On Oct. 30, Temple University welcomed nearly 250 high school students from across the city of Philadelphia to the Howard Gittis Student Center for the Philadelphia Youth in Education Summit.

With student-led sessions and keynotes from city officials and educators, the summit was designed to make teaching more accessible and appealing to young people from the Philadelphia area. Students connected, networked and attended breakout sessions that explored teaching career pathways. The event also explored the challenges of recruiting teachers, particularly in Philadelphia and the enrollment decline in teacher education programs.

As part of the Philadelphia Citywide Talent Coalition (PCTC), the summit was funded through Temple’s Pennsylvania Department of Education Educator Workforce grant, which is managed by the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) Center for Reimagining Excellence, Access and Transformation in Education (CREATE).