Developed by Ascend and the Indiana Department of Education, these tools provide step-by-step guidance, examples, and design considerations aligned with Indiana’s graduation requirements.
The required form to document and manage each work-based learning experience.
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A simple planning tool that helps employers and coordinators assess readiness, capacity, and fit for offering a work-based learning experience.
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Developed by Ascend and the Indiana Department of Education, these tools provide step-by-step guidance, examples, and design considerations aligned with Indiana’s graduation requirements.
Provides a flexible set of employer-informed competencies that can be used to design high school work- based learning experiences in office-based business settings.
Summarizes the Indiana high school diploma seals that require work-based learning and the additional criteria students must meet for each.
Offers a step-by-step guide to help educators and partners design high-quality, competency-based work- based learning experiences for students.
Provides employers with a practical guide for creating meaningful, competency-based work-based learning experiences for high school students.
A simple planning tool that helps employers and coordinators assess readiness, capacity, and fit for offering a work-based learning experience.
Provides a supplemental competency set that helps employers integrate generative AI-related skills into a variety of work-based learning experiences.
Our monthly video microlearning series delivers practical insights, best practices, and guidance across key work-based learning topics.
Explains the statewide requirements all work-based learning experiences must meet in order to count toward Indiana high school graduation.
The required form to document and manage each work-based learning experience.
Step-by-step instructions, examples, and key considerations to help you complete the Training Plan Template.
An overview of each of the 11 types of WBL experiences.
Clarifies the roles of employers, schools, and intermediaries in planning and supporting high-quality work-based learning experiences.
Clarifies the roles of employers, schools, and intermediaries in planning and supporting high-quality work- based learning experiences.
Chambers of commerce, workforce boards, and education service centers act as key intermediaries supporting K–12 work-based learning across Indiana. Partnering with an intermediary can help you design and implement meaningful work-based learning opportunities with ease and impact.
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Indiana workforce data and insights
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Classroom learning combined with real, on-the-job training
A real or simulated business operated primarily by students to gain hands-on, work-based learning experience.
Find a regional partner to help you create work-based learning opportunities
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Workforce development support for Indiana employers
Learn why Indiana is the place to grow businesses and careers
Statewide network of employers solving workforce challenges
See how real change takes shape
Workforce insights that inspire and educate
Statewide network of employers solving workforce challenges
Explore thousands of Indiana jobs
Connect with our team