Our Services

Work-Based Learning Activities

Work-Based Learning Activities are offered in the community and based on students interests that include Job tours, Informational Interviews, Job Shadowing. These activities help students explore their future vocational goals. 

Job Tours are offered both individually or for a group of students. Morningside’s Pre-ETS Facilitators set up tours at businesses in the community. A tour is typically 1 hour long and led by the employer or Manager of the business. Students have an opportunity to learn about the various jobs that are within the business and have the opportunity to connect with the employer and ask questions.

Morningside is able to offer transportation to and from job tours on a limited basis. Informational Interviews are offered both individually or for a group of students. Morningside’s Pre-ETS Facilitators set up the Informational Interviews at businesses in the community. An Informational Interview is typically 45 minutes to 1 hour long and is an opportunity for students to interview an employer in the community. 

Students are given suggested questions to ask but are able to ask their own and learn directly from an employer about a potential job they are interested in. Morningside is able to offer transportation to and from job tours on a limited basis. Job Shadowing is offered both individually or for a group of students. Morningside’s Pre-ETS Facilitators set up the Job Shadow opportunity at businesses in the community. Students are able to spend part of a work day shadowing and learning about a potential job they are interested in directly from an employer or employee in that same field.

Morningside is able to offer transportation to and from job tours on a limited basis. Pre-ETS Eligibility for Work Based Learning Activities:

  • Students who are enrolled in a secondary, postsecondary, or other recognized education program.
  • Students who are between the ages of 14 through 21 Students who have an IEP, a 504 plan, or a documented disability.

Programs offering this service include:

“Everyone deserves a chance. Everyone can do something. An employer can match a job that their business needs to fit the strength of the person with a disability.”

- Erica Nation, Pita Pit

“Looking past the disability and seeing the person that they really are is the biggest thing.”

- Thomas Black, Warehouse Demo Services

“Felix is awesome. He is a huge help to us. He does everything that is asked of him and he is a good guy.”

Hany Mosad, Manager of the Federal Way Jack in the Box