Classroom Strategies for Work-Based Learning - The Work-Based Learning Toolkit and ECCCO

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Classroom Strategies for Work-Based Learing: The WBL toolkit and ECCCO

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www.workbasedlearning.naf.org

What is our work based learning center?

NAF Work Based Learning Continuum

www.connectstudios.org

Exploring College, Career and Community Options.Developed by Susan Bloom and Associates through MRDC Department of Labor Grant.Partnership NAF and ConnectEd to train and disseminate.

What is ECCCO?

ECCCO is

• A series of workshops developed for teachers to prepare students for College and Career Readiness.

• The areas are Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Exploration, and Internships

Essential Principles of ECCO

• ECCO consists of four key components: Career Exploration Visits and workshops, College Visits and workshops, Career Development workshops, and the lnternships program.

Principles Cont…

• ECCO is designed as a program for students in the 10th and 11th grades, with options for including 9th and12th grades.

• ECCO is based on a "plan-do-reflect" model of Iearning:

Principles Cont…..

• AII students should be offered the opportunity to participate in all ECCO components, including an internship

• For successful implementation, ECCO requires an academy-level teacher or other staff to serve as the ECCO coordinator.

ECCCO Implementation Guide

Students are best prepared for internship success by participating in a full continuum of age-appropriate work-based learning experiences tied to classroom experiences;

NAF has two important beliefs underlying this work:

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NAF has two important beliefs underlying this work:

Business partner involvement follows a similar continuum, working toward the internship, by progressively increasing their engagement over time.

Academies have often been on their own when it comes to planning for, implementing, and reflecting on student work-based learning experiences, often recreating tools and practices that other academies created long ago.

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We also want to represent what actually WORKS in the field, with you, our network, so we incorporated cutting-edge tools sourced from the Advisory Board Leadership Council and Work-Based Learning Innovation Fellows.

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How do ECCCO and the NAF Work Based Learning Center work together to achieve College and Career Readiness? Both Resources with many lessons,

materials already created Decision to infuse Work Based

Learning throughout academy curriculum

Where to Begin??- Academy decision to integrate

across academy curriculum- Academy team teachers to review

ECCCO lessons, decision on who takes on which lessons

- Teacher to infuse in their daily curriculum

Identification of Resources within NAF Work Based Learning Center

Once ECCCO lessons identified, now time to look at WBL center to see what has been created.

Combine, current lessons, ECCCO lessons and resources with WBL center resources, then teach, then revise and improve

Implementation Tips - Save to Google Docs and share - Load to student flash drives- Integrate across the academy theme with

all teachers and counselor- Curriculum Mapping for all courses, where

do these naturally fit?- Assign/choose specific lessons for each

teacher- Across the 4 year program

Crosswalk of ECCO Curriculum with Work Based Learning Template10/12/2013

9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th GradeCurriculum Plan What NAF and core courses are students expected to take as part of the academy?

ECCO Lessons Career DevelopmentECCO Lesson College ReadinessNAF CoursesCore Courses

ECCO Lessons Career DevelopmentECCO Lesson College ReadinessNAF CoursesCore Courses

ECCO Lessons Career DevelopmentECCO Lesson College ReadinessNAF CoursesCore Courses

ECCO Lessons Career DevelopmentECCO Lesson College ReadinessNAF CoursesCore Courses

Career Awareness

Career Preparedness

Career Exploration

Work-Based Learning PlanWhat are the college and career readiness skills and attributes that students will be able to demonstrate with WBL?

Career Development WorkshopsEndless Job ListTaking a Stand on Beliefs about WorkThe Big PictureGuest SpeakerPlanning a ResumeWriting a Resume College Readiness WorkshopsWhat is College? Myths and FactsResearching a College and Planning a visitReflections on the College VisitPlanning for CollegeIntro to College Board Resources

Career Development WorkshopsEndless Job ListTaking a Stand on Beliefs about WorkThe Big PictureGuest SpeakerPlanning a ResumeWriting a Resume College Readiness WorkshopsWhat is College? Myths and FactsResearching a College and Planning a visitReflections on the College VisitPlanning for CollegeIntro to College Board Resources

Career Development WorkshopsWhy do an Internship Anyway?Why revise my Resume Every Year?Creating and using Business CardsThe Winning Interview College Readiness WorkshopsPlanning AheadChoosing the Right CollegeGuest Speaker: College Entrance ExamsPreparing for the College VisitReflections on the VisitPreparing your own College Visit

Career Development WorkshopsChoosing a path that’s Right for YOUCareer Academy Skills for Success RevisitedWriting a Winning Cover LetterIndividual Job Shadows College Readiness WorkshopsPlanning AheadApplying to CollegeGuest Speaker: Financial AidFinishing Strong: Making a smooth Transition

What work-based learning activities will be built into the academy to reinforce those skills?

NAF Internship ECCO InternshipNAF Internship

What are the student learning outcomes for: 1. WBL activities2. College and Career

readiness skills and attributes

Career Awareness

Career Exploration

Career Preparedness

Questions?????

Kenglish@naf.org623 256 5268