It is nice to know that there are lots of resources available that are already created to help build a successful WBL program.

I think it is important to be able to share with businesses how WBL can also benefit them and the students involved.  Especially in fields where it might be more difficult to recruit employees.

Finding out what students' interest are earlier on is important in order to get them on the right track throughout high school.  Getting advisers to meet especially with freshman to get them thinking about what they are interested in and get goals set.

There are so many basic skills students need before entering the workplace.  Sometimes it is easy to forget that high school students might not know how to write a professional email or build their resume.  Trying to incorporate these skills into the classroom is an important stepping stone to getting students into the workplace.

I think my main takeaway is the importance of working to get the younger grades involved in more career awareness activities.

I think that it is important that our school tries to get some of the younger grades more involved in career awareness experience and in CTE programs in general.  The earlier we can do this, the better understanding they will have of their opportunities.

We do utilize learning logs and journaling, but I see the value in the rubric examples shared and would like to incorporate those into self-assessments.

We are under utilizing our advisory boards, due to not having a specific WBL coordinator on staff, and we would like to find a way to strengthen this element of our CTE programming.  Our Career Development coordinators do extend WBL opportunities to our students, servicing their own local district students, but we do not have a formalized program at our center to coordinate these WBL experiences.

It is imperative that students and employers follow all safety protocols to keep both students and other employees safe, which will allow this important program to continue.

I am grateful that the State of Michigan has completely developed paperwork for the WBL process.