Work Based Learning Practices Michelle Maktilla Prepare RI

Work Based Learning Practices Michelle Maktilla Prepare RI Ambassador Advisor at The Met School 1

Workshop Agenda • Revisiting previous work • Governor’s Workforce Board (GWB) released Work Based Learning (WBL) Guidance • Great work already happening • Envisioning the Future • Points of entry: Exploring your options and getting ready to interact professionally • Immersion: In depth industry research including contact with professionals • Application: Industry Projects, Student Enterprise and Service Learning • Gathering input from stakeholders • School Reform Initiative’s World Café Protocol 2

Reviewing Early Action • Prepare. RI Vision: By 2020 all high schools will have high quality WBL • GWB Work-Based Learning Guidance • Guidance memo • Quality standards and stakeholder roles & responsibilities • Legal questions • RIDE’s Work-Based Learning FAQ • Builds on the GWB Guidance to answer commonly-asked questions from schools Adapted from GWB Work Based Learning Guidance 3

What qualifies as work-based learning? • Internship: A position for a student or trainee to work in an organization, sometimes without pay, to gain work experience, satisfy requirements for a credential, and/or gain course credit. • Apprenticeship: Highly-formal job training experience that involves studying with a master of the trade on the job. 1 • Service-learning: A program or project which combines community service with an outside organization with a structured opportunity for reflection about that service, emphasizing the connections between service experiences and academic learning. • School-based enterprise: Students produce and sell goods or services in the school and learn about business skills and entrepreneurship. This may be part of an entrepreneurship course, and a business professional may serve as a mentor and advisor for the enterprise. • Industry project: Individual, group, or class-wide projects in which students address a real-world, industry-focused question or problem with the guidance of industry professionals. 4

Envisioning The Future Interest Inventories Career Exploration Resume Writing Cover Letter Creation Industry Research Informational Interviews Shadow Day Industry Projects Service Learning Student Enterprise Apprenticeships Internships 5

Points of Entry • Help students know what to expect in the real world • • • Explore careers through various methods Explore their own interests and abilities Learn how to write a resume Learn to write an effective cover letter Learn 21 st Century Skills such as an effective handshake 6

Immersion • Begin to dig deeper into careers they have identified as potential next steps • Meaningful Industry Research Projects • Connecting with adults in the field via Informational Interviews • Experiencing first hand what a day in the life of an adult working the field is like with a shadow day 7

Application • Have students take ownership over their career exploration by collaboratively creating a plan to put their learning into action • School-Based Enterprise • Service Learning • Industry Projects It is important to include student voice when selecting the way the class will explore Work Based Learning. 8

World Café Protocol • Create evenly formed groups at each of the posters around the room. • Elect a host to record major points of the conversation and then summarize the conversation using recorded notes to the next group. • Group discusses the topic at hand until time is called. • When time is called everyone but the host rotates. • Host begins by summarizing information from previous conversation. • A new host is elected. • Repeat the process after each rotation is called. Adapted from School Reform Initiative https: //www. schoolreforminitiative. org/ At the start of each round the group should select a host. The host will stay after the next rotation is called and explain what was discussed to the incoming participants.

Thank You For Coming If you have any additional feedback, questions or comments to share please email me at michellemaktilla@gmail. com 10