Work-based learning experiences – from school-year internships and apprenticeships to SYEP – are critical to students on a variety of levels. Work-based learning helps students identify their interests and aptitudes, build their professional networks, develop meaningful skills, and make decisions about their education and career trajectory.

Over the last year, in an effort to identify and elevate the core components of successful work-based learning, HERE to HERE has developed Key Distinguishers for four areas in which the work takes place: high schools, post-secondary programs, paid work experiences, and employers.