Posts about Career-Connected Learning
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Driving Student Outcomes Through Competency-Based Learning
Learn how Lindsay Unified School District, a rural school district located in California, created and implemented a competency-based, project-based learning system with the help of Defined Learning. Lindsay Unified School
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Career-Readiness Through Career-Connected PBL
Project-based learning grounded in authentic career scenarios is an effective approach for both general and career-connected learning. Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy in which students learn by actively
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Building Future Ready Skills through Defined Careers
We continue to hear there is a skill deficiency for young adults coming out of high school and college. Yet, what specific skills are needed and how can learners build
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Planning for the Future: Exploring Careers Through Real-World Learning
The world is constantly evolving and the skills that are in demand now may not be needed five years from now. Jobs are changing, technology is becoming even more advanced
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Essential Future-Ready Skills Developed Through PBL
In most school districts standards and state-testing drive most curricula and classroom instruction, however, many leaders are incorporating a focus to help students succeed beyond school. Systemically, it can be
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The Benefits of College and Career Readiness for Middle School Students
By starting to focus on career and college readiness at the middle school level through career-connected learning, educators can help students learn about the many options available to them, spark
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Three Ways to Get Students Excited About Creating Their Own Career Paths
In today's ever-changing job market, we need to help students develop a variety of skills that will enable them to be flexible with the changes we are seeing
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PBL Pro Tips from John Larmer: How Can Project Management Skills Be Taught in PBL?
When employers look for people to hire, one of the top things they often want to know is, can they manage projects? It’s good to have that on your
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Greater Impact with High-Quality Instructional Materials
High Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) are educational resources that have been developed and reviewed to be of high quality, rigor, and alignment with academic content standards. HQIM are designed to
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Boosting Student Engagement and Motivation: PBL Connections in a Recent Survey and John Hattie's New Book
You may have seen some recent headlines about a survey of teenagers in the U.S. The most common takeaway was that "the chance to redo assignments" was
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