Use the information from Parts 1-5 to answer the guiding questions about your school/district/BOCES to create an action plan. For each prompt below, list who will take action, and when they will take action, to address the guiding questions.
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Work Based Learning Definition & WBL Coordinator Certification
- What does a WBL Coordinator do?
- Identify a Work Based Learning Coordinator you have access to.
- What opportunities for work based learning exist? What opportunities for work based learning can easily be created?
- Define what your WBL Coordinator does.
Working with Local Agencies
- What agencies do we currently work with?
- Identify your local agencies who support transition planning and preparation.
- Name one agency I can start to work with.
Work Readiness Exams
- What work readiness exams do my students take?
- Determine which practice questions to bring back to the classroom.
- How do students prepare for exams?
- Contact a vendor to ask for practice exam access.
Classroom Instruction and Job Shadowing
- What curriculum am I using?
- Name a health and safety practice that should be taught.
- What CDOS skills are being explicitly taught?
- Identify one area of growth for transition instruction.
- What partners help support transition for all students (in and out of school setting)?
- Name a local business to initiate contact with about job shadowing.
Employment Prep
- What does your local school currently offer?
- Use the Career Development continuum to identify where students are currently.
- What does your local BOCES offer? Using the continuum, what should be targeted next?
- Identify an activity/resource that you can use.