For advancing college and career readiness through work-based learning.

The goal of this initiative is that by school year 2018-19, Delaware’s work-based learning (WBL) system will support 8,000 secondary and post-secondary students as they pursue meaningful work experiences that are aligned with their career pathway.  This survey seeks to identify the critical needs that must be met to actualize this vision and achieve the goal. Your input will shape the resource development and timeline to ensure that our education system, students, and employers have the tools they need to expand WBL opportunities in every community across the state.

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* 1. College and Career Ready Focus

Delaware’s WBL system must be a viable option for all students and build on a series of progressive experiences starting with “career awareness” and “career exploration” in elementary and middle school followed by “career immersion” opportunities at the high school and post-secondary level that actively place students into competitive employment aligned with their chosen career pathway.  Each experience will include academic, technical, and career ready practices and be part of a comprehensive model of evaluation that documents student achievement and progression of skill. 

Tools and resources will need to be enhanced or created to help deliver this type of work-based learning. Rate the importance of each item below to help determine what is most critical to assure successful implementation. (Rating scale of 1-5 with 1 being not needed to 5 being critical.) Please share any suggestions you have regarding the development of each item in the comment section.

  Not Needed Nice to Have Needed Important Critical
Sample career awareness activities
Sample career exploration activities
Criteria for a quality career immersion workplace experience
Common WBL course materials
Sample academic, technical, and career ready knowledge and skills
Sample student evaluation rubrics and tools
Sample student handbook
Sample workplace agreement
Workplace supervision guidance and tools
Guidance for converting workplace experience to pathway credit
Career ready pre and post assessment examples
Other tools and resources not included above. Please describe in comment box below.

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