{"podcast":{"title":"College & Career Readiness Radio","slug":"college-career-readiness-radio-7075667","podcast_index_feed_id":7075667,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/college-and-career-readiness-radio/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.maialearning.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/college-and-career-readiness-radio/20250804_050839_cc2cb728133863268880b155262ae17b.png","author":"T.J. Vari","episode_count":43,"summary":"College & Career Readiness Radio with T.J. Vari A podcast about all things career and college readiness. Brought to you by MaiaLearning.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T02:20:24.060796+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667"},"episode":{"title":"Profession-Based Learning with Alisa Morse","slug":"profession-based-learning-with-alisa-morse","published_at":"2025-11-11T12:01:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667/profession-based-learning-with-alisa-morse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/college-and-career-readiness-radio/2320476","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/292064/2320476/college-and-career-readiness-radio/2025_11_10_21_59_54_0830d666-6834-4422-b642-d81857d5861e.mp3","summary":"Our guest for this episode of College & Career Readiness Radio is Alisa Morse, K12 Director for the CAPS Network. Alisa Morse explains the concept of “profession-based learning” as an umbrella term for connecting students with real-world industry experiences, including internships, co-ops, client-connected projects, and career discovery.​ She highlights that high-impact client-connected projects involve students working directly with industry partners to solve open-ended problems that aren't mission critical but offer authentic challenges, mentorship, and opportunities for innovation and self-discovery.​ The CAPS Network brings industry experts into classrooms, enabling all students—not just those in internships—to participate in practical, relevant projects and develop durable professional skills like teamwork and project management.​ Profession-based learning can be adapted for every age group, with new initiatives starting in middle and even elementary school to foster career awareness early and address gaps in work-based learning equity.​ Alisa details how projects can fit into core classes (e.g., connecting biology with local Parks and Rec projects), elective/academy pathways, short challenge events, or through mentorship and internal partnerships within the school community.​ She emphasizes the importance of self-reflection and metacognition during and after these projects to deepen learning and help students make informed decisions about their future.​ The episode includes practical advice for rural schools and underserved communities: start with internal resources like school staff, local Chamber of Commerce , and county economic development offices to connect students with real work experiences.​ Alisa shares free resources ( experience.work and CAPS Netwo…","meta_description":"Our guest for this episode of College & Career Readiness Radio is Alisa Morse, K12 Director for the CAPS Network. Alisa Morse explains the concept of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1749,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667/episodes/profession-based-learning-with-alisa-morse/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/college-career-readiness-radio-7075667/profession-based-learning-with-alisa-morse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}