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Work-based learning (WBL) integrates academic learning with real-world application to provide paths to educational and career advancement while building the talent pipeline.
Work-based learning (WBL) integrates academic learning with real-world application to provide paths to educational and career advancement while building the talent pipeline.
Primary purposes of work-based learning include exposing students to future options and providing opportunities for skill development over time. WBL experiences involve interactions with industry or community professionals and are intentionally designed to help students extend and deepen school-based instruction.
2020/2021 provided many challenges to offering WBL across the county. Seeing these challenges as opportunities to innovate, the Alliance for Education sought to expand existing WBL models with the use of technology. It also challenged and redefined what it means to provide quality WBL in the current workforce context.
Micro-Internships
Micro-Internships
Micro-internships were designed to support all participating stakeholders in contributing to the stewardship and mentorship of future workforce capital. Creating the space for business partners to work with a small group of students online allowed them to focus on specific skills they identified as most important for students to grasp. Removing the need for students to physically travel to site locations improved access and addressed safety concerns. Confining the micro-internship to 90 minute segments honored the time restraints of all involved.
The Micro-internship Task Force included the Alliance for Education, the Mountain Desert Economic Partnership, and One Future Coachella Valley. These intermediaries piloted internships within their area and contributed valuable insights and resources to the toolkit below. The toolkit is now available online for districts and teachers to adapt and implement county-wide.
The Micro-internship Toolkit was launched on December 9, 2020. 41 people attended the online launch including 1 CDE partner, 4 partners from other counties, 4 Riverside partners, and 32 SBC partners/districts.
Virtual Connections
Virtual Connections
Providing access to industry professionals to students online has supported classrooms and highlighted Inland Empire businesses across the country. To expand access to those districts without Nepris subscriptions, the Alliance began hosting Zoom and YouTube Live events. The use of these platforms will continue to expand as business and community partners seek to address specific audiences across the region.
# of sessions: 12# of students: 1664Topics:
- Apex Logistics Tour
- Healthy SBCSS series
- SBC Fire
- SBC Sheriff series
# of sessions: 2# of students: 424 Topics:
- SBC Fire
- Leading Through Disruption
# of sessions: 2# of students: 85Topics:
- Apex Logistics Tour
- Leading Through Disruption
WBL Collaborative
WBL Collaborative
With a vision of preparing all SBC students from cradle to career, the Alliance for Education continues to coordinate a county-wide effort to develop a work-based learning system in partnership with business, labor, industry, community and faith-based organizations, education and government. Utilizing a collective impact approach, the Alliance network of SBC partnerships work towards increasing the rate of successful entry into local careers that provide family-supporting wages for all SBC students. Its strategy is to integrate the world of work and the learning process by utilizing WBL systems that sufficiently serve every SBC student.
The impact of 2020/2021 on participating members required the Alliance to take a different approach to facilitating the work of the WBL Collaborative. The video below describes those changes and commitment the Alliance for Education has made to support, maintain, and drive the momentum begun two years ago.
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