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Work-Based Learning

Resources on topics such as experiential learning, internships, school-based enterprises and apprenticeships

Opportunities for Connecting Secondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students and Apprenticeship Programs

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
June 2017 —

This report by Advance CTE profiles eight secondary apprenticeship programs and identifies strategies to connect CTE students with apprenticeship programs.

Connecting the Classroom to Careers: A Comprehensive Guide to the State's Role in Work-based Learning

  • Guide/Tool
October 2016 —

Advance CTE's comprehensive work-based learning guide provides key considerations and guiding questions to walk states through the steps of building and scaling a high-quality work-based learning system, drawing on high-quality programs and innovative strategies from across the U.S.

Tennessee Work-based Learning Policy Guide

  • Guide/Tool
May 2017 —

This policy guide was developed by the Tennessee Department of Education to help schools and local districts understand and implement the state's new work-based learning framework

Preparing to Lead in a Project-Based World

  • Guide/Tool
April 2017 —

This report from Getting Smart and the Buck Institute for Education is the third in a three-part series examining how project-based learning can prepare students for success in the 21st century economy.

WIOA Design Reference: Work-based Learning Overview

  • Guide/Tool
June 2017 —

This fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Labor provides an overview of the different types of work-based learning opportunities available with the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). 

Simulated Work-based Learning: Instructional Approaches and Noteworthy Practices

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
September 2017 —

This report from the National Center for Innovation in Career Technical Education examines different state approaches to providing simulated work-based learning, creating a typology of different simulated experiences and profiling leading state examples. 

Promising Practices in Work-based Learning for Youth

  • Research/ Report
September 2016 —

This paper from the National Skills Coalition profiles four different work-based learning programs that target at-risk youth populations in different career pathways.

CTE on the Frontier: Connecting Rural Learners with the World of Work

  • Case Study
September 2017 —

This brief from Advance CTE, the second in the CTE on the Frontier series, explores how states can bring the experience of work-based learning and employer engagement directly to rural learners through simulated workplace experiences, innovative satellite campuses and mobile labs.

The Learning that Works Resource Center was developed through the New Skills for Youth initiative, a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group, generously funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co