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Work-Based Learning: Great Initiative & HARD to Administer

Every Career & Technical Education (CTE) student must complete 2 credits of a work-based learning experience with hands-on experience and well-defined, serious,integrated learning outcomes. We put together WorkBasedLearning.com so that fellow educators can quickly get up to speed on the requirements and find resources to deploy initiatives in their programs.
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Let’s create programs together that are:

Safe

  • Training
  • Site Visits
  • Reporting
  • Insurance
  • Supervisor Background Checks

Accessible

  • Training
  • Site Visits
  • Reporting
  • Insurance
  • Supervisor Background Checks

Skill-Building

  • Training agreement
  • Skill assessment
  • Training and coaching

Network-Building

  • In-depth relationships
  • Broad, diverse networking
  • Relationship maintenance

Career-Oriented

  • Career alignment
  • Classroom integration
  • Resume and Work Product development
  • Reflection
  • Career Preparation and planning

Collaborative

  • Student voice and choice
  • Employer voice and choice
  • Instructor site visits
  • Personnel training, equipping, engaging
  • Needs assessment

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Requirements

To be WBL, it must meet 3 main criteria to fit both the Perkins and State Statute Definition:

  • The students must be firsthand conducting the tasks required of a given career field. (Can’t be just watching/listening.)
  • The experience must be aligned with curriculum and instruction at an educational institution. (Can’t just be “work” – it needs to be aimed at specific skill development.)
  • The experience must involve interaction with industry and community professionals.  (Can’t just be the teacher they interact with.)

 

Lee Chipps-Walton
Manager of CTE Strategic Initiatives
Florida Department of Education

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What's involved?

Work-Based Learning Guidelines

Work-Based Learning General Criteria:
  • Be developmentally appropriate.
  • Identify learning objectives for the term of experience.
  • Explore multiple aspects of an industry.
  • Develop workplace skills and competencies.
  • Provide opportunities for work-based reflection.
  • Link to next steps in career planning and preparation in a student’s chosen career pathway.
  • Be provided in an equal and fair manner.
  • Be documented and reported in compliance with state and federal labor laws.
Work-Based Learning Performance Assessment Guidance:
  • Assessment methods:
    • Work observation
    • Student work product/portfolio
    • Student presentation
    • Student interview
    • Written assessment
    • Multiple choice assessment
  • Coaching-based feedback
Requirements

Work-Based Learning MUST:

  • Involve interactions with industry or community professionals
  • Involve firsthand experience with tasks required in a given career field
  • Be aligned with curriculum and instruction
  • Be provided in partnership with an educational institution
Optional

Work-Based Learning MAY:

  • Take place on- or off-campus
  • Be virtual/simulated or real-world, service-providing
  • Be paid or unpaid
  • Be credit bearing or non-credit bearing (that is, may be a part of a course specific to work-based learning or be integrated within/parallel to other coursework)
  • Be as short as one occurrence or last years
  • Range from secondary through adulthood
What is WBL?

What IS and What ISN’T Work-Based Learning

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GoSprout Pre-Apprenticeship & Apprenticeship Management Software

Florida-based GoSprout offers a cloud solution for streamlining program development, administration and compliance for high schools, colleges, employers, sponsors and both pre-apprentices and apprentices.

With an end-to-end, integrated approach, all stakeholders on focus on what matters: delivering incredible experiences that create a bridge from the public school system to in-demand, well-paid jobs.
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Examples

Pine Ridge High School

Deltona, Florida

Enrollment guidelines: 

  • Students must be covered by the worksite’s workers’ compensation and liability insurance. 
  • Students are required to participate in meetings with WBL Coordinator throughout the school year. 
  • Students are required to turn in all district and state required paperwork and provide monthly timecards by the 5th day of the following month or the following school day if the 5th is on a weekend/school holiday. 
  • Students may not change WBL work sites without prior authorization and completed paperwork. 
  • Students must regularly attend all in-school classes and maintain passing grades to participate in WBL. 
  • Students must be at least 16 years of age and have transportation to be OFF campus during WBL periods. 


WBL Credit Policy: 

  • Students can earn up to five (5) OJT credits in a 36-week school year and may repeat the OJT experience in following years to receive additional credit(s).   (*Administration approval is required for enrollment in 5 periods of OJT.) 
  • Students must complete a CTE program prior to enrollment in the internship course or be currently enrolled in a Career Academy. Students can earn one (1) internship credit per school year and may repeat the internship experience in the following years to receive additional credits (up to 450 total worksite hours or 3 credits).   
  • Students must work for the ENTIRE 36-week school year to earn credits.  
  • Students who work for 18-weeks (1 semester) can earn ½ credit.  
Work-Based Learning: Great Initiative & HARD to Administer

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