The Arvada Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with an action team of education, business and non-profit partners, created this Work-Based Learning Toolkit to help guide businesses through the terminology, data, roles, benefits and action steps of work-based learning (WBL). WBL connects local students and adults with businesses in an intentional way to engage in real-world work experiences. This equitable, flexible approach to hands-on industry experience is designed to upskill the community’s talent pipeline to directly serve the academic, technical and social needs of the local economy.
The Work-Based Learning Toolkits are now an Interactive Workshop!
Navigate through the bite-sized modules and share your experience and learnings in the comments section with other participants.
Once you mark all modules as “Complete” your profile in Seamless WBL will be marked as “WBL Workshop Certified.”
WORK-BASED LEARNING TOOLKIT: PART 1
- An introduction to WBL
- WBL by the numbers
- Business outcomes
- Student and community outcomes
- Steps to get started with WBL
- Local resources
WORK-BASED LEARNING TOOLKIT: PART 2
- A checklist to prepare your workplace for WBL
- Risk and liability mitigation tips
- Advice for working with students, adults, and people with disabilities
- Next steps and reflection pointers after your WBL experience
- Free and local resources
READY TO GET STARTED WITH WORK-BASED LEARNING?
Fill out the work-based learning interest form here.
This interest form, created by the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, will help us best align our efforts with your needs. Once completed, a chamber staff member will be in touch with the next steps on your WBL engagement.