Institutions of Higher Education
How can your institution get involved in V-TOP?
As a Virginia institution of higher education, there are a variety of things you can do to participate in V-TOP, such as:
- Connect with participating employers regarding work-based learning opportunities
- Submit upcoming internship fairs and other opportunities to be listed on our Events page
- Participate in ongoing V-TOP programs and meetings
- Apply for a V-TOP Grant or Professional Development Scholarship
- Are you a Virginia-based organization looking to integrate online, career-readiness learning modules into your curriculum, program, or internship? Please complete this V-TOP module request form, and a V-TOP team member will contact you within 2-3 business days to confirm the required information.
Becoming A Career Champion
The Career Champion modules is intended to provide information and tools to increase your confidence when having career conversations with students. The information framework and skills taught in the course module is designed to help you move from simply being a career influencer to being a career champion. The objective is to develop skills and practices to become a champion for students’ career success through effective guidance, mentoring, and fostering a culture of career readiness within post-secondary education institutions. Let’s get started.
Transforming Federal Work-Study
This toolkit meets institutions where they are in their journey to make at least some on-campus/federal work-study jobs more internship-like. The toolkit provides guidance and solutions as an institution makes decisions, creates policy, and overcomes regulatory barriers to transform Federal Work-Study positions.
This PowerPoint serves as an abridged version of the toolkit. The PowerPoint can be saved/modified for institutions to use, obtain buy-in, and support the transformation of Federal Work-Study.
Mike Rowe Works
V-TOP has partnered with the Mike Rowe Works Foundation to offer the Work Ethic Curriculum to nine community colleges or higher education centers, one in each of the nine V-TOP regions. To learn more and apply, click here.
Professional Development Scholarships
Scholarships for professional development are available to professionals whose career involves connecting students, institutions of higher education, and employers with the goal of expanding paid and credit-bearing internship and other work-based learning opportunities (job shadowing, tours, mentorship, externships, apprenticeships, field experiences, etc.). Details are available on the Professional Development Scholarship page.
