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Every Local Education Agency should have the support and guidance needed to provide high-quality, highly effective college and career preparation for your students. The Linked Learning Alliance is here to champion your success. Here we feature ways our team can help your LEA meet specific outcomes identified in the Golden State Pathways Program Framework and in alignment with each community’s context for college and career readiness.

Communications, Pathway Improvement, Continuous Improvement, GSPP

Teachers, school and district leaders, and their community partners are amazing problem solvers, especially when they can innovate together. The Alliance is actively cultivating that opportunity with our professional development portfolio. Building on 15+ years of experience, research, and relationships across systems and sectors, the Alliance offers training, tools, and connections to help K–12 educators take practice to the next level.

Communications, Pathway Improvement, Continuous Improvement

This guide is meant to support pathway teams and reviewers through the Gold Certification Middle School review process.

Pathway Improvement, Certification

This guide is meant to support pathway teams and reviewers through the Gold Certification High School review process.

Pathway Improvement, Certification

Linked Learning Middle School Standards represent an extension of the evidence-based Linked Learning standards for high-quality college and career preparation. Designed to engage students in real-world learning experiences connecting core academics to career awareness and exploration, the Linked Learning Middle School Standards will prepare students to succeed in high school and beyond.

The standards provide educators with a framework for middle school college and career preparation aligned to high school Linked Learning pathways and the rigorous academic expectations of a college prep curriculum, setting the stage for high school and postsecondary success.

Pathway Improvement, Certification

Pathway Improvement, College & Career Readiness, Lessons Learned

The Work-Based Learning Plan template can be used with your pathway team and partners to identify a sequence of activities that will significantly improve student career and college readiness.

Pathway Improvement, Work-Based Learning

The Work-Based Learning Current State Analysis form will assist pathway teams in identifying the current state of their work-based learning and identify goals for future development.

Pathway Improvement, Work-Based Learning

This resource shows how one district articulated a shared understanding of the characteristics of high-quality work-based learning for their students.

Pathway Improvement, Work-Based Learning

This document is a guide to the different sections, components, and features of the Linked Learning Alliance certification platform.

Pathway Improvement, Certification