Introduction to Section 9
This resource introduces the lessons in Section 9: Timeline for Implementing a WBL Program, and lists the learning objectives.
Lesson 9.1: Summer Months
This lesson describes tasks that work-based learning (WBL) teachers need to do to prepare during the summer months for WBL courses starting at the beginning of the upcoming school year.
Lesson 9.2: Beginning of the School Year
This lesson describes the tasks that work-based learning (WBL) teacher-coordinators perform at the beginning of the school year.
Lesson 9.3: Recurring WBL Activities
This lesson describes the work-based learning (WBL) activities that occur weekly and monthly, as well as the activities that occur each grading period and semester.
Lesson 9.4: Winter and Spring Activities
This lesson describes the activities that take place during winter and spring for WBL courses.
Lesson 9.5: Evaluating and Grading WBL Students
This lesson presents strategies for evaluating and grading students’ performance in work-based learning (WBL) courses.
Lesson 9.6: Preparing for Next Fall
This lesson provides a road map for coordinating activities with potential employers, students, and teachers in preparation of the beginning of the next career and technical education (CTE) program cycle.
Lesson 5.3: Wage and Hour Considerations for Texas Youth
This resource provides information about work hours, minimum wage, and tipping, all of which may affect work-based learning (WBL) students.
Lesson 5.4: Other Federal Laws Impacting Youth Workers
This resource discusses various agencies and organizations that establish and enforce regulations and programs that impact work-based learning (WBL) students and their employer sponsors.
Introduction to Section 6
This resource introduces section 6 of the CTE WBL course: WBL Training Stations.
Lesson 6.1: WBL Training Plan Terms
This resource defines terms commonly used in writing standard work-based learning (WBL) training plans for career preparation and practicum courses.
Lesson 6.2: Identifying Appropriate WBL Training Sites
This resource describes criteria for selecting appropriate work-based learning (WBL) training sites for career preparation and practicum students.
Lesson 6.3: Recruiting Business Partners and Training Sites
This resource explains how to identify potential resources for work-based learning (WBL) training sites and how to contact prospective WBL training sponsors.
Lesson 6.5: Conducting Training Site Visits
This resource explains the purpose of work-based learning (WBL) training site visits by teacher-coordinators, and provides guidelines to ensure the visits are effective.
Introduction to Section 8
This section describes required and recommended records that should be kept when coordinating work-based learning (WBL) experiences, with an emphasis on those records career preparation or practicum teachers must produce and maintain.
Lesson 4.2: CTE Policies and Procedures Manual
This resource explains the importance of having a CTE Policies and Procedures manual that describes a school's or district's policies and procedures for CTE courses.
Lesson 3.1: SAAH Rules for CTE Funding and Attendance
This resource describes how to use the Student Attendance Accounting Handbook to find CTE rules for funding and attendance.
Introduction to Section 3
This resource describes Texas Education Agency (TEA) rules related to work-based learning (WBL), including rules and policies regarding career preparation and practicum courses, and career and technical education (CTE) funding, coding guidelines, and transportation allotment rules.
Lesson 3.2: SAAH Rules for Work-Based Learning Experiences
This resource provides an overview of some of the most important SAAH rules for WBL experiences.
Lesson 3.3: Transportation Allotment for CTE Programs
This resource provides an overview of the transportation allotment rules and restrictions regarding funding assistance to school districts for the transportation of students to attend CTE instruction.