What is Community & Career Connected Learning?
PLACE-BASED LEARNING FOR COMMUNITY-FUELED FUTURES
Community & Career Connected Learning is an educational approach that weaves together community partnerships, career exploration, and experiential place-based learning to strengthen schools and communities, especially in rural areas like Appalachian Ohio.
Key elements of Community & Career Connected Learning include:
Developing Networks & Social Capital
Supporting Schools & Educators
Connecting Businesses with Early Workforce Development Opportunities
Engaging Students in Real-World Learning Experiences
Providing Sustainable, Scalable Models
Strengthening Communities, Counties, and Regions
BB2C implements and supports Community & Career Connected Learning in Washington County, OH, and surrounding counties. The BB2C Network also connects schools, businesses, and communities interested in Community and Career Connected Learning in the 32 Ohio Appalachian Counties.
Meet Timmy
This short video shows how Community & Career Connected Learning helps students grow their social capital through experiential learning in a way that increases their awareness of the career opportunities in their communities.
Click the video above to hear BB2C Partner Allison Ricket breakdown Community & Career Connected Learning.
BB2C RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
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Advancing Appalachia Ohio's Youth Internships
2025 report showing the impact of BB2C high school internships in Appalachia Ohio.
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Social Capital for Appalachia's Youth
Inside Appalachia is a people’s history of social capital. Read how CCCL expands this into the classroom. 2024
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Professional Development for Educators
Without CCCL PD, career exploration will reach only some students; 2024.
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Growing Internships in Appalachia
2023 report showing the growth of high school internships in Rural Appalachia Ohio throgh BB2C.
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Impacts of High School Internships Prioritizing People & Place
Published in Journal of Rearch & Rural Education in 2023.
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Lessons from a Non-School Internship Study
Published in the special Rural Entrepreneurship Education Issue in 2023.
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Social Return on Investment of HS Internships
Exploring the Social Return on Investment of HS Internships; 2023.
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The Middle of Somewhere (2023)
Chapter 1: Bridging Schools, Communities, & Universities The Promise of Community & Career Connected Learning
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The Impact of Internships
2021 report showing the impact of internships on high school students through BB2C & Rural Action.
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BB2C Case Study
Funded by the Appalachian New Economy Partnership and supported by Battelle for Kids, Ohio University, & TechGrowthOhio; 2018.