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Connecting Students to Career Opportunities: The WLC Model for Workforce Development

The WLC Model serves as an essential intermediary connecting educators, employers, and students in the workforce development ecosystem. By facilitating meaningful work-based learning experiences, this model ensures that career exploration is streamlined and effective for all stakeholders involved. Initiatives like job shadows, internships, and career workshops support students from elementary through high school, preparing them for future careers while allowing educators to focus on their primary responsibilities. With proven positive outcomes, the WLC Model builds awareness of local opportunities and positively influences students' career decisions.

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Connecting Students to Career Opportunities: The WLC Model for Workforce Development

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  1. Why Do I Have to Learn This? Connecting School to the World of Work!

  2. The SOLUTION! The IDEA! The PROBLEM! It is confusing & time consuming for everyone! Create a broker – a matchmaker – an INTERMEDIARY… Educators & employers want to work together! Bottom-line: A tool for career, workforce & economic development!

  3. The WLC Model • An Intermediary between students & opportunities in the community. • A professionally staffed, single point-of-contact doing it’s “main thing”…making connections. • Educators & employers need not take time from their “main thing” to create & manage career exploration opportunities. Bottom-line: Each keeping our main thing the main thing!

  4. In June, 1998… • Regional partners, utilizing Iowa School-to-Work, Tech Prep, & other local funds, developed: • a model for a regional, work-based learning system… • which could be replicated – in concept – throughout Iowa, if it demonstrated: • an equitable service delivery plan, • a viable sustainability plan, • and data supporting Return On Investment! Bottom-line:

  5. Services:Elementary School Careers on Wheels Awesome Uniforms Career Information, “School Skills” in the Workplace, Employability Skills…being on time, ready-to-work, do your best, work hard & have a positive attitude.

  6. Services: Middle School • Target Your Future Advanced Manufacturing Information Technology Biosciences IDED-funded introduction to Iowa’s Targeted Industries

  7. Services: Middle School • Financial Literacy Fair Budget Basics Temptations Ups & Downs of “Life!” Supporting Iowa Core Curriculum Mandates for 21st Century Skills

  8. Services: Middle & High Schools • Career Speakers • Worksite Tours Bringing the world of work into the classroom Working with DNA on-site at Monsanto

  9. Services: High School – 9th Grade • Business Etiquette & Mock Interviews Just-In-Time for those first important “real” jobs!

  10. Services: High School – 10th-12th Grades • Job Shadows Legal Day Skilled Trades Day

  11. Services: High School – 10th-12th Grades • Internships/Practicums Elementary Education Veterinary Medicine

  12. Services: Administrator/Staff Benefits • Staff Development • In-service – Tours • In-service – Work-Based Learning Services Overview • Teacher Job Shadows • Teacher @Work Externships • Career Workshops • Curriculum Planning • Administrative Team • Building Team • Comprehensive School Improvement Plan Documentation Teacher @Work at KCRG

  13. Sustainability: Funding Model Bottom-line: All stakeholder groups contribute to sustainability.

  14. Data: POSITIVE Return On Investment! Recent Data Points Job ShadowsInternships (What the students told us!) Connected HS & the world of work 81% 83% Impacted choice of high school classes 71% 77% Influenced selection of career field 79% 85% Helped select college major 74% 80% Built awareness of local career 81% 84% opportunities Positively influenced decision to live 70% 68% & work in Iowa

  15. Data: POSITIVE Return On Investment! Recent Data Points Job ShadowsInternships (What the students told us!) Connected HS & the world of work 81% 83% Impacted choice of high school classes 71% 77% Influenced selection of career field 79% 85% Helped select college major 74% 80% Built awareness of local career 81% 84% opportunities Positively influenced decision to live 70% 68% & work in Iowa The Bottom-line: The CONNECTION Works!

  16. Work Learn ConnectConnecting today’s students to tomorrow’s careers To speak, host, mentor, or support, go to www.workplace-learning.org or Call 319-398-1040 A Not-for-Profit Partnership founded by Grant Wood Area Education Agency and Kirkwood Community College

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