Flash Session 2: What's Your Why?: Work-Based Learning

Presenters: Heather Waryas

Thursday, 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM, Library

(10:00 - 10:15) Work-Based Learning is an instructional strategy that is essential in preparing students for success in post-secondary education and careers. The primary purpose of WBL is to expose students to future options and provide opportunities for skill development. Encouraging our students to dream of a future career before we can expose them to these opportunities is key. Whether it’s through paid or unpaid work experience, mentoring, informational interviews or job shadowing, our local employers have much to offer our students, today and tomorrow. The stages of Work-Based Learning can be described as learning about work, learning through work and learning for work. So… what’s the work of interest? What’s your why?! It is our responsibility to encourage our students, our future, to dream.