The Goal of the Work-Based Learning program is to provide students with the opportunity to receive both academic and career experiences. WBL helps students to be successful in employment while preparing them for their future careers and post-secondary education by enhancing their knowledge, skills and abilities. The combination of school to work gives students the experience of using work to foster their own learning while building professionalism.
WBL makes the “real world” connection between school and work!
Work-Based Learning is learning that results from work experience designed to increase the knowledge and skills of the learner. The work experience is supplemented with instruction and activities that apply, reinforce, refine, or extend the learning that occurs during work, so that learners develop attitudes, knowledge, skills, and habits that might not develop solely from work experiences. Students continue to take coursework related to his/her career interest which is their career pathway while receiving on-the-job training in a structured workplace. Students participating in WBL will be classified as either ESD-Employability Skill Development, CO-OP-Cooperative Education, Internship and YAP-Youth Apprenticeship. WBL enrollment takes place during a student’s senior year, BUT the application & scheduling is completed during the student's junior year!
To Apply Students Must:
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- Be a junior or senior on track for graduation
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- NO Disciplinary Referrals including ISS and/or OSS during their 11th-grade year
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- Have parental permission to participate
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- Have a good Attendance record; no more than 10 UNEXCUSED absences and/or tardies during the 2024-25 school year
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- WANT to be Employed either as an Intern (non-paid) or in a Paid Position
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- Be a CTAE Pathway Completer or Concentrator (you have completed at least two aligned courses in ONE specific pathway)
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- Have RELIABLE transportation daily - to and from school AND to your job site; remaining on campus after your dismissal time nor riding the school bus after school are allowed
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- Have a valid picture ID and social security number
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For more information, contact the WBL Coordinator Ms. Stacey Anderson: [email protected]