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Student name: _________________________________Date:________________
MODULE 3
Discuss the transition from the classroom
to the actual job situation.
Objectives:
A. Describe the advantages of the cooperative
education school-to-work transition program for students, employers, and
school.
B. Explain the importance of a training plan and a
training agreement in the school-to-work transition.
C.
Describe how the Capstone program functions.
MODULE 1: INFORMATION SHEET
TO THE STUDENT: Read and study the following information sheet
and then complete the student activities at the end of this module.
The Meaning of the
Capstone Program
This program is a cooperative venture between the school and local business or industry in working together to provide you training in the field of your choice. The program will consist of on-the-job training that is provided by the local employer and coordinated related instruction which is provided by the school.
The Importance of the Program to You
When you selected this program, you indicated by your choice that you are interested in learning a trade that will afford you a livelihood in your adult years. In this field you may work for several years or even your entire life. This program is designed to provide you with first-hand experience in local business or industry while you are learning your chosen occupation. A year's experience will also help you decide if your original choice was really the correct one for you.
Training in this field should also
help make your high school program more meaningful to you. You will be able to
apply the basic principles you have learned in such areas as English,
mathematics, science, shop, etc. This will vary with the occupation you have
chosen and the courses you have taken prior to your junior and/or senior years.
The Capstone program will mold your in-school training and work experience
together into an organized program by providing supervised work experience on
the job.
How the Capstone Program Functions
This program is designed to provide you with the necessary vocational training to learn a trade while you are completing your high school education. Your job training is designed so that it should not interfere with your other studies and should make them more meaningful to you.
Your coordinator will counsel with
you from time to time regarding your progress on the job. They will assist you
with any problems you might have with your job or your high school program. The
coordinator will visit you frequently on the job and confer with your employer
for the purpose of observing your progress on the job.
An important phase of your training will be the job experience that will be provided by your employer. The coordinator will work with the employer and with you in setting up a training agreement and a training plan. This should cover the activities that you will learn on the job, the order of presentation and other conditions that will affect you during the school year. Your coordinator will confer with your employer at various times to review your progress and to determine how your training can be improved.
Training Stations Must Meet the
Following Requirements
1. Have adequate training facilities.
2. Meet the ethical and social standards of the
community.
3. Have an interest in training youth in their
chosen occupational choice.
4. Meet state and federal laws with respect to wages, hours and conditions of employment.
5. Offer training in fields in which there is an
opportunity for employment and advancement following high school graduation.
Benefits of the Capstone Program
Capstone programs benefit students, employers and schools while enhancing the students' transition from school to work. Your capstone program will provide you with a structured socialization to the world of work and job training that will assist you in the transition from school to work. The key features of this process are:
1. Written training plans and training agreements that detail specific learning objectives for students to achieve during their co-op enrollment. (See examples of training plans and training agreements in this Module.)
2. Screening of students by co-op staff.
3. Selection of employers who provide quality
training.
4.
Close supervision of students' training by school staff.
(See example of Employer's Rating Sheet in this Module.)
Advantages to the student
1. The student receives specific occupational training and work experience while attending high school.
2. The student establishes definite work habits
and attitudes.
3. The student has an opportunity to adjust to
the business world.
4. The student has an opportunity to obtain
permanent employment in the local community after completing high school.
5. The student will develop self-confidence and
other personality traits desirable in business.
6.
The student will be able to make a more intelligent choice
of his or her occupation by providing insight into various fields.
Advantages to the
employer
1. Allows them to train young workers as they would like to have them trained.
2. The employer can build a backlog of better
trained workers in the community.
3. It provides the employer an opportunity to
cooperate with the school in a worthwhile public service.
Advantages to the school
1. Allows the school to better meet the needs of the students.
2. Allows the school to provide training in a
number of occupations.
3.
It promotes closer cooperation between the school and local
businesses and industry.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
- About
half of the United States' youth do not go on to college, and they receive
little assistance in making the transition from school to work.
