Empowering innovation in education

As a CTE director or school administrator, it’s your job to create, maintain, and scale an engaging and effective work-based learning program for your students. This can seem like a daunting task, especially in larger districts where you need a strategy for managing hundreds of students at a time across dozens of work sites.

‍While building and nurturing relationships with community partners, a Chicago-area school system develops communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills among students. 

KANSAS CITY, MO. - (Jan. 25, 2022) - Transeo, an industry leader in education technology, announced today its partnership with National Student Clearinghouse, a leading provider of higher education verifications and electronic education record exchanges. Together, the two organizations will support a comprehensive, affordable approach to postsecondary planning.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., December 9, 2021 (Newswire.com) - Transeo, an industry leader in education technology, today announced the appointment of Stephen Smith to the Transeo Board of Directors.

HINSDALE, Ill., October 6, 2021 : Transeo, an industry-leader in education technology, announced today the closing of its $4 million Series Seed investment round, led by Osage Venture Partners.

How can educators sustain policy requirements while maintaining a focus on equity in CTE and WBL programs?

As educators we know its becoming increasingly critical to get work-based learning right because students need and deserve the opportunities that work-based learning provides for economic mobility and agility.

As economic gaps widen and technology rapidly reshapes our workforce, it is more important than ever for students to gain practical experience as part of a work-based learning program.

As educators, we know there are multiple reasons why it's important to get your work-based learning program right because these experiences provide for economic mobility and agility, student passion, and increased school engagement.

As part of AASA’s Redefining Ready! movement, it has become crystal clear that work-based learning experiences are critical to drive the economic engine for our youth, especially at-risk students.

2022-2023 marks the first full academic year of Washington DC’s Advanced Internship Program, a new initiative designed to encourage high school juniors and seniors to explore a variety of career fields through hands-on internship opportunities. State Superintendent Dr. Christina Grant implemented the program in hopes that she could place students in fields like communications, business management, hospitality, information technology, engineering, architecture, and the health sciences so they could gain on-the-job experience that would guide their college choices and other post-secondary planning. 

As a CTE director or school administrator, it’s your job to create, maintain, and scale an engaging and effective work-based learning program for your students. This can seem like a daunting task, especially in larger districts where you need a strategy for managing hundreds of students at a time across dozens of work sites.

Here are three things for school leaders to think about when deciding if they should add workplace learning or service opportunities into their school district’s curriculum or programming.