Career Connected Learning Foundations
Building Bridges Beyond Education.
Unleash Career Connected Learning
This certification is designed to help schools build a workforce-literate learning environment that prepares students for success. By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge and skills you need to create a learning environment that prepares students for success in the workforce, and to support them in their journey from education to career.
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MindSpark’s data-driven methods strengthen educators’ understanding of how to translate educational experiences into economic opportunity.
Compelling career connected learning is a blueprint for career literacy for the future of work:
Workforce Literacy
Harness agile methods that adapt to evolving market needs and lead to meaningful possibilities for every student.
Work-Based Learning Continuum
Engage students in industry-led, work-based learning experiences across the K-12 spectrum to prepare them for jobs of the future.
Occupational Identity
Cultivate how students envision their future selves in the workforce at every stage of learning.
Career Connected Pathways
Foster the development of transportable skills that encourage students to pursue high priority career pathways.
What is Career Literacy?
Extraordinary career connected learning bridges the economy and education by focusing on the opportunity, belief, skills, and readiness gaps.
Learning Objectives
Identify
the methods to enhance workplace competence for teachers and students.
Define
Occupational Identity and recognize its value and purpose within the education-to-career pathway.
Recognize
the importance of equity, access, and well-being for students when on the pathway to their careers.
Incorporate
the methods to integrate industry-grade experiences into the classroom.
Define
work-based learning and begin to establish real-world connections to the framework.