The goal of a school-supervised work-based learning program is for students to learn employability skills and explore their career interest. Work-based learning reinforces for students the connection between work and school, provides a chance for meaningful contact with adults/mentors, improves their chances for successful employment as young adults, and helps solidify career interests. Examples of work-based learning programs include job-shadowing, internships, service learning, school-based enterprise, paid/unpaid work experience, supervised agriculture experience (SAE), employability skill certificate program, cooperative (coop) education skill certificate program, and youth apprenticeship.

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Skill Standard Certificate Programs are listed below. Click on the links to access program assurances, program registration, student registration, and final student evaluation. You will need to have your school district's DPI password to complete the registration process. If you do not know this password, please contact Deb Motiff at DPI, (608) 267-0360.

The DPI Skill Certificate Programs include:

Cooperative Education Skill Standards Certificate Program
 

ANR/Animal Sciences

ANR/Plant Sciences

BIT/Business

FCE/Child Services

FCE/Family and Community Services

FCE/Food Services

HSE/Health Sciences

MME/Advanced Marketing

MME/E-Commerce

MME/Entrepreneurship

MME/Marketing

MME/Professional Sales

MME/Retail Management

MME/Sports and Entertainment

TEE/Construction

TEE/Electronics

Employability Skills Standards Certificate Program

Assistant Child Care Teacher (ACCT) Certificate Program

Child Care Teacher (CCT) Certificate Program

Youth Leadership Skill Standards Certificate Program

For further information, contact Shelley Drescher at CESA 5.