I had not previously thought about both employer and supervisor onboarding for a WBL student experience, but it makes perfect sense. Placements are made by the coordinator, but the business is counting on the leadership of the WBL organization to share the key information. 

I am reminded the clear is kind. Agreements outline each partner's responsibilities and decrease confusion, thereby increasing accountability and the ability to succeed. I particularly liked the student taking a self-evaluation, which will provide them an opportunity to self-reflect. I appreciate the sample evaluation form provided in this unit. I will use it in our WBL experience. 

I love how comprehensive this unit is in discussing the roll of the coordinator. I love the social media posts for getting the word out. I also love how important a strong working relationship needs to be with school admin. I am particularly impressed with the evaluation component for ALL stakeholders involved in the program. 

I am very familiar with community champions, however, I'm very curious about Perkins funding at the Middle School level. I understand that Perkins funding is available in our district, however, it seems to be very tied up at the high school level by the CTE teachers. I do not know who their community board is or who their community champions are. I'm interested in learning more! 

Our school has an active Job Shadow Program and I see through what I've learned so far that there needs to be more thoughtful intention put into orientations, detailed training agreements, exit activities and assignments. I also think we could integrate a mock interview into the Job Shadow, since it's an eight week experience. 

This was a great reminder to be more intentional when writing or responding to an email. It can easily be taken out of context when sending a quick reply to someone that may be looking for a bit more depth.

I want to be better with setting expectations and talk about the different techniques to make the student think a little more for themselves with guidance.

I am looking forward to applying the SNIP model and use the proper framework to give constructive feedback.

From this module I learned to empower students by recognizing the discoveries of their own strengths, interests, and values. This will help connect to their own career choices they need to make. 

Even though I work with 2 different industries, the similarity is that I am working with graduates that have little to no experience in the industries. There are always discussions about the $$. One industry has mostly older adults looking to change careers. For that group, there is some kind of disconnect with how much the hourly rate may be with them being entry level. Even though it's explained numerous times, there is always at least 1 or 2, that will 'hold out' hoping for a hire hourly salary because they are trying to come close to what they are… >>>