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Buzzword Bingo: Let’s talk Work-Based Learning! 🧑💻📚🎓 WHAT it is: WBL is any opportunity that provides students with real-life professional work experience prior to formally entering the workforce. WHY it matters: While a degree can be a ticket in the door, WBL is often the difference-maker for a thriving career. WBL allows employers to cultivate an engaged and diverse talent pipeline, while students build hard and soft skills and grow their social capital, setting them up for greater post-grad success. WHO can step up: Orgs across the social sector have a role to play in advancing WBL. We’ve loved getting to recently partner with:  - Three Southern Dallas County school districts aiming to offer WBL experiences to all K-12 students  - A university looking to 5x the number of students participating in WBL by expanding opportunities and removing barriers - A foundation adding a full-time staff position dedicated to creating and expanding work-based learning opportunities in their region HOW CoSpero can help: Whatever your role, our team has the experience to help you launch or refresh a WBL initiative! Head here for more info & to get in touch! https://lnkd.in/dwkGZmPm

Today, on National Online Learning Day, we celebrate the power of education and the accessibility of online resources. Whether you're seeking to acquire new skills, deepen your understanding of a particular subject, or simply stay curious, online learning offers a wealth of opportunities. At The Autonomy Group, we believe in empowering individuals with knowledge. That's why we've curated a collection of free resources to help you navigate the complexities of estate planning, special needs planning, and elder law. Download our free resources today and explore topics such as: ➤ Essential estate planning documents ➤ Understanding special needs trusts ➤ Navigating the challenges of aging By expanding your knowledge, you can make informed decisions about your future and protect your loved ones. Visit our website to access our free resources and learn more about how The Autonomy Group can assist you. At The Autonomy Group, PC our mission is to help seniors, individuals, and those with special needs, protect themselves and their loved ones and preserve their autonomy while leaving a legacy for future generations. 📞 Call us at 803-262-0442 🖥️ Visit our website www.taglegacyplanning.com #TheAutonomyGroup #TAG #AttorneySoraya #EstatePlanning #LegacyPlanning #PeaceOfMind #ProtectYourLegacy #OnlineLearning #eLearning #DistanceLearning #EducationTechnology #FutureOfEducation

Change Management Requires Standardization In K12 education there's so much standardization in how to deal with curriculum, instruction, assessment and more. What is often overlooked is the need for standard process and procedures when implementing a new community engagement system. Community engagement, while an appreciated asset at both the campus and central office level, is often overlooked when establishing standards for onboarding, engaging and tracking the different stakeholders helping your schools and students. Take volunteer management as an example. From our experience working with K12 organizations, they often do not have district guidelines and policies for volunteer onboarding. If they do exist the processes around registering, screening and approving have not be put in place to follow these guidelines. When processes are in place they haven't been optimized to simplify and streamline the onboarding steps that volunteers must take. This in turn leads to lower levels of participation, and higher levels of frustration and confusion for volunteers and staff. If your district is going to implement a community engagement solution make sure you design the processes for onboarding, engaging and tracking your stakeholders. This will ensure you effectively operationalize your goal of greater, more impactful engagement. #communityengagement,

Today, on National Online Learning Day, we celebrate the power of education and the accessibility of online resources. Whether you're seeking to acquire new skills, deepen your understanding of a particular subject, or simply stay curious, online learning offers a wealth of opportunities. At The Autonomy Group, we believe in empowering individuals with knowledge. That's why we've curated a collection of free resources to help you navigate the complexities of estate planning, special needs planning, and elder law. Download our free resources today and explore topics such as: ➤ Essential estate planning documents ➤ Understanding special needs trusts ➤ Navigating the challenges of aging By expanding your knowledge, you can make informed decisions about your future and protect your loved ones. Visit our website to access our free resources and learn more about how The Autonomy Group can assist you. At The Autonomy Group, PC our mission is to help seniors, individuals, and those with special needs, protect themselves and their loved ones and preserve their autonomy while leaving a legacy for future generations. 📞 Call us at 803-262-0442 🖥️ Visit our website www.taglegacyplanning.com #TheAutonomyGroup #TAG #AttorneySoraya #EstatePlanning #LegacyPlanning #PeaceOfMind #ProtectYourLegacy #OnlineLearning #eLearning #DistanceLearning #EducationTechnology #FutureOfEducation

What does it mean to be a quality Family Strengthening and Support program? The Certification Training taking place on June 27 & 28 details how the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support can enhance your work with families. Whether you are program staff setting up a new program or strengthening an existing one, or a funder developing or monitoring programs, the Standards provide a blueprint for implementing best practice, with a particular emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Click here to register by June 15 at 8pm ET: https://ow.ly/LEm450Sc3s7

When we build upon a faulty foundation cracks appear. The same goes for building educational practices on faulty foundations. If the foundation never included all identities cracks will appear and we will continuasly be repairing the system. We need to shift from a “repair” mindset to a “rebuild” mindset that would allow us to create an educational system that is fundamentally inclusive and resilient. This re-envisioned foundation would honor each student’s identity, making equity a central pillar rather than an afterthought.

This matters to us. And in your organization it probably matters to you too. Every issue that United Way East Ontario tackles involves strategically distributing resources and opportunities to the people who need them most, so everyone can thrive. It means that we must walk the talk: the internal workings of our organization should reflect the values we promote in our communities. We might not always get it right on the first try, but we’re committed to lifelong learning, and building strong relationships that help us move forward, better, together. Equity and justice are achieved when systemic barriers are dismantled, and everyone has the freedom and opportunity to reach their full potential. Read more about our commitment to equity: https://lnkd.in/ePcUjk-n

Social professional development (PD) interactions between Vocational Education and Training (VET) practitioners facilitate knowledge sharing, contributing to group and individual teaching practice. At the organisational level, Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) that implement systems to manage PD activity and the collection of knowledge can use what is learnt to improve VET products and procedures to improve operational efficiency. For the wider VET sector, practitioners who participate in professional networks and engage in collective PD and sharing of knowledge can improve the VET sector. However, literature has also shown that when RTOs insist that VET practitioners undertake PD without material employer support, there is an increased likelihood they will leave that employer. When VET practitioners change RTOs, unless PD has been managed by the RTO, the knowledge gained leaves with the individual. On the other hand, RTOs that do meaningfully support PD are more likely to retain skilled and experienced VET practitioners and the knowledge they bring. Ward, C.T., & Rodd, C.P. (2024). PD: a professional deterrence? The financial cost and time commitment of professional development for VET practitioners in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 64(1), 53-81.

New course release ➡ 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐔: 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠  This CTWS course will introduce you to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). By the time you’ve finished this course, you’ll be better equipped to understand the importance of DEIB and support diversity initiatives in the workplace, the classroom and in society. https://lnkd.in/gAde7hWY