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 6.4: Communicating Responsibilities to 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.
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 4.3: WBL Program Handbook
This resource describes the importance of having a WBL program handbook and lists key topics the handbook typically includes.
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.