Business Partnerships

Middle and high school-based business alliances are partnerships between business leaders and educators to help every student make responsible, productive career choices by assisting with activities at school and in the workplace. Business Alliances get involved with career fairs, practice job interviews, discussions about business ethics, field trips, site tours, internships, guest speaking and resumé reviews to mention a few.

Our Career Academies are smaller learning communities within a school that focus on a career area, integrate that theme within the core curriculum, and provide internships. Each academy has an advisory board comprised of volunteers from businesses and higher education related to that career theme.

Business and post-secondary volunteer leaders meet regularly to support WCPSS in enhancing our connections between school and career for each of 16 career clusters from agriculture to finance to transportation.

Whether through internships, formal apprenticeships, cooperative education, or short-term work experiences, you can provide our students with meaningful real-world preparation for their future careers. Work-based learning happens away from the student's school and may be paid or unpaid depending on the activity.

We provide liability coverage for all students who participate in officially recognized, pre-approved work-based learning activities. Our Career Development Coordinators at our middle and high schools oversee work-based learning, and will be happy to talk to you about the opportunities and requirements.

Interested in hosting student interns?

If you are interested in offering internships with high school students, please fill out our interest survey! Additional information about program requirements will be sent upon submission.