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Steedle, Jeffrey T.; Hepburn, Andy – ACT, Inc., 2020
GPS Education Partners (GPSEd) is a community-based nonprofit organization and work-based learning intermediary offering a statewide manufacturing youth apprenticeship in Wisconsin. During their one to two years in the program, students meet high school graduation requirements, receive industry-specific and job-specific training, technical…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Success, Academic Achievement, Work Experience Programs
Altstadt, David; Barrett, Lexi; Cahill, Charlotte; Cuevas, Erica; Maag, Taylor – Education Commission of the States, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on many facets of students' successful transitions from secondary into postsecondary education, particularly for students who depend on in-person delivery of content and experience. For many young people, paid work-based learning has historically provided a needed source of income, and its…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Experiential Learning, High School Students
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1988
This guide provides ideas and recommendations from the business and education communities of Wisconsin to help provide an opportunity for all students to reach their fullest career potential. The first part deals with the need to restructure the educational system in order to concentrate on education for employment and on the procedures entailed…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
Becker, Richard A. – 2003
This document is intended to give Wisconsin teachers and administrators the background knowledge to understand the nuances of the various work-based learning (WBL) programs and determine whether they want to develop one or more new WBL programs in their district or enhance or otherwise customize existing WBL programs. Each of the first 11 chapters…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Child Care Occupations, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Planning
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2003
This guide is intended to provide local school districts with the tools necessary to respond to the revised Education for Employment Standard (Standard m). The revision (effective July 1, 2004) was made to align the standard more closely with vocational and technical activities. The purpose of an Education for Employment program is to prepare…
Descriptors: Accountability, Articulation (Education), Career Guidance, Competency Based Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document is intended to serve as a resource for the implementation of Wisconsin's Cooperative Education Skill Standards Certificate Program. Following an introduction there is an overview of the program, school district eligibility requirements, local partner responsibilities, and factors that may present barriers to program implementation. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Administrator Guides