Riverside Unified School District

June 16, 2024

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When California created it’s 10-Year CTE Continuum Mandate, Riverside Unified wanted to meet it and do better. They chose Pathful to ensure all K-12 students district wide were receiving access to the best. Riverside Unified School District has partnered with Pathful to provide their students with a career exploration, skill development and job preparation platform that provided their students with context around for what they were learning in school.

Riverside Unified had three main concerns identified when it came to RUSD response to California’s 10 year CTE Continuum Mandate -expansion to younger grades, a focus on providing resources to all students, not only the CTE students; and context within the curriculum. What they found in Pathful was a partner that could meet their three main needs, but also make certain the district fulfills the mandate of career guidance to the two higher education grades of 13 and 14.

With Pathful's expertise, RUSD was able to build and implement a 15-year CTE continuum around the 'Three E’s': Explore, Engage, and Experience. 42,000 students across 59 schools now benefit from Pathful’s vast array of career resources, ensuring that every single student is able to explore, engage, and experience their full potential. With Pathful’s continued support, Riverside Unified School District’s goal of keeping students engaged not just during their schooling, but far into their future careers, is realistic and fully achievable..

To promote career awareness, RUSD has it’s high school CTE educators go into middle schools to showcase career opportunities tied to CTE pathways. They use Pathful as a resource to establish real-life context during beginning of semester introductions. In addition, RUSD’s Career Support Specialist has fully integrated Pathful Junior into the district’s thirty elementary schools. These united efforts provide a district-wide approach that prepares every student for future success.

RUSD has taken a cross-curricular approach and integrated Pathful career lessons into history, science, and other academic subjects. This provides students the context to understand how the lessons they learn are related to the multitude of careers waiting for them after they graduate. Going one step further, Pathful offers an all-in-one career-planning platform that will help students align their majors with their desired careers. Thus, making sure RUSD completely fulfills the state mandate and their promise of support to their students.