Students might create a marketing campaign advertising the car wash. Lessons in social studies, science, English, and math could be linked to provide students with the knowledge and abilities to make decisions about the car wash. Expand work-based learning opportunities. Educators can also encourage and assist employers in organizing students' workplace experiences so that they include all aspects of the industry. Job rotations, one technique for expanding work-based learning opportunities, provide students with introductory training in a range of occupations and departments, broadening their knowledge of the industry.
Job rotations work best if activities are coordinated within and across departments.
For example, a student interested in art might decide to intern at a museum, intending to gain experience in art restoration or as a curator. A creative employer, by systematically rotating the student through different departments upon skill mastery, presents the student with many more options. The student could gain experiences as a tour guide, an exhibit or graphic designer, an administrator, or maybe a teacher if the museum offers classes. She could learn aspects of marketing, sales, and finance unique to the art industry. Many students work after school and on weekends for experience or money, independent of school- arranged opportunities and placements.