Career Preparation Career Preparation

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Career PreparationCareer Preparation
Work-based learningBasics

• Christine Holecek
• Education Specialist
• Christine Holecek, CTE Specialist,
  cholecek_at_esc12.net, 254-297-1284

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No Wonder we are confused!!!
Career Preparation
Work -based
Job shadowing
Work-study
Cooperative Education
D C P
Internships
Apprentice programs
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Definition of Career Preparation

• A combination of technical classroom instruction
  work-based learning in an approved
  occupationally specific area

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Components of a Career Prep program

• Written agreement between school student
• Customized training plan designed for each
  student
• Assessment of each students worksite learning
• Workplace mentor

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Purpose of Career Preparation

• Provide students with job training and work
  experience
• At the same time applying and emphasizing
  knowledge in academic areas.
• Allows districts to utilize local employers

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Components of career prep program

• Students should rotate among several jobs
• Training for workplace mentors supervisors
• Employers school work together on curriculum
• Employer serve on advisory committee

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A Work-based Learning Experience is

• A planned program of job training for each a
  student.
• It should be appropriate for that students
  abilities.
• It should include pre-employment and
  employment-related skills.
• It must be combined with a school-based learning
  component.

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A Work-based Learning Experience is

• Involves a progressive sequence of activities
• Exposes student to all aspects of the industry.
• Experiences that provide real activities that
  helps the student develop higher-order thinking
  skills.

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Required Policies for Career Preparation Courses

• Student MUST be 16 years of age or older.
• 2 creditsMUST receive 180 contact hours of
  classroom instruction. (1 sy) 10 hr of
  work-based instruction per wk on average.

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Required Policies for Career Preparation Courses

• 3 creditsstudents must receive a combination of
  5 hrs of classroom 15 hours of work-based
  instruction each school week (average)

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Required Policies for Career Preparation Courses

• Student must be placed at the training site and
  have a completed training plan on file within 15
  school days of student enrollment.
• If employment at a paid work-based site does not
  begin within 15 days, the student may be placed
  in an unpaid work-based training site or
  mentoring opportunity on the 16th day of
  enrollment.

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Required Policies for Career Preparation Courses

• For grading and evaluation the teacher must visit
  the training site at least
• 6 Xs a year
• or
• 1 X per grading period

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Recommended Policies

• Students have an interest in work site.
• If student absent from classroom instruction, but
  attends work-site, student is counted absent ALL
  day (90 attendance rule)
• Work hours per workweek should not exceed 40 hrs.

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Recommended Policies

• Except in cases of early graduation, students
  should not be allowed to enroll in or exit
  one-credit work-based learning courses at
  mid-semester

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Two approaches to work-based learning

• Divisional Work-based learning courses
• Tied to a specific career (CTE program area)
• Diversified work-based learning courses
• Allows a certified teacher to work with a variety
  of career concentrations in the same classroom.

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Teacher Certification Requirements

• Diversifiedany teacher properly certified to
  teach cooperative education can teach a
  diversified career prep course.

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Teacher Certification Requirements

• Divisional approachshould be certified to teach
  cooperative education.
• Obtained in one of two ways
• course work for cooperative education
• Certification by letter

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Planning Instruction and Teaching Career
Preparation

• Training sites should not be selected for
  students.
• Application and interview.
• Put positions on bulletin board and students
  select.
• (OCR non-discrimination requirements)

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Planning Instruction and Teaching Career
Preparation

• Teacher meet with employer prior to interviews
• Appropriate dress
• Work schedules
• Duties and responsibilities should be addressed
• Completion of training plan with appropriate
  school activities and worksite activities sited.
• The Training Plan can be a tool for these
  agreements that both parties understand their
  commitment.

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Planning Instruction and Teaching Career
Preparation

• Sometimes situations arise that are not good for
  either the student or the work site.
• Students need to be returned to regular school
  program
• Local policy should be in writing and approved by
  campus leadership and guidance dept.

