The Business-School Engagement Continuum

How strong is your business-school partnership across the full learner journey?

Strong industry engagement is not defined by one successful internship program, career fair, or employer partnership. It depends on whether career-connected experiences are intentional, broadly accessible, connected across the learner journey, supported by repeatable systems, and increasingly shared with industry partners.  

The Business-School Engagement Continuum helps education and industry leaders assess partnership maturity from elementary through postsecondary education, visualize gaps across the pipeline, and identify what it will take to move toward deeper, more sustainable partnership. 

What You’ll Learn 

• How industry engagement can progress from little or no connection to strategic partnership and shared ownership 

• How career awareness, exploration, authentic experiences, workforce preparation, and industry partnership build across the learner journey 

• Where engagement is strongest and where students experience gaps or weak transitions 

• Whether high-quality opportunities are broadly accessible across schools, programs, and student groups 

• What experiences and system conditions are needed to move your business-school partnerships one level higher 

• How to translate your assessment into a priority stage, target level, first action, owner, and timeline  

Designed For:
Superintendents & District Leaders | CTE & Career Readiness Leaders | Workforce Development Leaders | Employer Partnership Leaders | School Leaders | Industry & Community Partners