Career and Technical Education

Work Based Learning Continuum

The WBL guide is intended to assist districts, administrators and teachers achieve the Work Based Learning Continuum at their schools. The items below are examples, and not an extensive list of approved experiences.

  • Due to the diverse needs of schools in our state, these experiences may vary greatly. The experiences listed below in the continuum are examples of what can be embedded into Work Based Learning planning at districts across the state.

 

Public Service Careers, Transportation Technologies Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Students can practice what they learn in a real-world setting using live cars to mirror repairs made in local body shops
  • Participate in the day-to-day life of working at a real body shop
  • Fire service simulation and training in facilities used for actual academies
  • Train in facilities used for academies

Health Science Technologies and Cosmetology Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Student participates in a healthcare scenario made by instructor to complete tasks.

Family and Consumer Sciences Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Catering Services
  • Coffee/tea service/shop
  • Food Pantry
  • Dining service/cafe
  • Industry internship
  • Community Projects
  • Culinary/baking competitions
  • Online simulations - Hotel Protocol, FOH/BOH, restaurant scenarios
  • Travel & Tourism Planning - create a brochure and/or itinerary
  • Design and/or make theatre costumes or other garments
  • Internship with Fashion Design and Merchandising partner
  • Students perform Fashion Show along with CTE Expo
  • Mock Designing for clients (scenarios)
  • Design and/o

Engineering Sciences, Information Technologies Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Student-run business in a fully functional IT school lab, troubleshooting and repairs on computers, laptops, mobile devices, gaming consoles, network devices, and servers
  • Repair and perform maintenance on one-to-one devices owned by the district

Education and Training Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Daycare student workers before their school day or after their day
  • Designing and presenting lessons
  • Internship at local elementary school
  • Infant simulators

Construction Technologies and Stagecraft Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Design buildings and landscapes
  • Build cabinets, baseball bats, bowls, corn hole boards, furniture, stain, and paint furniture
  • Build tables, displays, electrical boards, derby cars, culinary boards
  • Frame walls with contractor order
  • Hang drywall with contractor order
  • Paint walls with contractor order
  • Maintain school facilities
  • Install plumbing fixtures
  • Lay block with contractor order
  • Install fencing with order
  • Renovate school stables
  • Build and sell sheds
  • Troubleshot HVAC systems
  • Build

Business and Marketing, Communication Media Technologies Work-Based Learning Examples

  • School store: Students sell candy items, snacks, and school swag like T-shirts, lanyards
  • District-approved snack and beverage cart/kiosk
  • Simple tax form preparation assistance for school/district stakeholders and community members
  • School-based/located credit union.

Agriculture and Welding Work-Based Learning Examples

  • Buy and show a calf at fairs.
  • Provide a kennel-cleaning service.
  • Provide equine-training services.
  • Manage school greenhouse.
  • Construct and sell game feeders.
  • Operate a poultry litter clean-out service.
  • Stock and maintain fish populations in ponds.
  • Raise wild game fowl for sale to local hunters.
  • Work for animal veterinarians Clinic
  • Students go to Animal Control to assist with a variety of procedures.

Work Based Learning: Roles

 

The success of a WBL experience depends on the involvement and commitment of all the following participants: