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Employability Credential�CTE & WBL/T Crosswalk

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Crosswalk

Improving Access and Equity: The SCDE Offices of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) and of Special Education Services (OSES) are collaborating to deliver Access in Equitable High Quality CTE Programs.

Consistent Common Language: To definitively clarify supports and programming relative to WBL and the Employability Credential

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What is Work-Based Learning?

Work-based learning is sustained interactions with industry or community professionals in a real worksite environment. Per the WIOA, Work-Based Learning (WBL) is defined as a structured learning experience at the worksite for a specific timeframe that leads to a career path. WBL is a school-coordinated, sponsored, coherent sequence of workplace experiences that are related to each students’ career goals and interests, while based on instructional preparation, and are performed in partnership with local businesses, industries, or other organizations in the community. WBL enables students to apply classroom instruction in a real-world business or service-oriented work environment.

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SC Ten State Approved WBL Experiences

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Apprenticeship

Co-Op

Internship

Job Shadowing (On-site, at the worksite)

Job Shadowing (Virtual)

Mentoring

School-Based Enterprise

Service Learning

Structured Field Study

CTE Internship- Work-Based Credit-Bearing Course

Apprenticeship: An earn-while-you-learn training model that combines classroom instruction with one or two years of on-the-job

training, job-related education, and a scalable wage progression. Duration of engagement may vary but the regularity of the activity will be well-

defined with end result in a certification of mastery of a specific technical skill.

• May be a job that has been developed and/or carved

• May include supported employment experience (e.g. on site job coaching)

• Registered or Youth Apprenticeships are a career ready qualifier

Internship: A progressive, school- coordinated experience that places students in real workplace environments so students develop and

practice career-related knowledge/skills needed for a specific level job. Duration of engagement may vary but the frequency of the activity will be

well-defined with training agreement and evaluation plan in place.

• Paid or Unpaid

• May be school-based or community-based

• 40 hours minimum required to meet career ready accountability qualifier for high school report card Indicator

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Employability Credential:� Guide to Work Experiences

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Work Experiences	Types	Example Hours
Intro: Career Awareness Activities	Relevant transition assessments (e.g., interest or preference inventories, strengths-based assessments, etc.) Reflective activities Individual career planning Career Research Activities (ex. SCOIS, DISCUS, O-NET Career Fairs Classroom Speakers Classroom Career Activities (ex. self-reflection, soft skills training, etc.)	25% (or less) of 360 Hours = 90 Hours
Career Exploration Activities (Typically 9th and 10th grade)	Structured Field Study (WBL) Mentoring (WBL) Service Learning (WBL) Job Shadowing (WBL)	25% (or less) of 360 Hours = 90 hours

Work-Based Learning Placement (Typically 11th and 12th grade) Note: Work experiences that consist of competitive employment opportunities are optimal. Competitive employment is defined as a paid, community-based (i.e. a setting in the community where people with and without disabilities work) work experience that provides hands-on experience with the functions of a particular job.	School-based enterprise (WBL) Cooperative Education-Co-op (WBL) Internships (WBL) Apprenticeships (WBL)	50% (or more) of 360 Hours = 180 hours
Completion	All	Total = 360 hours (or more)

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School-Based Enterprise vs. Internship

School-Based Enterprise

Simulated, actual business on school site
Teacher/Instructor is the supervisor
Students operate business- top to bottom

Examples: business plan, roles, product bidding, vendor research, buying power, shipping, stocking, receiving, marketing, etc.

Students create product or produce service to be sold to generate revenue
Students “own” the business

Examples: coffee shops, catering for events, etc.

NOT a career ready qualifier

Internship

School sponsored placement in a real work environment setting
Work site employee is the supervisor
Student observes business functions and/or actively engages with job role as outlined in training agreement/evaluation plan
Student has competencies and skills to be mastered set by the worksite supervisor
Placement is aligned to student’s career goals and pathway
Possible career ready qualifier if all indicators are met (training agreement & Employability Education Course)

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SC Accountability System- �Career Ready Qualifiers�

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Tips

Cohort= number of students in the four-year graduation cohort
Only need to meet one qualifier for career ready indicator
Qualifier counts 25 of the 100 points
Employability Credential qualifiers are counted in the formula

2022-23 EOC Accountability Manual

Achievement Level of 3 on SC Career Ready Test

ASVAB Score of 31 or higher

CTE Completer with industry recognized credential

Successfully completes a Career Ready Work-Based Learning placement

Student with disability that successfully completes the Employability Credential according to IEP

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WBL Career Ready Qualifier REQUIREMENTS

The SC Work-Based Learning/Training Agreement/Evaluation Plan which defines a combination of objectives and skills to be mastered at worksite placement with a minimum of 40 practical experience hours or the highest number of hours required by industry defined competencies in a career pathway to qualify for career ready indicator

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Be aligned with the student’s IGP Career Program Pathway

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Include an industry evaluation that is created from the training agreement, which is mutually developed and includes the world-class skills and life and career characteristics from the Profile of the SC Graduate with a positive employer evaluation score, 3 or higher on a scale of 1-5. SC Work-Based Learning Training Agreement and Evaluation Plan Template

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The student must have earned a minimum of one unit of credit (Employability Education Course) in the pathway related to the work-based placement or completed a personal pathway of study.

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Student must successfully complete the state-approved work-based learning placement with exit evaluation from an employer .

The WBL program must include all of the following:

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POWERSCHOOL REPORTING

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This field is at the first field of entry at the top of the WBL page in PowerSchool.

THIS IS FOR REPORTING CAREER READY QUALIFIER ONLY!

The only reporting experiences for this field is Registered Apprenticeship, Youth Apprenticeship, Internship, or Co-Op for accountability purposes only! Need to only report one! Additional experiences can be reported in the WBL Experiences fields below the red box. Data is captured for senior cohort for report card rating.

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PowerSchool Reporting (cont.)

Step-by-Step Work-Based Learning Reporting Procedures

SC Student Information System Data Entry Manual Spring.2022 (pgs. 128-137)

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Deadline to enter all WBL experiences into PowerSchool for 2022-23 Academic year

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Friday, May 26, 2023

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Resources

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SC School Counseling and Career Guidance Model

SC Work-Based Learning Resource Page

SC Career Education Career Aisle

SC Discus Job Career Resources

Microburst Learning

SCOIS

NCAA Eligibility Center

SC Works Labor Market Data

SC Career Guidance/WBL Virtual Toolkit

SC Work-Based Learning Padlet

SC Work Based Learning Summit

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Technical Assistance for Employability Credential

Kim Watkins, Ed.D.

Recruitment, Retention, and Programs

Employability Credential

Office of Special Education Services

Phone: 803-734-6028

Email: kawatkins@ed.sc.gov

Web: http://www.ed.sc.gov

Address: 1919 Blanding St, Columbia, SC 29201

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Technical Assistance for WBL & PowerSchool

Kama Staton

Education Associate: Work-Based Learning

1429 Senate Street Rm. 915-A�Columbia, SC 29201�Phone: (803) 734-8415�Email: kstaton@ed.sc.gov �Fax: 803-734-3525