Mentors, community partners, local businesses, and experiential opportunities connect learning with life beyond school.
Classroom approach
Connect the goal with a suitable community example, mentor, or real-world task.
Human Shaped Learning with Front Matter.docx · Ch. 24, actual manuscript pp. 173–179; How Teachers Can Foster Connection. Source-grounded paraphrase and instructional adaptation.
Reviewed JAG competency connections
- B8 — Conduct a job search
- G39 — Understand how to achieve marketable job skills
- R132 — Access key local resources
- T139 — Demonstrate an understanding of skills and abilities necessary for success in a job
- T142 — Explain the value of job shadowing
The guided workspace explains its recommendations and lets educators select a different chapter or combine approaches. Optional facilitation choices do not create additional official alignments.

