Career Pathways Advising


New Visions for Public School’s Career Pathways Advising initiative is designed to help educators guide students in New York City through the exploration of and transition to multiple post-high school opportunities. Click below to access our searchable Career Directory including career training programs, internships, apprenticeships, certifications, and more. Learn more about our Directory, what information is included, and our sources below. 

For students who need support finding employment, or joining the military, or if you’re leaving high school undecided about next steps, click below to access our transition guides for other pathways.

About the Career Pathways Advising Initiative

What is the Career Directory? 


The Career Directory is a web-based tool designed to give educators and students access to high-quality multiple postsecondary pathways. The Directory is a one-stop-shop for discovering a diverse range of opportunities, including vocational programs, apprenticeships, certifications, and transition support organizations. New Visions designed the Directory specifically to help identify best-fit opportunities based on student preferences and criteria. The Career Pathways Advising toolkit also includes student and educator-facing resources to support career and program research, and transition tools so students can navigate their postsecondary options confidently.

What programs are featured in the Directory?


The Career Directory features programs with accessible entry requirements suitable for high school graduates. For example, programs without substantial prerequisites other than a high school diploma or equivalency. 


The Directory includes:


Is there a program we missed? Let us know here


How do we get our information? How often is it updated?


 The information in the beta version of the Career Directory was compiled from:

Program information will be updated biannually, and program cards in the Directory display the date of the last update. If you would like to suggest a program to be included, or if you see an error, or want to suggest an update, let us know here


Please note: different programs and organizations will provide different information, and some key distinguishers (wage data, program completion rates) are not publicly available at this time. We have provided Resources for Students to support with further research, including questions to ask of a program.

How do I contribute or provide feedback?


We invite you to provide feedback by using our form. You can use the form to:


If you missed our beta launch sessions in May and June 2024, a recording and slide deck are available here.


If you are interested in setting up a demo, or learning about opportunities for partnership, please email us at careerdirectory@newvisions.org.

Our Partners, Approach & Timeline

Our Partners


As part of our tool development, we engaged in 25+ discovery calls with esteemed partners including counselors, other school networks, program partners, and NYC officials. These discussions have been instrumental in validating the Career Directory’s key goals and emphasizing its necessity. Through these conversations, we were able to assess the comprehensive needs of educators, and identify key features for the new Directory. Our stakeholders have expressed confidence in the resources that New Visions develops and our commitment to providing quality professional training and learning opportunities to support school staff and their students.


In our information-gathering stage, we collaborated with 1Degree to access the programs in their existing directory, and supplemented it with additional data points based on counselor and student need. As we move into Phase 2, we will continue to explore a partnership with 1Degree to standardize and routinize data updates.


This work is generously funded through a grant from the Heckscher Foundation for Children


If you are interested in speaking with our team about partnering, please email us at careerdirectory@newvisions.org.

Hear from one of our educators:


“I have juniors and seniors in my College Seminar Class login to use the Directory each year.  For students that are not interested in going to college or are unsure about college as their pathway, it gives them lots of information at their fingertips to find and explore.  There is no way I could give them all these options to search. The students like that they can search by borough, by career type/program, and by free or fee.  The seniors use it in the spring to find things to apply to after they have finished their CUNY Application, since all seniors apply to CUNY at our school.  The juniors use it in the spring when we are making college lists and investigating pathways before senior year.  I am excited about the improvements with more ways to search and more information!” 

-- David Buie, College Advisor at Bronx Leadership Academy II

Our Approach


In addition to the web-app Directory, New Visions has organized this initiative around 3 key strategies:

Timeline & Next Steps


Beta Testing and Feedback | May - December 2024


Phase 2 Launch and Training | January - May 2025


Contact Us


If you have any questions, please reach out to careerdirectory@newvisions.org or fill out our Career Directory feedback form.