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WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL)
Work-Based Learning is a continuum of activities that occur, in part or in whole, in the workplace, providing the learner with hands-on, real world experience.
How Colorado Springs School District 11 Does Work-Based Learning







































Work Base Learning School Liaisons/Contacts (Select a School)
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WBL Coordinator
Melissa Smith
melissa.smith@d11.org
719-328-2187School Counselor
Sally Jergensen
sally.jergensen@d11.org
719-328-3053 -
WBL Coordinator
Melissa Smith
melissa.smith@d11.org
719-328-2187School Counselor
Kristyn Gray
kristyn.gray@d11.org
719-328-2079College and Career Counselor
Karla Castro
karla.castro@d11.org
719-328-2068 -
ACE/WBL School Site Liaison
Betsey Rather
elizabeth.rather@d11.org
719-328-4174College & Career Counselor
Cody Eden
cody.eden@d11.org -
WBL Coordinator
Melissa Smith
melissa.smith@d11.org
719-328-2187School Counselor
Rebecca Leslie
rebecca.leslie@d11.org
719-328-2187 -
ACE/WBL School Site Liaison
Alexa Green
alexa.green@d11.org
719-328-3654College & Career Counselor
Scott Crosby
G.crosby@d11.org -
ACE/WBL School Site Liaison
TBDCollege & Career Counselors
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ACE/WBL School Site Liaison
Andrea Peterschick
andrea.peterschick@d11.org
719-328-5976College & Career Counselor
Vicki Glaser
victoria.glaser@d11.org
719-378-3107 -
WBL Coordinator
Melissa Smith
melissa.smith@d11.org
719-328-2187Career Pathways Counselor
Taura Gandy
taura.gandy@d11.org
719-328-2053 -
ACE/WBL School Site Liaison
Nicholas Urbaniak
nicholas.urbaniak@d11.org
719-328-3525College & Career Counselor
Maria Briones
maria.briones@d11.org
719-328-5015 -
WBL Coordinator
Melissa Smith
melissa.smith@d11.org
719-328-2187School Counselor
Robbie Curto
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Melissa Smith
melissa.smith@d11.org
719-328-2187
What work-based learning looks like in K-12 Education
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Elementary Schools
- Elementary: inviting experts into their classrooms for presentations and taking groups of students on-site visits to local businesses to learn about different occupations.
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Middle School
- Middle School: connect with business people from the industries in their community to mentor individual and groups of students for a particular subject or specific project. As middle school students discover their areas of interest, they can begin applying for virtual or in-person jobs shadowing an expert in those occupations.
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High School
- High School: Students, school-based career counselors and advisory/career & technical education staff, to design pathways to their future occupational goals, including connection points between secondary and post-secondary education.
- Industry sponsored Projects
- Participate in School-Based Enterprises
- Apply for Job Shadows (cooperative or co-curricular)
- Apply for Internships (cooperative or co-curricular)
- High School: Students, school-based career counselors and advisory/career & technical education staff, to design pathways to their future occupational goals, including connection points between secondary and post-secondary education.