Career-Based Learning

Career-Based Learning (CBL) is an educational strategy that connects students with business professionals to provide them with real-life insight into potential careers.  It is designed to help students combine what they learn in the classroom with essential workforce skills to develop their employability. 

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Please click here to read the Joint Statement Issued by Cincinnati Public Schools Business Advisory Council 2023-2024.

Advisory Grades 3–12

At CPS, students from grades 3–12 have a specified time every week to devote to Advisory. Advisory is facilitated by teachers and is structured on 4 goals: 

• Social and Emotional Learning — Students are engaged in a variety of self assessments focused on the VIA Character Strengths, Clifton Strengthsfinder, and other career development assessments housed within the Naviance learning platform. Students learn about themselves and how to relate better with each other by reviewing and applying the results of these assessments. These assessments are also used to help students with their post-secondary exploration.
• Building Community — Students participate in team building activities in an effort to connect with their fellow students and teachers as well as their broader school community.
• Post-Secondary Planning — Starting at 3rd grade, CPS begins teaching students about the variety of careers that are available to them by utilizing a scaffolded  approach that moves students from career awareness, to career exploration, to career readiness, and ending in career attainment. In the upper grades, a considerable amount of time is focused on soft skill development as well as life skills. These two areas are most requested by the region's business community.
• Academic Monitoring — Students keep track of their grades and progress toward grade completion and graduation. This reinforces the skills of self advocacy and time management.
  All of the efforts in Advisory prepare students to be successful not only in their academic career but also prepare them for life after graduation.