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Research shows that employment opportunities, experienced while in school, lead to better post-secondary outcomes. By offering work opportunities in school, students are able to explore various careers. This assists them with identifying what they like/dislike about jobs, so that they can identify a realistic and attainable career.
Workplace readiness can and should start early (as early as kindergarten). Below are examples of effective work-based learning strategies:
Career Exploration: Completing interest inventories, touring companies, practicing for interviews.
Job Shadowing: Attending a full day of work with an employee/company.
Work Sampling: Spending time with different employees in the same work environment.
School-Based Enterprise: A school-sponsored activity that allows students the opportunity to produce goods or services for the school or community at large.
Service Learning: Volunteering or completing project-based assignments aimed at solving a social issue.
Mentoring: Matching students with industry professionals that align with their employment interests.
Internships: Working at a company for a specified period of time. Typically work is unpaid.
Apprenticeships: Working at a company for an extended period of time, often to learn a trade.
Click on the links below for resources, curricula, and various documents that can support you in incorporating workplace readiness into your classroom (CPS does not recommend one curricula over another.):
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