA Scholarships for Pre-college Interior Design courses |
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Park Avenue Armory |
Workshops with teaching artists and matinee trips to PAA theater events |
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Adelphi University |
Workshops using Unity Software to create walkthroughs of Maker and visualize flows of traffic to and through the school |
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Cornell University/JeLe Design |
Cornell professors are working with us to finish a chromacast projection wall in the Makerspace for student films/photoshoots. They were also awarded the Einhorn Center award for their work with Maker and other schools. This is the final phase of a project begun in Spring 2023 |
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Woof Gang Bakery |
This role is ideal for high school students who are passionate about animals, especially dogs, and are eager to explore a potential career path in the pet industry. The intern will assist with day-to-day operations, including customer service, sales, and pet care. They’ll shadow the business owner and manager to learn about business operations and gain skills in entrepreneurship, business management, and customer engagement while supporting our groomers with grooming and pet handling basics. |
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Arcadis Architecture |
Job shadows and workshops related to architecture, urban planning, and interior design |
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iHope School Workplace Challenge |
Designing assistive technology devices for students with traumatic brain injuries Technology Operations - setup, organization, and inventorying tech used by staff at iHope |
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Makers Making Change |
Assistive technology builds for people with disabilities (soldering, coding) |
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New York Public Library |
Assistive technology internship for 1-2 students |
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ACE Mentoring |
Mentoring program for careers in Architecture, Construction, and Urban Planning |
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In-House Work-Based Learning |
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Targeted Groups |
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