ELPS Instructional Tool
The ELPS Instructional Tool outlines how to plan focused, targeted, and systematic instruction to meet the linguistic needs of ELLs identified at the beginning and intermediate proficiency levels in grade 3 or higher.
ELPS Linguistic Instructional Alignment Guide (LIAG)
The ELPS Linguistic Instructional Alignment Guide (LIAG) is designed to help teachers gather information needed to ensure that classroom instruction meets the individual academic and linguistic needs of English language learners (ELLs).
Lesson 1.1: Introducing Work-Based Learning
This resource gives CTE teachers an overview of work-based learning (WBL) as part of a high school student's career development training.
Lesson 6.5: Conducting Training Site Visits
This resource explains the purpose of work-based learning (WBL) training site visits by teacher-coordinators, and provides guidelines to ensure the visits are effective.
Lesson 12.3: WBL Activities for Students
This resource describes six recommended activities that work-based learning (WBL) teachers can incorporate into classroom lessons to help students prepare for life beyond high school.
Lesson 8.1: Recordkeeping Requirements
This resource describes the career and technical education (CTE) records required to demonstrate compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and policies.
Introduction to Section 9
This resource introduces the lessons in Section 9: Timeline for Implementing a WBL Program, and lists the learning objectives.
Lesson 5.2: Youth Worker Health and Safety
This resource discusses OSHA requirements regarding youth worker health and safety for WBL students.
Introduction to Section 3
This resource describes Texas Education Agency (TEA) rules related to work-based learning (WBL), including rules and policies regarding career preparation and practicum courses, and career and technical education (CTE) funding, coding guidelines, and transportation allotment rules.
Lesson 6.4: Communicating Responsibilities to Training Sponsors
This resource explains how to effectively communicate the responsibilities work-based learning (WBL) training sponsors have in providing a safe and effective training site for students in accordance with local, state, and federal policies and law.
Lesson 6.3: Recruiting Business Partners and Training Sites
This resource explains how to identify potential resources for work-based learning (WBL) training sites and how to contact prospective WBL training sponsors.
Lesson 6.1: WBL Training Plan Terms
This resource defines terms commonly used in writing standard work-based learning (WBL) training plans for career preparation and practicum courses.
Lesson 5.4: Other Federal Laws Impacting Youth Workers
This resource discusses various agencies and organizations that establish and enforce regulations and programs that impact work-based learning (WBL) students and their employer sponsors.
Introduction to Section 5
This resource introduces Section 5: Workplace Laws and Rules.
Lesson 4.1: General Local Education Agency (LEA) Policies
This resource provides a brief overview of the handbooks and manuals that contain local district and/or schools policies and procedures concerning work-based learning (WBL) and career and technical education (CTE) for teachers, parents, and students.
Introduction to Section 2
Introduction to Section 2
Lesson 2.1: Federal Education Laws Impacting WBL
Federal Education Laws Impacting WBL
Lesson 8.2: Creating a WBL Filing System
This lesson shares recommendations from experienced work-based learning (WBL) teacher-coordinators on how to get and stay organized.
Introduction to Section 8
This section describes required and recommended records that should be kept when coordinating work-based learning (WBL) experiences, with an emphasis on those records career preparation or practicum teachers must produce and maintain.
Introduction to Section 6
This resource introduces section 6 of the CTE WBL course: WBL Training Stations.