Resource Library

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

This action planning template is interned to be used after completing the Pathway Self-Study Tool. This template will help you synthesize, prioritize, and agree on key next steps to improve your pathway.

Pathway Improvement, Career-Technical Education, Certification, Equity, Outcomes, Rigorous Academics, Student Supports, Workforce Development, Work-Based Learning, Getting Started, Steps to Silver, Going for Gold, Continuous Improvement

Prepare your district with a framework of the systems and capacities essential to the Linked Learning approach, plus a roadmap for getting there.

In this Getting Started with Linked Learning guide for school districts, you’ll find information and resources to help you lay the groundwork for change, develop a robust plan for action, build capacity, implement the plan, continuously improve, and sustain momentum—no matter your starting point.

Pathway Improvement, Getting Started