We’ve brought our apprenticeship and earn-and-learn resources together in one place. The Craft Resource Center now features 20 guides, reports, on-demand webinars, templates, and case studies for people connecting education with paid work.
That work takes many forms. An educator preparation program may be building a paid pathway into teaching. A hospital or health system may be developing an allied health talent pipeline. A workforce board may be bringing employers and training providers around the same table. We created this collection to share the ideas, program examples, and practical tools behind those efforts.
What is in Craft’s Resource Center?
Our Resource Center currently includes 7 on-demand webinars, 7 guides and reports, 3 templates and one-pagers, and 3 case studies. The collection covers program design, registration, funding, workforce data, healthcare staffing, teacher preparation, and state and regional partnerships.
Each format lets us share a different part of the work:
- Webinars bring practitioners and partners into the conversation. Our recordings cover topics from teacher apprenticeship models to healthcare staffing, workforce boards, and work-based learning policy.
- Guides and reports give complex questions more room. They include a playbook for educator preparation programs, a scan of teacher workforce data systems, and resources on funding and program evidence.
- Templates and one-pagers put planning and program operations into a format teams can use. The 90-Day Pilot Planning Worksheet and overview of registered apprenticeship roadblocks are two examples.
- Case studies show how partnerships and paid pathways have taken shape in Louisiana, North Carolina, and Michigan.
We’ve gathered the full collection on a single Resource Center page, with descriptions and access details for every item. The purpose of this post is to introduce the range of work represented there.
The webinar recordings are available on demand through their resource pages, which ask for a work email. Download pages may request additional information before a file opens. We include those details on the individual pages so visitors can see how to access each resource.
Why do we say “apprenticeship and earn and learn”?
Earn and learn describes a connection between paid work and structured education or training. Registered apprenticeship is one formal way to build that connection. Degree pathways, clinical learning, career and technical education, and regional workforce partnerships bring their own people, requirements, and decisions to the work.
We use both terms because our resources speak to more than a registration process. They address how educators align coursework with workplace experience, how employers participate in training, how partners fund a pathway, and how programs document what learners do and achieve. A registration form is one part of that picture; the day-to-day relationship between learning and work is what makes the pathway real for a participant.
This broader view also explains why the collection spans different audiences. A school district, an educator preparation program, a hospital, and a workforce board may all be working toward paid career pathways, yet each brings a different responsibility. We want the Resource Center to reflect those perspectives and the places where they meet.
Where do these pathways take shape?
In classrooms and educator preparation programs
Teacher pathways make the earn-and-learn idea tangible: someone already working in or preparing for a classroom can gain experience while progressing toward a credential. Our CAEP: Building & Scaling Teacher Apprenticeships playbook looks at how educator preparation programs can connect apprenticeship design to clinical practice, coursework, partnerships, and existing standards.
The Solving the Teacher Shortage with Apprenticeship Models webinar brings district and program questions into the same conversation. A National Scan of Existing Teacher Workforce Data Systems looks at the information states have, and the gaps that make it harder to see teacher workforce needs clearly.
Our three case studies add real program contexts. They describe a paid teacher preparation pathway in Louisiana, a state-led approach to degree apprenticeships in North Carolina, and Michigan’s Talent Together model. We include these stories because program structures are shaped by local partners, institutions, and policy choices. Their value is in showing those choices, rather than presenting one universal model.
In hospitals and health systems
Healthcare leaders are working through staffing needs, training capacity, and the cost of building a dependable talent pipeline. Our Travelers or Talent: The Math of Healthcare Staffing webinar examines the reliance on temporary staffing and the partnerships involved in developing talent over time.
The Math on Your Next Allied Health Cohort gives a hospital-focused example of cohort economics. The Braided Funding Unlock discusses how multiple funding sources can contribute to training. These resources help bring staffing, finance, and workforce teams into a shared discussion. The examples are specific to their source materials; actual costs and funding options depend on each program and location.
Across workforce and state systems
Earn-and-learn programs depend on coordination beyond any single classroom or workplace. Employers need training that fits the work. Education partners need a clear role in instruction and assessment. Workforce boards and state leaders often help connect those pieces with funding, labor market information, and policy.
Our Economic Engines: WDBs & the Future of American Talent Development webinar explores the role of workforce boards in regional talent systems. Driving Policy Change for Work-Based Learning examines how leadership, data, employer demand, and funding models affect growth. Together with the state case studies, these sessions show the work behind connecting a promising program to a wider system.
What practical work supports an earn-and-learn pathway?
The Resource Center also covers the details that turn an idea into a program people can operate. Our Apprenticeships 101: Registration & Funding Workshop walks through registration roles and forms. The Apprenticeship Masterclass Playbook brings lessons, templates, and a 90-day roadmap to CTE and work-based learning teams. The pilot worksheet gives that planning a place on the page.
Funding and evidence are part of the same practical conversation. The Definitive Guide to Apprenticeship Funding surveys federal and state funding sources. What the New Apprenticeship Funding Means explores funding developments and the outcomes programs may need to document. Neither resource can determine eligibility for every program; they provide context for conversations with the relevant agencies and partners.
For institutions considering short-term training, Understanding Workforce Pell for Talent Pipelines discusses the questions raised by Workforce Pell. Prove It: The Workforce Pell Data Playbook takes a closer look at approval evidence and learner-outcome data. We include both because policy interest and operational readiness involve different teams. Institutions should confirm current requirements with the appropriate authorities before making eligibility or financial-aid decisions.
Finally, the Craft Education Overview explains our platform and the role we play in work-based learning. It sits alongside the program resources because administration, data, and partner coordination are part of the work, too.
Explore the Resource Center
We created this collection for the people building connections between learning and work: educators, employers, healthcare leaders, workforce boards, and state partners. It brings their questions into one place and makes room for the program designs, funding discussions, tools, and stories that those questions require.
The resources are available in different formats, with access information on each page. Explore Craft’s apprenticeship and earn-and-learn Resource Center to see the full collection of webinars, guides, templates, and case studies.
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