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Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a proven approach to prepare students for academic, personal, and career success, where other strategies and traditional curriculum have failed. Research has identified the principles of PBL as a foundation to move toward more learner-centered, inquiry-based, active learning methods. Elevating our education practices to gold-level standards will ensure learners gain the benefit of real-world relevance that is critical in today’s workforce.

Employer engagement has been a cornerstone activity of the JAG program since its inception. In leveraging workforce development and work-based learning as an instructional strategy, it elevates the practice of employer engagement to an opportunity for meaningful connections between skills and ideas, and real-life situations. Imagine employers investing their resources, talent, and knowledge to customize individual learning experiences for JAG students. Workforce development and work-based learning instructional strategies advance effective employer partnerships to provide learners with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, and skills needed to be successful in post-secondary education and career pathways.

Unfortunately, an increasing number of JAG students have experienced trauma, and the JAG model is one of resiliency. It demonstrates how to build relationships, gives learners voice and choice (even more so through PBL), teaches life skills, and helps learners overcome adversity.