Lithia Springs High SchoolWork-Based

LearningKimberly Isles-

TowryWBL Coordinator

Kimberly.Isles-Towry@douglas.k12.ga.us

• Internship

• Cooperative Education

• Employability Skills

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATUS??

To remain enrolled in Work-Based Learning, you must CURRENTLY:

Have reliable transportation so that you are able to

leave campus EVERYDAY during your WBL period  

Be working at a legitimate OFF-CAMPUS worksite AND remain employed at the legitimate OFF-CAMPUS worksite for the entire school year.

***PLEASE NOTE: If you have not met these two requirements by Friday, August 21st, 2015, you will be

automatically removed from WBL and placed in traditional class. ***

WELCOME TO 2015-2016 WBL ORIENTATION

AGENDA• Register for Remind• WBL Overview• Daily and Monthly

Procedures• WBL Grade Calculation• GeorgiaBest Certification• Schoology• WBL Assignment Due Dates

and Meetings• Key Reminders• Before Our Next Meeting…

REMIND101 FOR WBL

You Are THE BEST!

You are an elite group within this school.

WBL is a SELECTIVE program, not an ELECTIVE program

It is a privilege to get to participate in the WBL program.

You represent young adults, your families, LSHS and Douglas County Schools in our community...

If you mess up, there is an AP Class or other classes waiting for you……

Before the Rules…

WBL IS . . . An on-the-job

experience, where students will gain exposure in a career area of their choice to help in planning for their future.

DAILY PROCEDURES Sign in and/or out in

front of the Attendance Office

Check for “Messages”

Go to Work

Keep up with your WBL assignments and work reports

Simple…

Learn &

be awesome!

MONTHLY PROCEDURES Each month you will

complete the following:

Monthly Activities – Submitted in Schoology by due date

Attend Monthly Meetings - Monthly meeting dates provided in Schoology

Work Report – Submit monthly report signed by employer/mentor.

Work Reports must be turned in to Mrs. Isles-Towry in the WBL Office or at monthly meetings.

Each month….

WBL GRADE CALCULATION

GeorgiaBEST CERTIFICATION The monthly activities that you will complete

this year are aligned with the GeorgiaBEST certification program which is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labor.

GeorgiaBEST is a program designed to raise awareness of the soft skills needed in the workforce.

Successful completion of the WBL Monthly Activities will make you eligible to receive a GeorgiaBEST certificate which can potentially make you more marketable to employers and higher education institutions.

 

SCHOOLOGY

Schoology will be used to access the self-directed, independent-study WBL curriculum.

All instructions and supplemental materials for the WBL Monthly Activities are located on Schoology.

As you finish the monthly activities, you will submit your completed work through Schoology.

The only hard copies (paper copies) that you will submit to me will be: completed work reports, employer evaluations, and required documentation/forms.

WBL DUE DATES• A WBL Due Dates sheet is located in Schoology

and lists the due dates for the following graded items:

• Required Documentation• Monthly WBL Activities• Monthly Work Reports• Employer Evaluation• Monthly Meetings – MANDATORY

We will meet once a month (usually the first Thursday or Friday of each month) during your WBL period. You will only need to attend one of the meetings per meeting date. These are points you do not want to lose…make sure you are at EVERY meeting!!

30 points deducted on any item turned in late

KEY REMINDERS You must leave campus at your scheduled

time. Transportation is your responsibility. Be sure to sign in OR out at the sign in

sheet that is located in front of the attendance office. You will lose points and/or face disciplinary consequences if you do not sign in OR out CONSISTENTLY!!

If you are absent the day of a meeting or the day an activity is due – you must provide an excused absence notice or you will receive a zero for the meeting or activity.

It is imperative that you work the required amount of hours each week. For each WBL period, you are required to work 5 hours per week (2 WBL periods=10 hours/week, 3 WBL periods=15 hours/week, and 4 WBL periods= 20 hours/week).

KEY REMINDERS (cont’d.)

Never leave a job unless you have already secured another job.

During the period that you have no job, you will receive zeros for the work reports and employer evaluations which could have a negative effect on you ability to successfully pass this course.

Increase your marketability after graduation…join a CTSO TODAY!!

ISS

DON’T GO THERE……

IF YOU DO, PLAN TO SPEND THE WHOLE DAY ….

YOU WILL NOT

GET OUT EARLY!!!

Work-Based Learning Office

Location!

WBL Office located in H101

BE AWESOME & HAVE FUN!

Hopefully this programwill help you make some career decisions…I am here to help you!

BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING…

The following items will be due by Friday, September 4th:

August Work Report (which you will bring to my office or will turn in at the September meeting).

Monthly WBL Activity #1 Resume and Reference Sheet (which you will submit through Schoology).

***Let’s go over these items now***

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD…

Turn in your completed Current Status form

Begin reading over and organizing your Required Documents. Please remember these must be completed and signed by you, your parent, employer, etc. BEFORE you are able to leave campus during your WBL period.

Begin working on the WBL Activity #1-Resume and Reference Sheet which is due in Schoology by Friday, September 4th.