What is a CRLE?

Career-Related Learning Experiences are structured educational experiences that connect classroom learning to the world beyond the classroom.

You must submit documentation, including a short (1 page) reflection paper, to get credit for your CRLE. Click here for instructions.

Here are some examples, but please talk to Mrs. Bland if you have questions:

• Job Shadow/Internship/Mentorship/Work Experience: Student has participated in a job shadow/internship/mentorship or has completed a structured work-experience (paid/unpaid) based on the student’s career interests.

• Class Presentation and Project: Student has attended a class presentation from a professional in the field and has completed an assigned class project, which is designed to broaden the student’s information or experience regarding a specific career or careers.

• Community Activity: Student has participated in a CRLE involving a community organization. Examples of these types of activities include: Boy/Girl Scouts, Big Brother/Big Sister Program, annual Literacy Event, 4-H, after-school tutoring, volunteering and community activities for groups such as SOLV, Red Cross, Oregon Food Bank, etc.

• Work-Based Learning: Structured learning in the workplace that provides students with an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in the work environment and gain an understanding of workplace expectations. Work-Based Learning includes experiences in the private and public sectors, e.g., internships, structured work experience (paid or unpaid), clinical practicums, and mentorships.

• Service-Learning: Service-learning provides structured experiences in organized community service projects that meet annual community needs while demonstrating academic and career-related knowledge and skills. Students design service-learning projects collaboratively with community partners.

• Field-Based Investigations: Field-based investigations include extended projects that involve fieldwork and substantive contact with adults in business and community institutions that have expertise in the area of study. Students are guided in the pursuit of solutions to real world problems.

• School-Based Learning: School-based experiences provide application through student-managed business enterprises, projects, or other activities on campus. They engage students in complex, real life problem-solving and situations that are academically rigorous and empower students to be active learners. Examples include project-based learning, school-based enterprises, school newspaper or yearbook, student leadership activities, and workplace simulations.

• Technology-Based Learning: Using a variety of technological tools, such as video conferencing, internet and e-mail, mentorships can provide individual guidance and project assistance by employer and community partners.

• Career Fair: Structured activity involving businesses, trade schools, or colleges sharing information with students on post-high school planning, today’s workplace requirements for industries, and educational opportunities available now and into the future for graduating students.

Visit the Career Center in Room 138 if you have any questions or need help identifying a CRLE option.