Community and industry partnerships are essential as they play a huge role in the alignment of classroom education and real world career workforce requirements and applications.  CTE programs cannot be effective whatsoever without these partnerships.

As challenging as it is sometimes engaging students in the importance of CTE, likewise it is the same with parents. We need to continuously communicate the value of CTE programs and student opportunities available through them to parents and get them onboard early on in their children's education journey.  And then keep them involved as their student moves forward in the educational progression.

This section of the course reaffirms much of what our district is engaged in relative to CTE priorities/activities.    

The school-parent relationship is vital to the success of a strong WBL program.  Parents are the conduit to so many educational opportunities for students, especially in CTE. 

Assessing the students' internship experiences to be sure all learning objectives are being met and the on site supervisor is comfortable with the student interns' performance is necessary for a successful WBL experience and student  preparation of entering the workforce. 

The relationship between the WBL coordinator and the on site supervisor is paramount to the success of the WBL experience for the student.

Ongoing reporting by the student intern as well as the internship site supervisor is both helpful and necessary to ensure the training objectives and student career interests are being addressed appropriately.

Internships provide students with learning opportunities not only in technical skills, but  in areas of professional growth, team work and understanding the culture of the workplace.

Internships provide learning environments and outcomes that cannot be duplicated in the classroom.

 Students need to see the value of service learning as a career developing opportunity that leads to expanded knowledge, experience, and contacts.