It is essential to vet businesses to minimize liability risks when placing students in WBL environments.  Equally important is ensuring that WBL coordinator is knowledgeable about current laws and regulations governing youth participation in WBL experiences.  This module provided several links and resources to support this process.

It is important to develop strong foundational plans that outline clear expectations for all stakeholders to ensure a successful program implementation and meaningful WBL experience for students and business partners.  The coordinator plays a significant role in this process and must collaborate with the WBL teacher, counselors, parents, and students to ensure their academic and career goals align with the needs and interests of the business partners and vice versa.

I learned different methods of building trust and rapport with employers and job seekers alike. Establishing routine interactions seems like a helpful strategy to create ongoing relationships.

So far, this course is excellent. The best part in my opinion is the short explanations to glean and remember making it a great tool to communicate with students to help them on their way. Hopefully these concepts will be received by students a sincere and genuine.

Just starting this course and finding it helpful to fill gaps of techniques for engaging students building rapport and trust, to get to know them and help find the right placement for them and their future. 

It is extremely important to set an example for individuals that are not only discriminated against in a variety of ways, but creating a space where people can feel understood and seen and supported is crucial to fighting against that. 

Being organized is very important to the organization as we collaborate. Accurate record keeping and always looking for ways to improve to keep our records more stream lined. Doing audits to find errors and correcting them and keeping them up to date.

I will take these great resources and share them with my coworkers. 

There are more barriers to employment for people with disabilities than I realized. The physical barriers are the ones that stick out the most, but there are many more that you don't notice on a daily basis. 

There are a lot of things to consider when speaking to my students who have a disability. I will be more intentional to try to accommodate to where they are at