Coordinating classroom instruction and workplace experience so that the instructional program in school reinforces student work experiences and vice-versa. Providing regular communication, planning, and consultation between the students employer and school. Forming permanent two-way links with the business and the school, communicating their expectations of what students should learn and be able to do, and then working as partners to help students achieve. Creating links to the full range of post-secondary options including college, since most jobs today and in the future will require postsecondary education. Schools are better if businesspeople are in the schools because they see the good things that go on in the schools.
Businesses are better if school people are there and see what goes on in industry.
It has to be a living, breathing organism. It should not be a stagnant kind of partnership. A trusted intermediary can administer a program and keep everyone communicating. It can help make the initial contact with businesses, coordinate the matching of students with employers, and help resolve any problems or miscommunications that develop. This organization or consortium of employment, education, and training providers can enable schools and employers to focus on providing students the best educational experiences possible.