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Alabama Educators: How to Search for Available WBL Opportunities

Learn how to view work-based learning opportunities available for your district to select.

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How to Access WBL Opportunities Available to All in Alabama

  1. Navigate to the left-hand menu and select Manage Work-Based Learning Tools.

  2. Select Opportunities

  3. On the Manage Opportunities page, you can see all of the available opportunities that you can make available for students at your school to see.

Note: The Alabama State Department of Education offers virtual opportunities through Learning Blade and Ready for Industry. These resources can now also be accessed via the Alabama Career Planning System by using the Work-Based Learning features.

To select these opportunities for your district, search for "Learning Blade" and "Ready for Industry" or filter by the opportunity type of Employability Skills.

Learning Blade opportunities are for students in 6th-9th grade and introduces students to STEM, Computer Science, and CTE concepts through interactive modules.

Ready for Industry opportunities are designed for late high school students and equip students with industry-specific skills to succeed.

How to Add Opportunities Created by Businesses to Available List

WBL Advisors have the ability to choose which business submitted opportunities are available to the students in each district or school.

Important Note: Opportunities created by Business Partners will not be available on the opportunity page until the business has been approved.

  1. Navigate to the left-hand menu and select Manage Work-Based Learning Tools.

  2. Select Opportunities

  3. Select Availability per School

    1. From the top selection, select the School you would like to assign this opportunity to available for students

    2. Toggle the switch to On in the Available column

  4. See All Schools at Once to Select Multiple Schools

    1. Select the Opportunity needing to be moved to available

    2. Scroll down to the Schools Section

    3. Select Manage Availability

    4. Select All or Select each school needing the opportunity

    5. Select Save

  5. Opportunity is now available to students who match the requirements


How to Remove Availability of Opportunities Created by Businesses

WBL Advisors have the ability to remove opportunities that have previously been available to the students in their district.

  1. Navigate to the left-hand menu and select Manage Work-Based Learning Tools.

  2. Select Opportunities

  3. Select Availability per School

    1. From the top selection, select the School you would like to assign this opportunity to available for students

    2. Toggle the switch to Off in the Available column

  4. See All Schools at Once to Deselect Multiple Schools

    1. Select the Opportunity needing to be moved to unavailable

    2. Scroll down to the Schools Section

    3. Select Manage Availability

    4. Unselect each school needing the opportunity hidden

    5. Select Save

  5. Opportunity is now available to students who match the requirements


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