Providing Access to Career Pathways
Many PENCIL Partners directly help students explore career pathways through their connections with the Academies of Nashville (AON). The AON are high school Career Academies that strengthen student skills in workforce-specific focus areas, such as arts, engineering, hospitality, information technology, and healthcare, and are a major part of the Metro Nashville high school experience.
PENCIL’s goal is to match industry partners to the appropriate school or Academy, help the partner plan a set of activities and student engagements for the year, and then nurture that partnership so that students gain meaningful career exposure and make valuable real-world connections.