Pathway To Middle Skills
Tech Impact’s Pathway To Middle Skills program combines technology and professional skills training with paid internships, supportive services and employment assistance for young adults to secure middle skill careers in technology with family-sustaining wages.
This layered learning approach provides a clear pathway, with stepping stones for relevant work experience, for ITWorks 1.0 alumni who are Help Desk professionals with at least one year of professional IT experience.
ITWorks 1.0
ITWorks 2.0
ITWorks 3.0
Our Approach
Tech Impact’s Pathway to Middle Skill Careers in Technology program includes three free courses: ITWorks 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. The Pathway program begins with ITWorks 1.0, a free entry-level technology and professional skills training course with paid internships, certification and job placement. ITWorks 2.0 and 3.0 are two free advanced computer skills courses that lead to certifications necessary for advancement to middle skill careers in the IT sector.
Grown out of the understanding that entry-level training is no longer sufficient for developing careers in IT, ITWorks 2.0 and 3.0 programs launched in 2024, deliver four free, live online evening IT training programs for ITWorks alumni to gain mid-level technology skills leading to industry-recognized, stackable CompTIA certifications: Network+ (ITWorks 2.0) and Security+ (ITWorks 3.0).
This layered learning approach provides a clear pathway, with stepping stones for relevant work experience, for ITWorks 1.0 alumni who are Help Desk professionals with at least one year of professional IT experience.
“I'm incredibly grateful to Tech Impact, as I never would have made it this far without that first ITWorks class and the internship opportunity that was given to me. Tech Impact genuinely changed my life.” - Jack, 2019 ITWorks 1.0 Graduate, 2024 ITWorks 3.0 Graduate
“ITWorks 2.0 and 3.0 helped immensely with securing my promotion. I feel that the knowledge I was taught and shown helped a lot, and with getting my CompTIA Security+ certificate, it helped distinguish me apart from other candidates and see an immediate 15% raise" - Richard, 2022 ITWorks 1.0 Graduate, 2024 ITWorks 2.0 & 3.0 Graduate
Leroy Barnes, 2012 Graduate
"Technology never stands still, and neither should we.”
Through the generous support of regional foundations, companies, and government programs, Pathways To Middle Skills is a no-cost program for qualified individuals looking to grow a career in technology. Our national statistics include: