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NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IS LESS THAN 45 DAYS AWAY !
As we approach this year's 10th Annual National Apprenticeship Week (NAW), now is the time to start gearing up. You can get involved in NAW 2024 by hosting an event to showcase your programs, facilities, and current apprentices to career seekers in your communities.
Not sure where to start? You might want to check out the event page for the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) NAW 2024 public webinar, which was held on August 21st. Nearly 1,000 people attended this session, which shared ideas for how to connect to NAW. During the webinar, attendees heard from previous year NAW event hosts about their events and activities to spur ideas for events to host during NAW 2024. Also, speakers from industry, labor, the apprentice community and more shared how to use NAW to lift up stories about how Registered Apprenticeship has transformed lives.
Please refer to the WorkforceGPS event page where you will also find the webinar recording, the slide presentation, and answers to the series of questions posed during the event.
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OVERARCHING THEMES
The following daily themes are meant to encourage national Registered Apprenticeship system partners to plan related events and special announcements so we can highlight them accordingly.
- Monday (Nov. 18th): Youth and Young Adult Apprenticeship Day
- Tuesday (Nov. 19th): Registered Apprenticeship in New and Emerging Industries and Around the Globe
- Wednesday (Nov. 20th): Expanding Registered Apprenticeship to Underserved Populations
- Thursday (Nov. 21st): Women in Apprenticeship
- Friday (Nov. 22nd): Federal Apprenticeship and Veterans in Apprenticeship
To get ideas about the types of activities undertaken for theme days during 2023, please refer to the NAW 2023 Final Report.
NAW Planning Toolkit Highlights
Our NAW Resources Page on Apprenticeship.gov features a variety of helpful tool, including our NAW Planning Toolkit. This toolkit shares a host of helpful items to assist organizations in planning the very best NAW events.
Some of these tools are highlighted below.
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An Event Planning Checklist: Whether you’ve already registered an event or are just thinking about hosting one, this checklist will help you get started.
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A Sample Event Agenda: Use our NAW sample event agenda and mock run of show as a resource to finalize event logistics.
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Invitation Tips: These tips will help you build your invite list, and the invitation sample can be used as a template or as inspiration to create your own personalized invites.
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Messaging: Use these facts and messages to brush up on the “why” of apprenticeship or to prep presenters at your event.
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Help us Spread the Word
Here are a few ways you can help spread the word: Visit the NAW website to download the NAW 2024 Editable Flyers. Share these with your partners to spread the word. Consider drafting a Proclamation to commemorate the 10th Annual NAW (see above). When you check out our NAW Resources page, be sure to look for the NAW 2024 Mailer. Also, the NAW 2024 Social Media Tip Sheet offers suggestions on how to share your event and apprenticeship successes on social media using #NAW2024, #DecadeOfNAW, and #ApprenticeshipUSA!
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Follow the U.S. Department of Labor, continue to tag us in NAW event photos, and be sure to use the official hashtag #NAW2024 or #DecadeOfNAW for a chance to be featured on the Social Media Board. |
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The Employment and Training Administration promotes registered apprenticeship under the National Apprenticeship Act. |
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