Event Details
Please join Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), the Iowa Work-Based Learning Coordinators, and other partners for a webinar series about growing Work-Based Learning (WBL) programs across the state.
The series will feature example models and success stories that showcase how WBL is building the workforce pipeline across Iowa. The October 1, 2024 webinar will cover WBL opportunities with high school students.
Iowa Work-Based Learning Coordinators, which represents school work-based learning coordinators across Iowa, is co-sponsoring the Oct. 1 webinar.
High School Work-Based Learning: An Essential Tool to Prepare Students for Careers
October 1, 2024
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Register for the Webinar
- Welcome: Work-Based Learning (WBL) Is for Everyone
- Beth Townsend, Executive Director, Iowa Workforce Development (IWD)
- Why UnityPoint Health Hires High School Apprentices and Interns
- Mary Peterson, Human Resources Business Partner, UnityPoint Health, Waterloo
- How Schools Can Sustain WBL and What They Need from Employers
- Tara Troester, Past President, Iowa Work-Based Learning Coordinators, and Amy “Bozz” Bossard, President, Iowa Work-Based Learning Coordinators
- Making WBL Work for Employers, and What They Need from Schools
- Connie Mehrhoff, Training Recruiter, East Penn Manufacturing, Corydon
- How IWD Helps Businesses and Schools with WBL
- Abby Tibbetts, Work-Based Learning Program Designer, Iowa Workforce Development
- WBL Resources at the Iowa Department of Education
- Joe Collins, Education Program Consultant, Health Science and Work-Based Learning, Iowa Department of Education
- Q & A
- Moderated throughout by Kathy Leggett, Business Engagement Liaison, Iowa Workforce Development
- Conclusion
- Linda Fandel, Governor’s Liaison for Work-Based Learning, Iowa Workforce Development
For more information about WBL or starting a new program, contact the IWD WBL team.