Bring WBW to your school!
Washington Business Week (WBW) is a unique work-based learning (WBL) opportunity like no other. We place business professionals with high school students in a dynamic workplace simulation for a week during our in-school, summer and international programs where students role play as industry professionals, launch a company, and solve real-world challenges.
Since being founded by The Association of Washington Business, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the president of Central Washington University in 1976, WBW has served more than 75,000 high school students and inspired countless other Business Week programs worldwide.
You can bring WBW to your school by hosting an in-school program or sending students to attend.
Students Learn
Students learn 21st century skills like communication, leadership, public speaking, teamwork and critical thinking.
Students Earn
At WBW’s Summer Programs, students earn two college credits for participating in the program and gain work based learning experiences.
Students Discern
By meeting dozens of business leaders, studnets discover career pathways, gaining an understanding of the educational requirements in them.
Recent Conferences
WACTA 2024 - Work Based Learning Through The Magic of Business Week
WBW presented at the 2024 Conference of the Washington Association of Career and Technical Administrators to share WBW’s methedology and how to bring the program to their districts. See more »
WA-ACTE 2024 - Bringing Real-World Professionals into CTE Classrooms through Work-Based Learning
WBW presented at the 2024 fall conference of the Washington Association for Career & Technical Education to share the strategies WBW uses to get hundreds of professionals to attend WBW programs each year. See more »
Nothing else in my 28yrs of education has shown the same student growth and confidence built in that amount of time.
