Work-based learning is a continuum of activities that occur, in part or in whole, in the workplace, providing the learner with hands-on, real world experience. It combines skill development with training opportunities and is a key strategy in Colorado for developing talent and preparing Coloradans for the workforce and evolving labor market.
The Work-based Learning Continuum is designed to illustrate the variety of work-based learning activities that can be pursued, as well as the dynamics of which activities are housed primarily within educational entities and which are located on a job site.
A school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods/services to meet the needs of the market. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate National Curriculum Standards in marketing, finance, hospitality or management.
Work-based learning is meant to help students build upon knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to further develop prepare them for success in future career and postsecondary education. One way this can happen is through internships.
The objective of an industry-sponsored project is to create a unique, high-quality educational opportunity for students, where the educational content will enhance educational objectives of the program and class to which it is assigned.
Government-created website with multiple resources, including links to funding opportunities and myths vs. facts to hiring youth in the workforce.
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Government-created website with multiple resources, including links to funding opportunities and myths vs. facts to hiring youth in the workforce.
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Unable to secure internships because of COVID-19? Consider a "virtual internship" from Rubin. Rubin teaches thousands of CTE students in-demand professional skills like email/phone etiquette, LinkedIn and more.
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free, comprehensive multimedia career exploration and planning resource.
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Fossil Ridge High School Example of a Work Based Learning Agreement (PDF)
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