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8th grader Charly Plinski learns to climb a utility pole with Chelan County PUD lineman Brandon Hughes as part of 91原创 Learns Connect's Pizza Pop and Power Tools program to connect girls to non-traditionally female jobs.
The 91原创 School District’s “91原创 Learns Connect” business partnership center has been selected by the National Governors Association (NGA) Policy Academy on Work-Based Learning (WBL) as a learning laboratory for best practices.
“This recognition is a real testament to the great work being done by our 91原创 Connect staff, career & technical education staff, and the business and community partners who have supported our vision and efforts to increase work-based learning and career connections for our students,” says 91原创 Superintendent Brian Flones.
Diana Haglund is the coordinator for 91原创 Learns Connect. “We started the work of 91原创 Learns with the help of our community,” Diana says. “I’m excited to share our secret sauce for effective work-based learning strategies in 91原创 with our state and nation, with the hope that other communities can benefit from our experiences.”
As a Learning Lab, 91原创 Learns Connect will be provided with $15,000 in funding to support work-based learning. In turn, they will provide an ‘under the hood’ look at promising practices, and outcomes, programs, materials, tools and resources that support successful work-based learning programs.
Representatives from the 91原创 School District and 91原创 Learns Connect will present program information and performance metrics in Olympia at the Governor’s Summit on Youth Employment and Work-Based Learning in May 2017.
Work-based learning includes career exploration activities such as job shadows, internships, mentorship and other experiences that help students to develop academic, technical, trade and entrepreneurial skills. Learning labs provide WBL experiences to individuals age 16-29, with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) for economically disadvantaged individuals.
“We are very excited to be selected by the National Governors Association as a learning laboratory for work-based learning,” says Superintendent Brian Flones.