WBL Administrators: How to Create Opportunities

How to Create a New Opportunity

WBL Advisors have the ability to create opportunities for their students to participate in within their Kuder Navigator for Admins account.

Login to Kuder Navigator for Admins
In the left-hand navigation menu, select Manage Work Based Learning Tools
Select Opportunities
Select Create Opportunity
Complete Required Fields - Basic Information
1. Opportunity Title
2. Opportunity Type
  1. Job Shadow
    Involves partnering with an industry professional to observe and partake in their daily or weekly responsibilities. This opportunity allows students to picture themselves in the career and evaluate whether it aligns with their interests, skills, and work values.
  2. Internship
    A temporary position prioritizing on-the-job training. This allows individuals to gain skills and experience aligned to their career interests. Interns are often expected to actively partake in workplace duties related to specific career-related tasks.
  3. Career Mentorship
    An experienced professional provides an individual with tailored guidance aligned to their desired position or career.
  4. Project Based Learning
    A course of study or experience involving practical field training, under supervision. This typically applies to a specific field or program of study.
  5. Virtual Experience
    An immersive program to allow individuals to perform industry tasks within a controlled environment. Commonly used for automotive and construction programs.
  6. Service Learning
    Integrates community service with classroom instruction and reflection for a specific project.
  7. School Based Enterprise
    Based within a school, a group of students produce goods or services to be donated or put for sale.
  8. Volunteering
    This unpaid experience involves contributing time and talents to benefit a cause or individual.
  9. Externship
    A structured approach to combining classroom concepts with hands-on work experience, often in the form of a class project for a local business.
  10. Paid Work Experience (Employment FT & Employment PT)
    Individuals can gain on-the-job training and growth through a part-time or full-time job.
  11. Workplace Tours/Field Trip
    A group trip to observe first-hand what a specific workplace and career may consist of while actively engaging with industry professionals.
  12. Mock Interview
    An informal interview or conversation between an industry professional and an individual seeking information related to entering or advancing in that career.
  13. Apprenticeship
    A program in which an individual learns an art, trade, or job under the supervision of a more experienced mentor.
  14. Career Fair
    An event in which industry professionals interact with individuals seeking to learn more about a given profession. Can include engaging activities, Q&A sessions, and skill-building workshops.
  15. Guest Speaker
    A guest speaker can be someone invited to speak on their expertise and experience in a career field.
  16. Authentic Project
    A project that includes prototyping an invention to brainstorming ideas for a business, the projects are their own, and they have agency over the projects’ direction and decisions.
  17. Other
    Can be used for an opportunity that does not fit solely within the descriptions of the other types of work-based learning.
3. Opportunity Description
4. Application Instructions
5. Optional - Business Name (Must be an Existing Business)
Select Continue
Complete Required Fields - Opportunity Details
1. Opportunity Primary Contact
  1. Contact First Name
  2. Contact Last Name
  3. Contact Email Address
  4. Contact Phone Number
2. Opportunity Location
  1. Location Type
  2. Location Address (Only for Physical Location)
  3. Optional - Location Address 2 (Only for Physical Location)
  4. Location City (Only for Physical Location)
  5. Location State (Only for Physical Location)
  6. Location Zipcode (Only for Physical Location)
  7. Virtual Experience Link (Only for Virtual Location)
3. Opportunity Details
  1. Grade Level(s)
    6-12 or All
  2. Opportunity Spots Available
  3. Opportunity Start Date
  4. Opportunity End Date
Select Continue
Complete Required Fields - Related Occupations
1. Search for a related occupation - Add up to 3 Related Occupations
  1. All available occupations can be found on ONET
2. Toggle Private Opportunity to Yes or No
  1. A private opportunity makes an opportunity only available for the students in the district in which it was created. A public opportunity can be seen and selected by a student in any district. If you set an opportunity to Public, it cannot be switched to Private later.
Select Create Opportunity

Note: When a WBL Advisor creates an opportunity, it is automatically added to the available opportunities for students to request.

How to Create Multiple Opportunities Using an Import

WBL Advisors have the ability to upload multiple opportunities at once for their students to participate in within their Kuder Navigator for Admins account.

Important Note: This feature allows for a max of 25 work-based learning opportunities to be uploaded at a time. Please use multiple uploads if you are needing to upload a number greater than 25.

