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Career, Technology, & Agricultural Education
 

WORK BASED LEARNING

 

WORK-BASED LEARNING INFORMATION


Work Based Learning

Where will you be in five years? Ten years?

Working in an innovate field with lots of opportunities for advancement? Will you be developing both personally and professional in a dynamic career?

In today’s global job market, gaining the competitive advantage is critical. The world is a big place with many opportunities. To take full advantage of those opportunities, YOU must not only have strong academic skills but a repertoire of experiences in the real world. There’s no better way to do this than through a Work-Based Learning Program.

Work-based Learning (WBL) extends the traditional classroom and traditional styles of learning to the real world. It is the perfect pairing of academics and application. Enhance your academics, professional preparation, and personal development while you match your career interest, pathway, abilities, and talents with a position with a local business. Work in a career field of your choice and earn school credit. If you are a junior or senior and 16 years or older and want to work on your future now, WBL is the place for you.
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 Campbell High Senior

In WBL you will:

  • Test-drive a career
  • Employ your creativity and ingenuity on the job
  • Apply academic knowledge
  • Network with business and industry
  • Develop business and industry mentors
  • Develop and refine skills
  • Learn the culture and etiquette of a business
  • Gain a “real world” perspective
  • Enhance soft skill and work ethic development

Be one giant step ahead, gain the competitive advantage
 with the Work-Based Learning Program!

 

WBL STUDENTS AND PARENTS


Work-Based Learning (WBL) is a planned program of structured work experiences coordinated through your high school’s Work-Based Learning Coordinator. All applications must be completed in its entirety before consideration/approval.

WBL STUDENTS AND PARENTS Diagram

WBL job placements should meet the three interlocking components of Work-Based Learning.  The WBL job placement, or internship, should be related to the student’s future career goals and CTAE coursework. WBL experiences may be paid or non-paid. Students in the WBL program must work a minimum number of hours to equate the seat time for which they are released from class.  For example, students who are enrolled in WBL on a 90-minute block schedule, should work a minimum of 7.5 hours each week to meet the required number of hours.  Your school-based WBL will be able to provide you with specific information for your school’s program.

If accepted into the WBL program, you will be dismissed from school for one, or more, class period(s) to work in a career related job while earning school credit for your work. As part of your WBL course, you will be required to complete a career portfolio that includes journal entries, submit work/wage information, and regularly submit evaluation from the employer on agreed upon competencies in the Training Agreement. You may be in WBL for both your Junior and Senior year.

 

WBL EMPLOYERS AND ADVISORY GROUPS


By working together we can develop a pool of skilled and motivated future employees. We encourage all local businesses to create a partnership with your local school and reap the benefits for years to come.

The mission of the Work-Based Learning Program is to assist in providing highly trained, technologically sophisticated and career oriented work force. This is accomplished by developing partnerships between business, industry, students, parents, school systems, coordinators, and post-secondary institutions which lead the participating student into a meaningful career.

Goals

  • To assist in the creation of strong support structure and partnerships between local employers, secondary schools, post-secondary schools, and certified training programs.

  • To provide assistance in the articulation of programs of study between high schools and post-secondary institutions.

  • To create a system that is industry driven where employers and their representatives help set occupational skills standards, collaborate on curriculum, provide work experiences, and work place mentors for students and certify mastery skills leading to the award of a skill certificate.

  • To focus on student’s learning about “many aspects” of a broad industry cluster rather than mastering a narrow set of occupation skills.

Our programs allows for WBL Students to internship in both paid and non-paid positions. We look forward to working with you.  For information, please contact:

 Sapph Espinoza

sapph.espinoza@cobbk12.org
CTAE/WBL Coordinator

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SCHOOL WORK-BASED COORDINATORS


School

WBL Coordinator    

Email

Allatoona High

Emily Varner

emily.varner@cobbk12.org


Keith Hansen

keith.hansen@cobbk12.org

Campbell High

Julian Wright

julian.wright@cobbk12.org

Cobb Horizon

Robert White

robert.white@cobbk12.org

CITA

Shannon Shaw

shannon.shaw@cobbk12.org

Harrison High

Bill Phelps

william.phelps@cobbk12.org

Hillgrove High

Katherine Brink

katherine.brink@cobbk12.org


Bertha Render

bertha.render@cobbk12.org

Kell High

Susana Lopez

susana.lopez@cobbk12.org

Kennesaw Mtn

Angela Fiechtl

angela.fiechtl@cobbk12.org

McEachern High

Tremayne Anchrum

tremayne.anchrum@cobbk12.org

North Cobb High

Sheryl Cox

sheryl.cox@cobbk12.org

Osborne High

Katy Hunt

kathryn.hunt@cobbk12.org


Michael Devault

michael.devault@cobbk12.org

Pebblebrook High

Janice Cooper-King

janice.cooper-king@cobbk12.org

Pope High

Patrick Abney

patrick.abney@cobbk12.org

South Cobb High

Lisa Gipson

lisa.gipson@cobbk12.org

Sprayberry High

LaCourtney Mitchell

lacourtney.mitchell@cobbk12.org

Walton High

Anthony Hunter

anthony.hunter@cobbk12.org


Al Basulto

alberto.basulto@cobbk12.org

Wheeler High

Claudia Batichon

claudia.batichon@cobbk12.org

Project Life

Katherine Stewart

katherine.stewart@cobbk12.org

Corporate Classroom

Regina Welser

regina.welser@cobbk12.org

 

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