This lesson introduces the high school career development and career and technical education (CTE) practicum courses found in the TEKS.

This lesson introduces important concepts used to describe CTE programs and distinguish them from other types of programs.

Career and technical education (CTE) programs are organized educational activities to prepare a student for careers and/or further education.

This lesson introduces programs and concepts associated with CTE and the career development process.

This resource introduces the lessons in Section 9: Timeline for Implementing a WBL Program, and lists the learning objectives.

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.

This lesson describes the tasks that work-based learning (WBL) teacher-coordinators perform at the beginning of the school year.

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.

This lesson describes the activities that take place during winter and spring for WBL courses.

This lesson presents strategies for evaluating and grading students’ performance in work-based learning (WBL) courses.

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.

This resource provides information about work hours, minimum wage, and tipping, all of which may affect work-based learning (WBL) students.

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.

This resource introduces section 6 of the CTE WBL course: WBL Training Stations.

This resource defines terms commonly used in writing standard work-based learning (WBL) training plans for career preparation and practicum courses.

This resource describes criteria for selecting appropriate work-based learning (WBL) training sites for career preparation and practicum students.

This resource explains how to identify potential resources for work-based learning (WBL) training sites and how to contact prospective WBL training sponsors.

This resource explains how to effectively communicate the responsibilities work-based learning (WBL) training sponsors have in providing a safe and effective training site for students in accordance with local, state, and federal policies and law.  

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.

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.