The School District of New Berlin is committed to developing a passion for lifelong learning. We do this by ensuring that every student sees the relevance in what they are learning to their personal, academic, social and career goals. Engaged students are more likely to pursue rigorous learning experiences that challenge their understanding and develop their unique talents in ways that would otherwise not be possible. It is our collective work to ensure all students graduate as informed consumers of post-secondary education/training to encourage completion of a postsecondary credential with value in the labor market.

“Education for Employment” programs and services have been implemented in the SDNB with the following objectives:

• Prepare all students for future employment;
• Ensure technological literacy; to promote lifelong learning;
• Promote good citizenship;
• Promote cooperation among business, industry, labor, post-secondary schools, and public schools;
• Establish a role for public schools in the economic development of Wisconsin.

We consider this work a critical part of achieving our Vision of Our Graduate. As a result, related programming and services are part of the "SDNB Student Experience” for all students. A student’s “pathway to a career” includes all relevant learning experiences that help to inform their investment in postsecondary education/training and position them for success in a career of interest at some point in the future. This includes college/university, technical training, military training and more.

The requirement for a long range ‘Education For Employment Plan’, or E4E, has been embedded in the district’s strategic plan to ensure it is integrated into the district- and building-level continuous improvement plans each year. Action items are developed based on input received by administrators, staff, students, parents, post-secondary institutions, and local/regional/state industry and economic/workforce development representatives.