Login to Kuder Navigator for Admins
In the left-hand navigation menu, select Manage Work Based Learning Tools
Select Opportunities
Select Upload Multiple Opportunities
Select Download CSV Template
Enter Required Fields for each opportunity (MAX 25 Opportunities)
1. [Column - Column Name, Data Type, Max Length, Required/Optional]
  1. Column A - OpportunityName, Text, 100, Required
  2. Column B - OpportunityDescription, Text, 1000, Required
  3. Column C - ApplicationInstructions, Text, 1000, Required
  4. Column D - SponsorFirstName, Text, 50, Required
  5. Column E - SponsorLastName, Text, 50, Required
  6. Column F - SponsorEmailAddress, Text, 100, Required
  7. Column G - SponsorPhoneNumber, Text, 20, Required
  8. Column H - LocationAddress, Text, 200, Required
  9. Column I - LocationAddress2, Text, 200, Optional
  10. Column J - LocationCity, Text, 200, Required
  11. Column K - LocationState, Text (state abbreviation and uppercase), 2, Required
  12. Column L - LocationZipCode, Text , 10, Required
  13. Column M - VirtualExperienceLink, Text (must start with http:// or https://), 200, Optional
  14. Column N - OpportunitySpotsAvailable, Integer, No Max, Required
  15. Column O - OpportunityStartDate, Date, MM/DD/YYYY, No Max, Required
  16. Column P - OpportunityEndDate, Date, MM/DD/YYYY, No Max, Required
Save File as a CSV
Select Drag and drop or click to upload your CSV file
Choose the File and Select Open
Review the Data in the Table
Select Continue
Complete required fields for each opportunity
1. Grade Level
  1. 6-12 or All
2. Opportunity Type
  1. Job Shadow
    Involves partnering with an industry professional to observe and partake in their daily or weekly responsibilities. This opportunity allows students to picture themselves in the career and evaluate whether it aligns with their interests, skills, and work values.
  2. Internship
    A temporary position prioritizing on-the-job training. This allows individuals to gain skills and experience aligned to their career interests. Interns are often expected to actively partake in workplace duties related to specific career-related tasks.
  3. Career Mentorship
    An experienced professional provides an individual with tailored guidance aligned to their desired position or career.
  4. Project Based Learning
    A course of study or experience involving practical field training, under supervision. This typically applies to a specific field or program of study.
  5. Virtual Experience
    An immersive program to allow individuals to perform industry tasks within a controlled environment. Commonly used for automotive and construction programs.
  6. Service Learning
    Integrates community service with classroom instruction and reflection for a specific project.
  7. School Based Enterprise
    Based within a school, a group of students produce goods or services to be donated or put for sale.
  8. Volunteering
    This unpaid experience involves contributing time and talents to benefit a cause or individual.
  9. Externship
    A structured approach to combining classroom concepts with hands-on work experience, often in the form of a class project for a local business.
  10. Paid Work Experience (Employment FT & Employment PT)
    Individuals can gain on-the-job training and growth through a part-time or full-time job.
  11. Workplace Tours/Field Trip
    A group trip to observe first-hand what a specific workplace and career may consist of while actively engaging with industry professionals.
  12. Mock Interview
    An informal interview or conversation between an industry professional and an individual seeking information related to entering or advancing in that career.
  13. Apprenticeship
    A program in which an individual learns an art, trade, or job under the supervision of a more experienced mentor.
  14. Career Fair
    An event in which industry professionals interact with individuals seeking to learn more about a given profession. Can include engaging activities, Q&A sessions, and skill-building workshops.
  15. Guest Speaker
    A guest speaker can be someone invited to speak on their expertise and experience in a career field.
  16. Authentic Project
    A project that includes prototyping an invention to brainstorming ideas for a business, the projects are their own, and they have agency over the projects’ direction and decisions.
  17. Other
    Can be used for an opportunity that does not fit solely within the descriptions of the other types of work-based learning.
3. Related Occupations
  1. Select up to 3 related occupations
  2. All available occupations can be found on ONET
4. Toggle Private Opportunity to Yes or No
  1. A private opportunity makes an opportunity only available for the students in the district in which it was created. A public opportunity can be seen and selected by a student in any district. If you set an opportunity to Public, it cannot be switched to Private later.
Select Submit

Note: When a WBL Advisor uploads opportunities, they are automatically added to the available opportunities for students to request.

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