The outcomes-driven approach to work-based learning focuses on 3 measures of student success:

• Aspirations - Each student will have defined and mapped a plan for at least one career path.

• Skills - Each student will have worked to develop the six Future Ready skills, received continuous feedback from industry partners, Advisory Board members, and/or local community professionals, and be able to articulate their strengths.

• Connections - Each student will develop at least three professional connections.

• Increased focus on student voice and feedback

• Specific, defined outcomes vs. general WBL activities

• Impact by design, not default

• Cycle of continuous improvement informed by data

This approach is the result of several years of work that included:

• Research & exemplar review

• Interviews with NAF Network (Educators, Administrators, ​and Partners)​

• Internal Cross Functional Conversations​ (Network Development & Implementation, Curriculum & Instruction, Research & Tech, and several other teams)