Cherokee County

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Cherokee County

• Youth Apprenticeship Program

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What is Youth Apprenticeship?

• Youth Apprenticeship was initiated in Georgia to
  insure a well educated and highly skilled
  workforce. It is designed to bring together the
  components necessary for a successful career

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Education ExperienceKey components

• school-based learning
• work-based learning
• connecting activities

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Purpose

• structured combination of school-based and
  work-based learning
• available to students who are age 16 or older
  and in the 11th grade or 12th grade
• coordinated effort involving business and
  industry
• goal of preparing students for the world of work
  and providing Georgia with a high-skilled,
  technologically competitive workforce

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Student Benefits

• Youth Apprenticeship allows a student to
• Explore connections between school and work
  Explore career interests in particular areas
  Learn from skilled mentors Earn
  post-secondary credits Improve transition to
  work Earn progressive pay while in school

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Employer Benefits

• Businesses are provided with A skilled,
  technical workforce An avenue for partnerships
  with secondary and postsecondary schools A
  reduction in training costs An opportunity to
  develop a homegrown workforce

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Current Status of Youth Apprenticeship Program

• Georgia
• 3,664 apprentices 2,518 participating
  employers 163 participating school systems
  82 youth apprenticeship coordinators

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Employer/Mentors

• A mentor is an older, more experienced person who
  seeks to further the development of character and
  competence in a younger person by guiding the
  latter in acquiring mastery of progressively more
  complex skills and tasks in which the mentor is
  already proficient. The guidance is accomplished
  through demonstration, instruction, challenge,
  and encouragement .

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Georgia Teacher Apprenticeship

• Historical Perspective
• Patterned after Teacher Cadet Program
• Began with a few interested systems meeting to
  explore possibilities
• Interest grew as success became evident
• 1999 Task Force formed by DOE
• Teacher Apprentice is ONE component of Youth
  Apprenticeship

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Current Status of Teacher Apprenticeship Program

• 311 teacher apprentices 54 participating
  high schools 38 participating school systems

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Teacher Apprentice Program

• School to Career Initiative
• High School - Classroom field experience
• Post Secondary - College of Education (4 year
  college)
• One of Six Career Pathways
• Medical
• Technology / Engineering
• Human Services Teacher Apprentice
• Agri-Business
• Business / Marketing
• The Arts Humanities
• Hands on Training

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Apprentices Responsibilities

• Attain career knowledge and skills
• Maintain confidentiality
• Attend scheduled seminars with coordinator
• Meet regularly with mentors
• Produce a professional portfolio

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Coordinators Responsibilities

• Provide advisement of program,
• Document apprentice performance
• Communicate with mentors
• Expose apprentice to
• all aspects of profession
• Maintain follow-up through post-secondary
  education

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Evaluation Time

• Employer 40
• Includes Time on the Job grade
• Portfolio 20
• Rough drafts
• Portfolio Presentation
• Coordinator 40
• We ALL have an impact!!

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School to Career Training Success

• Better prepared future employees
• Real life experiences
• Increase probability of staying in the profession
• Possible college credit
• Education that makes a difference
• Future success for apprentices

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