Developing Your Work-Based Learning Plan

1. Developing YourWork-Based Learning Plan Central Region Spring YOP Webinar Series NAF Central Region Team: Becky Privett, Regional Director Jessica Felix, Academy Development Manager Dan Wallace, Instructional Manager Fred Press, Network Liaison

2. Webinar Housekeeping • Participants will automatically be muted • “Raise Hand” feature should be used for technical support • Questions and comments should be typed in the “Question Box” • Copies of the PowerPoint presentation and any documents that are referred to on this webinar will be sent to participants after the webinar

3. Please type your name, academy, and location into the Question Box.

4. Today’s Objectives • You will learn how to: • Understand and implement NAF’s Work-Based Learning Program Standard • Access NAF’s resources on work-based learning • Develop a 3 or 4-year work-based learning plan for your academy

5. NAF YOP Evidence Folder Requirements • Essential: • 3 or 4-year work-based learning program plan • advisory board work-based learning committee and strategy

6. NAF Guide to Work-Based Learning

7. Element 4. Work-Based Learning Standard 1. Provides a WBL Program All students complete a sequenced set of work-based learning experiences as defined by the Internship Gold Standards.

8. Continuum of Work-Based Learning Career Awareness Career Exploration Career Preparation

9. Who should be involved in developing your work-based learning plan? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

10. Who should be involved in developing your work-based learning plan? • NAF Course Teachers • Academic Content Teachers • Advisory Board Members • General Business Partners • School Administrators • Students & Parents

11. Element 4. Work-Based Learning Standard 1. Provides a WBL Program All students complete a sequenced set of work-based learning experiences as defined by the Internship Gold Standards.

13. Principles of Finance Principles of Hospitality Principles of IT Introduction to Engineering Design Health Careers Exploration Financial Services Delivering Great Customer Service Computer Systems Principles of Engineering Principles of Health Sciences Business in a Global Economy Hospitality Marketing Web Design Civil Engineering & Architecture Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Sustainable Tourism Database Design Engineering Design and Development Health Ethics English* Mathematics Science Social Sciences English* Mathematics Science Social Sciences English* Mathematics Science Social Sciences English* Mathematics Science Social Sciences *As many honors, AP, and dual-enrollment courses as possible

14. Career Skills are embedded throughout each course

16. What is one 21st century skill that you want your work-based learning program to reinforce, and what grade should your students acquire this skill by? • Please type your response in the Question Box the on right-hand side of your screen

17. Page 5 in NAF’s WBL Guide

20. What is one specific activity that will help your students develop a 21st century skill you’ve identified for a certain grade level? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

21. Quality Work-Based Learning Experiences Should: • Identify learning objectives • Be developmentally appropriate • Assess student performance, including self assessment methodologies • Include an orientation for all parties • Provide opportunities for student reflection • Link to students’ next work-based learning experience • Provide links between classroom learning and professional expectations Page 2 in NAF Guide to Work-Based Learning

22. Element 4. Work-Based Learning Standard 1. Provides a WBL Program All students complete a sequenced set of work-based learning experiences as defined by the Internship Gold Standards.

23. What is one way that you will assess and/or refine the effectiveness of your work-based learning program? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

24. Resources & Next Steps http://naf.org/community

25. What will your next steps be? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

26. Next Steps • Connect with your peers and access resources on the Work-Based Learning Forum on the NAF Online Community: http://naf.org/community • Complete your Work-Based Learning Plan and include it in your YOP Evidence Binder • Please submit your feedback on this webinar here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WBLWebCR Thank you for participating in our webinar!

27. Have we met our objectives? • Please type your response in the Question Box on the right-hand side of your screen

28. NAF Regional Support Northeast Tanya Navas, Regional Director tnavas@naf.org Laura Fidler, Instructional Manager lfidler@naf.org Maria Alutto, Academy Development Director malutto@naf.org Sarah Hickert, Academy Development Manager NYC shickert@naf.org Jen Geisler, Network Liaison jgeisler@naf.org West Coast Central Region Rebecca Privett, Regional Director rprivett@naf.org JessicaFelix, Academy Development Manager jfelix@naf.org Fred Press, Network Liaisonfpress@naf.org Beth Kay, Regional Director bkay@naf.org Aazam Irilian, Instructional Manager arilian@naf.org Ana Morrison, Network Liaison amorrison@naf.org Southeast Region Jeanine Flynn, Regional Director jflynn@naf.org Steve Brown, Academy Development Director sbrown@naf.org Dan Wallace, Instructional Manager dwallace@naf.org Jeanne Freidman, Academy Development Director, jfriedman@naf.org