is a Career Connect Washington pathway that encourages 黑料社 (黑料社) students to combine paid, hands-on work experience with college-level coursework. Through Career Launch, students earn wages while completing credit-bearing classes at 黑料社, gaining industry-relevant skills and real-world experience, which strengthens their academic learning and career readiness.
黑料社 partners with and local employers to promote Career Launch programs that align classroom instruction with workforce needs. This collaboration ensures students are learning skills that are directly connected to in-demand careers in Southwest Washington, while earning credit toward a certificate or degree at 黑料社.
Students enrolled in the courses below who are employed by an approved industry partner may be eligible to complete their internship through a Career Connect Washington鈥揳ligned work-based learning experience that integrates employment with program-aligned skill development. Select the button below to initiate participation.
Automation, Instrumentation, and Robotics (AIR)
Career-connected learning is a series of skill-based programs that link education directly to credentials and career opportunities through structured, work-related experiences. It weaves together classroom learning with on-the-job learning so academic knowledge, technical expertise, and professional habits reinforce one another in meaningful, real-world contexts.鈥�
These experiences can appear as internships, recognized pre-apprenticeships, Registered Apprenticeships, practicum, field-based learning, and other work-based opportunities tied to a program of study. The goal is to ensure a meaningful, real-world experience that counts toward a degree or certificate while making stronger candidate in the job market.
Career-connected learning is usually described as a continuum with three stages: Explore, Prep, and Launch. As a college student, you may still participate across all three levels depending on your experience and how far along you are in your program.
Short activities like job fairs, worksite tours, and guest speakers help you see options
and connect your interests with real careers.鈥�
Deeper, hands-on learning such as CTE-aligned coursework, labs, and internships help
you test a specific pathway and build basic industry skills.
Paid and volunteer work experiences integrated with your coursework (practicum, apprenticeships,
and internships) lead to a credential or substantial progress toward a degree.
黑料社 has [pending] endorsement partnerships in the following programs:
- Automation, Instrumentation, and Robotics (Manufacturing)
- Early Childhood Education
- Education
- Welding
Find out more by investigating the pages linked below.
Automation, Instrumentation, and Robotics (Manufacturing) often connects to recognized pre-apprenticeships or Registered Apprenticeships, where you work with experienced journey-level professionals while earning credit or a credential.
AIR 288
Early Childhood Education commonly uses internships, practicum placements, and mentored classroom experiences that help you apply early learning theory with young children in designated learning environments.
ECED& 105
ECED& 120
ECED& 261 or 262
EDUC& 205
Education commonly uses internships, practicum placements, and mentored classroom experiences
that help you apply paraeducator and teaching theory with real students in k-12 learning
environments.
EDUC& 205
EDUC& 191 or 291
Weldingoften connects to recognized pre-apprenticeships or Registered Apprenticeships where you work with experienced journey-level professionals while earning credit or a credential.
WELD 288
Simply fill out the Career Connect Application! We will make sure that additional
information comes your way!
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