Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. MT
Location: Virtual
Description: Join REL Central for a webinar providing an overview of research on work-based learning (WBL), challenges to WBL implementation, and research-based frameworks for WBL development and implementation. Representatives from two rural districts, identified as successfully implementing WBL programs, will describe the components of their programs and the opportunities they provide to students.
Partnership or Research Alliance: Rural Education Research Alliance; Cross-REL Rural Education Working Group
Audience: This webinar is designed for teachers and local administrators serving rural communities as well as state education agency staff.
Speakers:
- Steve Klein, Director, Center for School, Family, and Community at Education Northwest
- Neal Wolf, Agriculture Instructor and Future Farmers of America Advisor, Chillicothe High School and Grand River Technical School
- Sarah Bird, Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Director, Boone Central Schools
- Douglas Gagnon, Senior Researcher, REL Central
- Douglas Van Dine, Senior Researcher, REL Central
