Work-Based Learning: WBL Programs

special teacher or counselor assigned to students in work-based learning programs

• program coordinator

• supervisor

• work-based mentor

• manager

manager or team leader in the workplace.

• program coordinator

• supervisor

• work-based mentor

• director

person who helps student workers with day-to-day questions. Another common term for this worker is training sponsor.

• program coordinator

• supervisor

• work-based mentor

• director

job site where a student works to learn job skills

• work-based learning program

• cooperative education

• training station

• internship

type of school programs designed to prepare students for work

• work-based learning program

• cooperative education

• training station

• internship

school program that prepares students for an occupation through a paid job experience

• work-based learning program

• cooperative education

• training station

• internship

school program providing paid or unpaid work experience for a specified period as a way to learn about a job or an industry

• work-based learning program

• cooperative education

• training station

• internship

planned meeting between a job applicant and an employer

• work-based learning program

• interview

• job shadow

• internship

US government’s federal program for providing income when earnings are reduced or stopped by retirement, disability, or death.

• work-based learning program

• Equal Pay Act

• Social Security

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

law designed to protect workers from unfair treatment by their employers.

• work-based learning program

• Equal Pay Act

• Social Security

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)