What are some other ways employers can get involved in work-based learning besides providing a work-site experience for youth?
Work-based learning offers employers a variety of ways to get involved besides offering a work-site experience for a young person. In any community, a good cross-section of employers is needed to make work-based learning a reality. Employers can offer various services, including: • assisting in the development of curriculum and instruction plans, • helping recruit instructors in specific professional and technical fields, • volunteering to team-teach or teach where there is a need, • providing state-of-the-art equipment and materials, • opening up their facilities for actual instruction on-site, and • serving as mentors.
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