Get found.
When someone nearby searches for what they sell, they show up.
Local Business Growth Lab for CTE and work-based learning
Your employers want to help. They do not know what work to give a student.
Local Business Growth Lab hands every employer a ready project. Student teams solve 1 real problem for 1 local business in 8 to 10 weeks, and every student clears 40 work-based learning hours.
Every business wants the same 4 things.
More leads.
Local attention turns into names and emails.
More customers.
Leads turn into booked calls, tours, and visits.
More time back.
A repetitive task comes off the owner's plate.
The business picks 1. Students solve it.
The business picks the problem. Students solve it.
We reach local businesses through the chamber.
The business picks 1 outcome.
A 20 minute intake call finds the task behind it.
We write the project brief with a goal number.
Students build, document, and implement every week.
Results are shown at the final showcase.
8 weeks to a real result. 10 if you want more.
Week 1
Meet your client
Week 2
Know the customer
Week 3
Tell the story
Week 4
Create and publish
Week 5
The path to yes
Week 6
Automate the follow-up
Week 7
Outreach and get found
Week 8
Results and handoff
Week 9
Double down
Add-onWeek 10
Get hired
Add-on
The hours are built in.
40
hours in the 8 week core
5 hours a week, signed every week
45
hours in the 10 week version
Extra room for make-up hours
Every hour is logged and signed by your coordinator, so there is no scramble at the end.
Every student leaves with proof.
- A client case study with before and after numbers.
- Content, pages, and emails they built.
- A free industry marketing certificate.
- A reference from the business owner.
- Resume and LinkedIn lines with real numbers.
Then they apply to run it.
When a business wants the work to keep going, it posts a paid role. Every student who worked on the problem can apply, interview with the owner, and get feedback. 1 gets hired. Everyone learns the full hiring cycle.
Built to be approved.
Career cluster.
Marketing and Sales, with Marketing and Advertising and Social Media and Analytics
Work-based learning.
A client project with a real employer, supervised by your coordinator
Employer skills.
Every module maps to the career readiness skills employers hire for
Mostly remote.
1 live session a week, so transportation and site safety stop being a barrier