Employers can provide internships, shadowing opportunities, apprenticeship training, part-time and permanent jobs. In work-based learning, employers partner with schools to provide structured learning experiences for students that develop broad, transferable skills. Structured Field Studies Groups of students are provided opportunities to visit and tour several businesses during the course of a school year as part of the structured field study program. Prior to each visit, preparatory activities take place in the classroom. Students gather information about the company that they are going to visit regarding the nature of the business, types of employment, number of employees etc.
Students prepare a series of questions to be answered as a result of the field study.
Post activities include maintaining a journal describing each visit and presentations to other students and parents at the end of the school year. These are meaningful experiences that provide an introduction to the world of work and the process of career exploration. A job shadow involves students spending approximately three hours at a business, non-profit organization or government agency. Students are excused from school for the experience and for the time required to travel to and from the work site. Internships Internships are non-paid structured work experiences.