The Work-Based Learning Project is a pilot program developed by APAO to 


Project Overview: The project will introduce students to real life transportation and construction issues.
As done by construction companies, students will prepare a written and oral proposal for a project that
will include a proposed price, schedule, communications plan, and marketing approach. Proposals will
be evaluated for accuracy, creativity, and communication effectiveness.
Project Teams: Teams can be any number of students with the general expectation that they will be 3 to
4 students from the same class or school. The students will assign a task leader for each of the primary
project elements (price, schedule, communications, and marketing), and the task leader will work to
complete the task and ensure that all team members contribute to each task. Although team members
need not contribute equally to each task, team members must be familiar with all tasks and, at a
minimum, review the work completed by other team members for accuracy and completeness (as is
done by construction companies). All team members are expected to utilize the following skills: