School-Based Components	Stage of System Building
	Vision	Planning	Early Implementation	Maintaining the System
Restructure schools around career majors, including all aspects of industry
Restructure school schedules
Establish career paths -- K-16 system
Change culture of schools around STW
Align ongoing programs to STW system
Gain and maintain support and participation of:
Students
Teachers
Parents
School boards
Teacher (and other school-related) unions
Counselors
School and district administrators
Community-based organizations
Establish rigorous academic content and performance standards
Develop and integrate curricula
Engage employers to assist schools with curriculum restructuring and all other STW activities
Link school activities in the workplace -- e.g., joint curriculum development, personnel, roles, and connections between teachers and worksite supervisors
Develop site-based collaboration for STW activities
Build in collaboration time for teachers
Provide professional development
Offer teacher internships at worksites
Reform postsecondary teacher education (preservice/inservice)
Implement innovative teaching methodologies
Use applied learning methodologies
Use authentic assessment
Offer comprehensive career counseling
Develop individual education and career development plans
Provide generic job-related skills (e.g., interviewing, job search, and resume development)
Serve all students and provide equal access to all program components for:
Out-of-school youth (graduates and dropouts)
Low-income youth
Low-achieving youth
Limited English-speakers
Youth with disabilities
Acacemically talented youth
Youth in rural areas
Non-traditional employment for young women

Work-Based Components	Stage of System Building
	Vision	Planning	Early Implementation	Maintaining the System
Recruit employers
Recruit unions
Maintain support and participation of employers and unions
Adopt work-based learning curricula
Offer a continuum of work-based learning (job shadowing, structured work experience, paid work experience)
Provide alternative strategies for work-based learning
Structure a planned program of training, including individualized student worksite learning plans
Place and support students in the workplace
Provide employee development to ensure quality work-based learning
Review health, safety, and legal issues
Document general workplace competencies
Establish occupational skill standards
Serve all students and provide equal access

Connecting Activities	Stage of System Building
	Vision	Planning	Early Implementation	Maintaining the System
Generate strategies to connect school-based and work-based learning
Develop collaborative agreements between schools and employers
Develop collaborative agreements between secondary and postsecondary education
Design processes for connecting intermediary organizations to school-to-work system
Conduct marketing and PR for all stakeholders:
Students
Teachers
Parents
School boards
Counselors
School and district administrators
Employers
Unions
Community-based organizations
State and local officials
Support continued involvement of all stakeholders
Establish governance, leadership, and coordination at all levels
Connect to state economic and workforce development activities
Develop strategic plans (e.g., 1-3-5 year) for implementation at school, district, local, and state levels
Provide technical assistance to local partnerships and stakeholders
Provide transportation and other support services
Conduct labor market research and analysis
Evaluate, monitor, and revise school-to-work system continuously
Leverage resources to institutionalize system
Serve all students and provide equal access

• National School-to-Work All-Purpose Template: General Guidance/Use of Terms

• New All-Purpose School-to-Work Template