The Pittsburgh Regional Compact creates partnerships between regional employers and educators that provide long-term solutions to a regional workforce challenge. Using a coordinated approach across the Pittsburgh region’s 10 counties,
the Compact builds the workforce and builds careers. Connecting employers and educators to provide real-world career education to southwestern Pennsylvania students will result in a career-ready workforce for our region's employers.

As Compact members, employers and educators provide career education for students – our region’s future employees – to prepare them for the workforce.
The many ways to do this include:

• Classroom Speakers
• Workplace Tours
• Job Shadowing
• Career Mentoring
• Work Readiness Training
• Educators in the Workplace
• Graduation Project Advisors
• Internships

Pittsburgh Regional Compact Member City Charter High School was recently featured on ABC’s Good Morning America for its focused approach to preparing students to enter the workforce. As part of a “Whistle-Stop Tour”—an initiative featuring reports from every state in the nation over the 50 days that lead up to the 2008 presidential election—Good Morning America Co-Host Diane Sawyer and the production crew arrived in Pittsburgh on train and sought out downtown City High for a segment on “Education in America.” Several students and faculty were interviewed, providing national media exposure for the school and for Pittsburgh.

You can learn more about mentoring, internships and other career education initiatives at City High by visiting www.cityhigh.org.