Work-Based Learning

Your job placement must be arranged or approved by the WBL Coordinator.

Your job must be within 20 miles of the high school (approved exceptions only over 20 miles) 

Adequate supervision for the student must be ensured at all times.

Your job must be one where the WBL Coordinator may visit.

Amount of student hours worked should meet or exceed the correlated seat time according to the period(s) enrolled in WBL.

a placement resulting in a situation where the student’s worksite supervisor is a parent or other relative is not appropriate.

Jobs which involve door-to-door sales or solicitation by minors are not acceptable placements.

Businesses with a history of crime-related incidents, especially those involving violence, should be avoided.

Placements in high-risk occupations are no acceptable placements. 

Workers and supervisors at the worksite must be aware of equipment and tasks that are prohibited for student workers.

Placement in private homes or the provision of home-bound services at private homes are not acceptable placements. 

Placement in settings that serve alcohol should be avoided or carefully monitored to ensure that the placement does not put the student in harassing, unsafe, or illegal situations.

You may NOT work through a temporary employment service. These are just that- TEMPORARY. Also, temporary employment services do not allow the WBL Coordinator to visit the work place.

You should remain on your job for the entire school year.