Apprenticeship Event Series

Designed to increase awareness of and collaboration between schools that offer CTE programs and businesses and industries that offer registered apprenticeships in five regions across Pennsylvania, this inaugural event focuses on Montgomery County and some of its robust work-based learning pipelines. Highlighting panels on registered apprenticeships and local CTE’s, participants will leave with a network of support, new ideas for recruitment, and  business and industry partners to strengthen the school to career pipeline.

Friday, November 13, 2026
Room 144, College Hall
Montgomery County Community College* 
340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422

Tentative Event Schedule

8:30 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

Tara Loew, Director, Apprenticeship and Training Office, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

Judd Pittman, Director, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education

9:20 a.m. Special guest speaker

TBD

9:40 a.m. Registered Apprenticeship Panel / Open Discussion
Hear from existing RA programs about the challenges in recruitment for their industry, gaps in workforce preparedness, qualifications for employees both now and in the future, and anticipated workforce shortages. 

10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. CTE Panel Discussion
Five area CTE leaders share the ways they use and braid Perkins funding to support training and programming and the ways in which industry can be involved with schools through OACs, LACs, internships, work-based learning, co-ops, pre- apprenticeships, visits, teacher professional development, and more. 

11:45 a.m. Regional Plan Development Activity
Identify areas of strength in your region, areas of misalignment, and develop actionable strategies to build upon strengths to address areas of misalignment.

12:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
12:30 p.m. Event wraps

*Montgomery County Community College is not affiliated with the event and the College should not be contacted regarding the program.