Business Education

Work-Based Learning

Work-based learning adds relevance to the curriculum by showing how classroom learning is applied to real world situations and exposing students to various career options. It is an educational approach that uses the workplace to provide students with knowledge and skills that help them connect school experiences to real-life work activities, and an important aspect of all students' educational experience and an integral part of the school-to-career transition.

Many students complete school with inadequate academic skills and few real-world workplace skills, thus limiting their understanding of how they fit into the adult work world. Secondary level work-based learning experiences address this deficit by extending the classroom to include the whole community and giving students opportunities to apply academic and technical skills to actual work. Students connect classroom instruction with learning in the workplace, and the experience becomes a meaningful and engaging educational opportunity. The work-based learning experiences help prepare students for college and careers.

Career Exploration Internship Program (CEIP)

General Education Work Experience Program (GEWEP)

Career Development and Occupational Studies Credential (CDOS)

Denise Delury
School-to-Career Teacher
Massapequa Public Schools
4925 Merrick Road
Massapequa, New York 11758
(516) 308-5080