Drive CTE program success through employer engagement
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, work-based learning (WBL) is no longer optional – it’s essential. Yet many CTE administrators and educators lack the tools, time, and support to effectively engage employers and deliver high-quality WBL programs.
ElevateWBL is here to change that. This resource hub gives you the resources you need to create great WBL programs that bridge education and industry. It is a game-changer if you lead work-based learning and employer engagement efforts. With ElevateWBL, you’ll have everything you need to build, manage, and scale WBL programs that deliver results for students, educators, and employers alike.
What is ElevateWBL?
ElevateWBL includes several services that can help you strengthen your CTE program:
- Virtual workshops to show your educators how to implement effective strategies to build partnerships, create top-tier work-based learning activities and manage strong and active advisory boards.
- A library of hands-on resources, such as guides on finding partners, running advisory boards, and managing different kinds of WBL activities, complete with checklists, forms, and templates.
- An annual partner satisfaction survey to get their perspectives on your work and your relationships.
- A communication audit to make sure employers can find you and clearly understand what you can offer
- Consulting and coaching support to help you tackle big challenges in partner engagement, work-based learning quality and advisory board engagement.
Benefits for CTE Leaders
Find more partners
Every partner represents more opportunities for students. ElevateWBL can help by introducing you and your educators to strategies for engaging employers; auditing your communications efforts to help you improve visibility and messaging; providing guides to employer engagement for administrators (for system-level strategies) and educators (for direct outreach); and offering support materials like guides to advisory board recruitment and helping students find their own internships.
Retain and engage partners
Employers need care and attention, and they need to see the impact of their work with you. ElevateWBL surveys your partners to solicit invaluable feedback and let them feel heard; we also provide resources to help you engage your partners and improve the quality of their experiences through virtual workshops and resources like our guide to advisory board engagement, planning checklists and partner handouts.
More impact
There’s no need to reinvent the wheel. ElevateWBL workshops give you best practices on topics like rural WBL and working with students with disabilities, and our work-based learning guides give you all the checklists, handouts, and templates you need for students and employers to boost preparedness and increase quality and consistency. And our evaluation resources help you gauge impact, proving the value of your work.
Support teachers
Teachers are under tremendous pressure and never have enough hours in the day. ElevateWBL provides quick and easy guidance and give teachers all the resources they need to easily execute WBL activities, including checklists, forms, and templates so they don’t have to create those things themselves. Users can easily download text versions of all materials so they can modify and share them.
Why Choose ElevateWBL?
ElevateWBL empowers CTE administrators and educators to meet their WBL objectives with confidence. By providing practical tools, expert guidance, and data-driven insights, ElevateWBL helps you create high-quality WBL programs that prepare students for success and strengthen your district’s reputation as a leader in career readiness. Schedule a call to learn more!