Developed by Ascend Indiana in partnership with the Indiana Department of Education, these foundational tools help employers and educators design high-quality work-based learning experiences that meet Indiana’s graduation requirements.
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Step-by-step instructions, examples, and key considerations to help you complete the Training Plan Template.
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.
Provides step-by-step guidance to coordinators, employers, and students to design meaningful learning experiences (For Grades 9-10).
Provides step-by-step guidance to coordinators, employers, and students to design meaningful learning experiences (For Grades 11-12).
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.
An overview of each of the 11 types of WBL experiences.
A printable template to document and manage each work-based learning experience.
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.
Explains the statewide requirements all work-based learning experiences must meet in order to count toward Indiana high school graduation.
Summarizes the Indiana high school diploma seals that require work-based learning and the additional criteria students must meet for each.
A simple planning tool that helps employers and coordinators assess readiness, capacity, and fit for offering a work-based learning experience.
Provides employers with a practical guide for creating meaningful, competency-based work-based learning experiences for high school students.
Offers a step-by-step guide to help educators and partners design high-quality, competency-based work- based learning experiences for students.
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
Workforce insights that inspire and educate
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.
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