Discover how the Student-Led Agency model transforms work-based learning into a cross-curricular framework that unites multiple pathways and clusters in both secondary and postsecondary institutions. By connecting students with businesses to solve real-world challenges, this model empowers CTE departments to operate as thriving service providers for their communities while equipping learners with invaluable 21st-century skills.
Participants will explore strategies for scaling engagement, strengthening partnerships, and aligning diverse programs around a common vision of universal access to work-based learning. Attendees will benefit from practical tools to replicate this approach in their own classrooms and institutions, regardless of discipline.
Through interactive discussion and activities, educators, administrators, and workforce partners will experience firsthand how to build sustainable systems that expand opportunity. Deliverables include a digital toolkit with planning templates, partnership resources, and access to sample structures that support the design and management of impactful, industry-connected work-based learning initiatives.
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Scaling Access: Universal Engagement in Work-Based Learning
