Liberty County School System
Work-Based Learning
"Focus on the Future"
Liberty County School System
Work-Based Learning
"Focus on the Future"
What is work-based learning?
Work-based learning (WBL) is structured age-appropriate experiences which prepare students for the school-to-career transition. The range of WBL experiences begin with career awareness and exploration in the middle school and culminate with on-the-job work experience during the eleventh and twelfth grade. Work-based learning provides students the opportunity to be enrolled in the following programs based on their career interests and academic history.
What types of programs are available?
Cooperative Education
The student's job responsibilities are an application of what is being learned in a class which he/she is concurrently enrolled. The student receives compensation in compliance with state and federal labor laws.
Internship
The student must have earned a minimum of one unit of credit in a CTAE pathway related to the job placement. If no directly related CTAE course is offered in the school, the WBL Coordinator can qualify a closely-related academic course to meet this requirement. The student may receive compensation in compliance with state and federal labor laws or this may be an unpaid placement.
Employability Skill Development (ESD)
The student has earned at least one unit in a CTAE couse or is concurrently enrolled in a CTAE course. The student's job responsibilities are recognized to be an entry-level experience through which the student is able to master basic skills that are essential to future career sucess and that introduce the student to the culture of the workplace. The student receives compensation in compliance with state and federal labor laws.
Youth Apprenticeship (YAP)
The student has received at least one unit of related credit prior to job placement. The student has a detailed training plan that establishes a realistic goal of accumulating 2000 hours of on-the-job training. The student receives compensation according to a progressive wage scale established by the employer. The student's job is classified as highly skilled in business and industry.
Work-Based Learning Program Areas