Work-Based Learning: The Key to Being Future Ready

Because the skills needed don’t match the talent available, many positions remain unfilled and people remain jobless. Our future leaders are in high school classrooms today. What are we doing now to ensure that young people gain the skill set needed to fill tomorrow’s jobs?

Work-based learning is revolutionizing college and career readiness. Work-based learning is an instructional strategy that connects what students are learning in the classroom with the world of work. Activities fall on a continuum building from career awareness, to exploration, then finally preparation. By connecting students to the working world, students can make informed decisions about their own college and career options. Here’s how you can introduce work-based learning activities to your students:

Awareness

• Invite a guest speaker to your classroom
• Plan a worksite tour of a nearby company
• Organize a career fair to introduce students various career paths

Exploration

• Help your students build interviewing skills through informational interviews and mock interviews
• Pair students with business professionals for a job shadow

Preparation

• Help your students secure a paid internship

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