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Tools and resources for high school educators implementing work-based learning curricula and programming to prepare students for careers in healthcare
Implementing Healthcare Work-Based Learning
Healthcare employers are excited about the future of community health and about new ways of caring for their patients, and are looking forward to the energy, ideas, and passion of young adults as they join the workplace.
Implementing a work-based learning model that is validated by industry is a way you can give your students a running head start in navigating their professional futures while communicating to healthcare employers that you are serious about collaboration.
Healthcare makes up about 20% of the New York City economy and employs hundreds of thousands of workers. With its scale and diversity of jobs, healthcare presents an excellent opportunity for young adults to find a meaningful and impactful career that suits their interests and strengths.
The NYACH Ready for Healthcare work-based learning model and this supporting toolkit were created with exactly this focus in mind. The four-year model was explicitly designed for both employers and educators—structuring learning activities to be relevant to the skills employers need, ensuring they are developmentally appropriate for students, and creating easily modifiable industry-validated tools to support the full range of work-based learning activities.
If you are an educator or school administrator exploring the possibility of instituting a full four-year work-based learning model at your school, please feel free to contact NYACH to learn more.
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This supportive toolkit is organized topically and can be implemented in its entirety or modularly, depending on your students’ needs. Each topic features an educator guide that provides an overview of the available materials and a proposed implementation plan.
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Although this toolkit was designed to accompany the NYACH Ready for Healthcare four-year program curriculum, all of the materials can be used as standalone tools or in bundles organized around main topics or activities.
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Foundational Curricula and Tools
In this section, you’ll find guides to the NYC Department of Education CTE and NYACH Ready for Healthcare core curricula, in addition to training resources. Even if your school isn’t implementing a full work-based learning model, these foundational materials can be useful reference documents.
CTE Healthcare Core Curriculum*
NYACH Core Competencies for Today's Healthcare Workforce
School Staff Toolkit Orientation
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*The NYC Department of Education makes periodic changes to this core curriculum. For the most recent materials, NYC schools should contact the DOE.
Industry Guest Speaker Events
By inviting industry speakers to serve as guest speakers (virtual or in-person) at your school or in your classroom, you can create opportunities for students to learn about healthcare career paths, professionals’ trajectories, industry trends, and more. The Toolkit contains content that will help you plan, execute, and evaluate a guest speaker event, including materials to use with and guide your students.
Educator Guide for Guest Speaker Events
Student Packet for Guest Speaker Events
Suggested Talking Points for Guest Speakers
Healthcare Career Expos
Hosting a Healthcare Career Expo involves bringing together professionals from a number of healthcare organizations and settings to share their experiences with students. The NYACH Ready for Healthcare Career Expo structure focuses on panel discussion and keynote presentations, giving students the chance to ask questions and learn about multiple healthcare career opportunities.
Educator Guide for Career Expos
Student Packet for Career Expos
Sample Questions for Breakout Panels (Designed for Speakers)
Sample Questions for Plenary Panels (Designed for Speakers)
NYC Department of Education Work-Based Learning Travel and Media Consent Form
Workplace Tours
Workplace tours hosted by healthcare industry employers help students connect what they’re learning in the classroom with “real-life” work environments, allowing them to see the skills that healthcare careers require applied in context.
To see all materials pertaining to workplace tours, including activities that host employers can use to engage students on-site, we recommend referencing the Workplace Tour Activity Guide.
Educator Guide for Workplace Tours
Student Packet for Workplace Tours
Sample Workplace Tour Agenda (Designed for Employers)
Preparing for an On-Site Visit
NYC Department of Education Work-Based Learning Travel and Media Consent Form
Professional Skills Internships
In the NYACH Ready for Healthcare work-based learning model, professional skills internships typically take place in 11th grade. Unlike clinical internships—which focus on technical skills associated with specific healthcare careers—professional skills internships help students learn what it’s like to actually work in a healthcare setting. Through a professional skills internship, students practice what they’ve learned in school and get hands-on experience with professional norms and expectations. This is a great way for employers to mentor and prepare learners for future employment and success, and for students to learn “what it’s really like” in the workplace.
In addition to general guides, this section includes resources to guide your check-ins with both students and employers, as well as assessment tools and skills checklists that employers will use to assess students.
To see all materials related to professional skills internships, please refer to the Professional Skills Internship Activity Guide.
Educator Guide for Professional Skills Internships
Student Packet for Professional Skills Internships
Pre-Internship Site Visit Form
Educator-Student Check-In Guide
Mid-Term Worksite Visit Form (NYC DOE)
Sample Professional Internship Projects (Designed for Employers)
Technical Skills Internships
In the NYACH Ready for Healthcare work-based learning model, technical (or clinical) skills internships typically take place in the fourth year, or 12th grade. Through a technical skills internship, students practice patient care skills they’ve learned in the classroom directly with patients under the supervision of a qualified health professional. This is a great way for employers to help students excel and become fully productive members of a care team and for students to get hands-on experience working directly in patient care.
Although many of the included materials are adaptable to different occupational paths, this segment of the toolkit is tailored to technical skills internship in the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Medical Assistant (MA) learning paths.
To see all materials related to technical skills internships, please refer to the Technical Skills Internship Activity Guide.
Certified Nursing Assistant Track
Educator Guide for CNA Technical Skills Internships
Student Packet for CNA Technical Skills Internships
Profile of Workplace and Industry Skills for CNA Track Students (Designed for Employers)
CNA Internship Description (Designed for Employers)
Medical Assistant Track
Educator Guide for MA Technical Skills Internships
Student Packet for MA Technical Skills Internships
Profile of Workplace and Industry Skills for MA Track Students (Designed for Employers)
MA Internship Description (Designed for Employers)
Other Tools
Pre-Internship Site Visit Form
Post-Graduation Resources
In this section, you’ll find resources to support students planning for their next steps following graduation.
Optional Career Planning Tools
NYACH’s Ready for Healthcare initiative was funded as part of JPMorgan Chase’s New Skills for Youth initiative.