Dr. Gornto Work Based Learning-Fall 2026 Assignments
- Instructor
- Dr. Joy Gornto
- Term
- Fall 2026
- Department
- CTE
- Description
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Work-Based Learning: Career Practicum is a capstone course intended to provide students with opportunities to apply the skills and knowledge learned in previous CTE and general education courses within a professional work environment. The course allows students to earn high school credit for select models of work-based learning, which allows students to interact with industry professionals in order to extend and deepen classroom work and support the development of postsecondary and career readiness knowledge and skills.
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Upcoming Assignments
Due:
Professional Resume (UPDATED LINKS)
Create a professional resume. The links below provide valuable advice for creating a resume. Some contain links to paid services. While there may be some value in these, it is not necessary to use those paid services to create a quality resume.
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List of Responsibilities
Pick up a copy of the List of Responsibilities form. Complete and sign the form. Obtain your work-site supervisor's signature. Use Adobe Scan (or another PDF scanning app on your phone) to create a PDF copy of this document. Only PDF copies attached to this assignment will receive full credit. This must be included in your portfolio.
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Cover Letter
Write a cover letter for your resume. The attached document is filled with great information to help you write your cover letter. The purpose of this assignment is to give you the experience of writing a cover letter. This letter can be to a real person to whom you are going to give the letter, a real person two whom you would like to give the letter, or an imaginary person that represents the type of person to whom you want to submit the letter. Here are some ideas for people you could address with your cover letter:
The Dean of Admissions of a college.
The manager of a business to which you are applying for work.
The CEO of the corporation that represents your dream job.
The director of a non-profit with which you want to volunteer.
A company for which you want to intern.
The Dean of Admissions of a college.
The manager of a business to which you are applying for work.
The CEO of the corporation that represents your dream job.
The director of a non-profit with which you want to volunteer.
A company for which you want to intern.
Due:
Personalized Learning Plan - Part B
This part of the personalized learning plan is due later in the semester. However, it is important that you start reading it now so you can be thinking about your learning experiences and the evidence you are going to use in your portfolio to demonstrate mastery of those skills.
Due:
Employability Skills Course Completion Certificate
If you chose the honors option please upload your completion certificate here.
Past Assignments
Due:
Letter of Recommendation
Obtain one letter of recommendation.
The letter should be signed and, if applicable, on company letterhead.
You must have one letter of recommendation for each semester you are in work-based learning, with a maximum of three required.
Include these letters in your portfolio.
For full credit, you need to get letters from different types of people. In other words, do not get all of your letters from teachers (a coach can count as a different type of person even if he/she is a teacher).
START ASKING FOR THESE EARLY. TEACHERS ESPECIALLY GET A LOT OF THESE REQUESTS.
The letter should be signed and, if applicable, on company letterhead.
You must have one letter of recommendation for each semester you are in work-based learning, with a maximum of three required.
Include these letters in your portfolio.
For full credit, you need to get letters from different types of people. In other words, do not get all of your letters from teachers (a coach can count as a different type of person even if he/she is a teacher).
START ASKING FOR THESE EARLY. TEACHERS ESPECIALLY GET A LOT OF THESE REQUESTS.
Due:
OSHA-10
OSHA-10 is a requirement for work-based learning. If you have completed OSHA-10, you may submit this assignment empty. I will download a copy of your certificate from Skyward. If you have not completed OSHA-10, please pick up a payment voucher from your work-based learning coordinator by the due date. You will have one month to complete the certificate for full credit.
Due:
Do you want to take this course as honors and complete the employability skills modules
Due:
Enrollment Packet
Pick up a copy of the enrollment packet from Mr. Allison. This must be completed before you can go to your WBL placement.
Due:
Teacher Referral
Pick up a copy of the teacher recommendation form. This must be completed before you can go to your WBL placement. This is NOT your letter of recommendation. This is a referral to the WBL program.
Due:
Personalized Learning Plan - Part A
The first part of your personalized learning plan (Part A) must be completed before you can begin working in your placement.