Case Study: Fulton High School’s innovative in‑house work‑based learning model gives students hands‑on experience managing their school’s own event venue—where culinary, business, industrial arts, and media classes collaborate to run the Central Bank Steamer Suite rental space, offering career‑focused skills development in a real-world setting.
An overview of resources in the work-based learning continuum for information technology (IT) pathway students.
This case study explores how the CareerSpark career exploration model fosters helps students visualize potential career paths and gain insights into regional industries, and facilitates active collaboration between employers, schools, and community-based organizations to navigate recruitment and logistics for the event.
An overview of resources in the work-based learning continuum for manufacturing pathway students.
An overview of resources in the work-based learning continuum for health sciences pathway students.
An overview of resources in the work-based learning continuum for education pathway students.
Recordings of professional learning sessions for administrators, teachers and counselors to help prepare for implementation of transitional math and state portability submission.
Resources to orient educators to the College and Career Pathway Endorsement (CCPE) system and its implementation.
This resource shows Illinois universities’ current participation status and related placement processes for transitional math courses in two of these pathways – STEM and QL / Stats.
Access resources created or vetted by the Statewide Advisory Group that align with the Statewide Course Parameters, Competencies, and Policies document to support new and established Transitional English courses to meet the requirements to apply for statewide portability.
Resources to support innovative education models for addressing systemic inequities such as student-centered personalized instruction, competency-based approaches, and performance assessments.
Designed for district, intermediary, and school teams to identify the status, responsibility parties, and timelines for various aspects of pathway implementation.
EdSystems staff and their partners led a multi-year process to develop and enact the PWR Act in close collaboration with a broad range of education and workforce stakeholders.
Explore resources to support innovative and equitable work-based learning opportunities, including a statewide resource bank of team-based challenges.
Education Systems Center worked with public and private stakeholders to define key competencies for the College and Career Pathway Endorsements and is now working with community networks to support implementation of endorsement systems in line with the PWR Act.
Released in 2019, the Career Development Experience Toolkit adheres to the framework of the PWR Act for College and Career Pathway Endorsements. These materials serve any organization that seeks to provide rigorous work-based learning opportunities to youth.