Many good ideas for communicating with employers have come from this module. I look forward to working on orientation plans and a manual for my cooperating supervisors.

I've taken notes on ways to improve my program. I will flesh out my training agreement better, include specific professional skills on my evaluations, and figure out how to conduct site visits.

I am excited about the idea of a PR campaign - I plan to do a service learning project with each grade level, work with elementary teachers to include career awareness activities, create a WBL page on our website, and start social media pages for my WBL/all CTE programs and have the kids help me share our program goals.

My need to work with community members, business owners, my Perkins Advisory Committee, and my school board was definitely reinforced in this module. I can garner support for when I experience some backlash from other teachers who view WBL as kids just not wanting to take in-person classes.

My biggest takeaway is that WBL experiences designed with INTENTION go so far beyond a simple school-to-work job during school hours. These experiences can start in elementary school and expand as kids get older. This course is sparking a desire to work more with younger students to set a better WBL tone and culture within the school so that when kids get to be juniors and seniors, it's not a surprise that there is more to WBL than simply leaving school to work a couple hours.

I learned how to intentionally adapt my communication style to build trust and maintain high engagement when coaching students virtually.

i learned how to use powerful, open ended questions to guide students through real-time career problem solving. 

effective career coaching requires deliberate upfront preparation. 

How critical foundational active listening techniques and structured goal setting frameworks are to effective student career coaching.

Importance of establishing clear vetting process and identify high-quality training sites.