Teacher in the Workplace

Program Goals 

The intent of this project is to bring together K-12 educators, intermediate units, career and technical centers, higher education, and business and industry partners to design and integrate innovative activities into the curriculum. Doing so will serve to promote career awareness and 21st century work skills for all regional students. 

To achieve this end, project partners have created a professional development program that includes the following goals: 

Educators will be recruited from  CSL Ecosystem school districts in Carbon, Schuylkill, and Luzerne counties. 

• • Participants will visit the worksites of the businesses of high-needs areas of employment and a career and technical centers in their region (Carbon Career & Technical Institute, Schuylkill Technology Center, and Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center). 

  • Participants will have access to a makerspace to work with emerging technology, developing STEM inquiry- and project-based learning activities. 

  • Each of the participants will complete a reflection log that includes observed skills and ideas for integrating the skills into the academic program. 

  • Participants will design authentic learning activities asking students to engage in real-world tasks.  

  • All project deliverables will be compiled into the Bridging the Workplace, Classroom, and OST Environment Playbook.  

  • All activities will integrate career readiness standards and workplace skills into the student-focused learning experiences.