How well do you involve business, community, and higher education members in learning experiences with your students? Are these members an integral part of your culture and curriculum? Take this quick quiz to see is you “make the grade”:
- Yes or No:
Do you involve students in either a physical or a virtual tour of a workplace or institution that aligns with a topic of study? - Yes or No:
Is it part of your practice to job shadow or interview people in your content area for a deeper understanding of the tools and processes used to communicate, share information, solve problems, produce & create, and make decisions? - Yes or No:
When launching a PBL experience, have you invited business, community, and higher education members to participate? - Yes or No:
Have you asked members of the public to serve as judges on a panel or to evaluate student/team products? - Yes or No:
Do you provide time and opportunity for students to contact and communicate with the public as part of their inquiry? - Yes or No:
Are members of the public involved in developing success skills and creating a product for public presentation? - Yes or No:
Has a community agency or business challenged your students to solve an industry-specific or community-based problem and then used their proposal as a solution to the problem? - Yes or No:
Do you have relationship with one or more public members who might co-design a PBL experience?