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Planning Instruction and Teaching Career
Preparation

• If a student is past the 16 day rule, he or she
  can do one of the following
• return to the regular classroom
• Unpaid training site-campus
• Mentoring program

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Teacher Responsibilities to the Employer

• Provide qualified students/workers
• Work closely with training sponsors
• Evaluate student progress on a regular basis

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Teaching Related Instruction

• Group Instruction
• Presented to all students regardless of worksite.
• Individual Instruction
• specific to each students training station

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Teacher Supervision of Training Sites-

• Teacher observation of the student should be
  brief and casual, and supervision is vital to the
  cooperative learning process.
• Is student business-like?
• Appropriately dressed?
• Does work contribute to training objective?
• Is there interest and excitement?
• Is additional knowledge and skills needed?

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Teacher Supervision of Training Sites- .

• The teacher will also contact the training
  sponsor or worksite mentor. Care should be taken
  not to disrupt the business
• Student making progress?
• Student attitude? Towards job and employees?
• Is the student learning while working
• Is the mentor satisfied with students progress
• What are new or different duties?

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Teacher Supervision of Training Sites-

• The teacher will also contact the training
  sponsor or worksite mentor. Care should be taken
  not to disrupt the business.
• Habits that are annoying or displeasing
• Is there more worksite training available?
• Is there material at the worksite that can be
  used at the school-based program?

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Dos and Donts For Training Station Visits
DO
DON'T
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Maintaining Records

• Funding
• A completed Training Plan for each student
  enrolled is necessary for the district to claim
  contact hours for funding
• Training plans are available in both paid and
  unpaid formats
• http//www.tea.state.tx.us/Cate/publicat.html

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Training plan continued

• For Signature purposes-4 copies of each completed
  plan
• Teachers files
• Employer files
• Student and kept with his/her records
• Award application or other uses

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Training Plans continued

• Training Plan has 5 functions
• Serve as a guide for both work-based learning
  school based learning
• Provide student with record or wb/sb progress
• Determine eligible membership in a Career program
• Provide information regarding student employment
  and hazardous occupations
• Evaluation guidelines for teacher worksite

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Training Plan should contain

• Student name
• Social Security
• Occupational obj.
• Name of training sponsor
• Program and Subject matter area
• Name of school district

• Beginning wage
• Number of hours of training
• Beginning and ending dates of training
• Length of probationary period
• Appropriate Sigs
• Student, teacher, employer, parent,

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Training plan side 2

• Should list the related experiences to be
  provided and an outline of group and individual
  assignments.
• Child Labor Laws
• TEKS
• Safety and safe work habits
• Training supervisor will provide
• Work experiences correlate to study assign.

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Training Plan

• 3 credits
• Must be in training 15 hrs/wk, with at least 10
  during the school week.
• 2 credits
• Must be in training 10 hrs per school week.

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Occupational Safety and Health Acts Employer
responsibilities

• Become familiar with applicable job safety and
  health standards
• To comply with standards by operating safe and
  healthful workplaces
• To eliminate hazardous conditions to the extent
  possible

www.osha.gov/oshdir/tx.html
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Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA

• A child must be 16 years of age
• Must be paid minimum wage (exceptions can be made
  in some training situations)
• Be at tentative to minimum wages as they change
  periodically by legislation.
• Overtime is over 40 hrs. per week worked

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Legal Considerations for Career Preparation
ProgramsTo qualify as an unpaid work-based
activity, certain criteria must be met

• Similar to school program
• Training is for the benefit of student
• Employer derives not immediate advantage
• Productive work is offset by burden of training
• Training does not displace another employee
• Not entitled to a job at completion of experience
• Everyone involved understand that the student is
  not entitled to wages or compensation
• When all six criteria are met, a training sponsor
  is not required to pa wages to a student. If any
  one condition is missing the student becomes and
  employee and comes under the FLSA

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Internet Based resources

• Student Attendance Handbook http//ritter.tea.stat
  e.tx.us/school.finance/handbook/