Work Based Learning

What is Work Based Learning?

Michigan Department of Education defines the term Work-Based Learning to mean sustained interactions with employers or community professionals in real workplace settings with first-hand engagement and the tasks required of a given career field.

Work-based learning provides quality opportunities for students to learn and apply a variety of skills by expanding the walls of the classroom learning to include the community. It also fosters mutually reciprocal relationships with community partners to facilitate the connection between academic learning and real-world experiences. The districts can provide equitable access to Work-Based Learning for all students along with increasing the students’ understanding and use of transferable career and employability skills (such as problem-solving, communication, timeliness).
 
A work-based learning experience is coordinated by the school district through a contract with the employer providing the educational experience. The experience must be related to school instruction and a training plan of supervised work is required. 

For more information on work-based learning please contact the Work Based Leaning Coordinator, Patricia Jones at pjones@eupschools.org.