- In
the United States, apprenticeship is not widely used, nor is it generally
a program for youth; apprenticeship-type programs, notably cooperative
education (capstone), do provide United States youth a formal bridge from
school to work.
- Both
student and employers can benefit from participating in high-quality
cooperative education (capstone).
- Students
attain work orientation, job skills and often, permanent employment.
- Essential
elements of the high-quality cooperative education programs (capstone)
include training plans detailing specific, ambitious learning objectives
for students, and for high school students, close supervision by school
staff to assure that the training objectives are achieved.
Excerpts of the Report to Congressional Requesters on "Transition from School to Work, Linking Education and Worksite Training."
SAMPLE A
Cooperative
Education Training Plan
TYPE
OF COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: Capstone____ Diversified Occupations___
SPECIFIC
PROGRAM AREA:
___Agriculture ___Marketing Ed ___Family & Consumer Sc. ___Other
___Business
Ed ___Health ___Trade & Industrial ___Tech Prep
Student-Learner Name: _____________________________ Phone____________________
Training Agency:___________________________________ Phone____________________
Training Supervisor:________________________________ Phone____________________
Parent/Guardian:___________________________________ Phone____________________
Signatures: ________________________________________ Date_____________________
Co-op Coordinator/Instructor
________________________________________ Date_____________________
Training Supervisor
Approximate Training Activities Date Acceptable? Comments
Time (include Safety Factors) Yes No
Training Activities may be modified during the training
experience.
Changes should appear on the training plan.
PDE-4617
(2/95)
SAMPLE B
Cooperative
Education Training Plan
TYPE
OF COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: Capstone____ Diversified Occupations___
SPECIFIC
PROGRAM AREA:
___Agriculture ___Marketing Ed ___Family & Consumer Sc. ___Other
___Business
Ed ___Health ___Trade & Industrial ___Tech Prep
Student-Learner Name: _____________________________ Phone____________________
Training Agency:___________________________________ Phone____________________
Training Supervisor:________________________________ Phone____________________
Parent/Guardian:___________________________________ Phone____________________
Signatures: ________________________________________ Date _____________________
Co-op Coordinator/Instructor
________________________________________ Date_____________________
Training Supervisor
COMPETENCIES TO BE
DEVELOPED
(List the competencies the student
is to learn on-the-job)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
(Briefly describe on separate page
what the student will do to master the competencies listed above)
The Pennsylvania Department
of Education (PDE) does not discriminate in its educational programs,
activities, or employment practices, based on race, color, national origin,
sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, ancestry, union membership,
or any other legally protected category.
Announcement of this policy is in accordance with State law including
the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and with Federal law, including Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
SAMPLE
Cooperative
Education Training Program
Job Record
TYPE OF
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: Capstone____ Diversified Occupations___
NAME:____________________________ TRAINING STATION: ________________________
TYPE OF
TRAINING:________________________ WEEK:_____________DATE:__________
(1st, 2nd, etc.)
JOB EXPERIENCE M T W Th
F S S
Weeks/hours Accumulated
Total Hours
Per Job Hours
Per Job Per Job
SALARY
PER HOUR FOR WEEK $____________ TOTAL HOURS FOR WEEK_______
TOTAL ACCUMULATED HOURS (ALL
JOBS)___________
SALARY PER WEEK $________________ (Include
withholdings,
bonuses, commissions)
ACCUMULATED SALARY $________________
TOTAL SALARY TO DATE $________________
NOTE: In the squares following each job experience
complete the time as follows: Example:
1 1/4; 1 1/2; 1 3/4
Student Signature: _____________________________________________________
TRAINING AGREEMENT FOR
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Career and Technical Education Regulations and Standards and Pennsylvania Federal Child Labor Laws Require a Written Training Agreement and Training Plan for each student in a Cooperative Education Program.
Student Name: ________________________ Social Security No.: __________________
Address: _____________________________ Telephone No.: _____________________
_____________________________ Work Permit No.: ___________________
Birthdate: _____________________________ Age:
_______________________________
High
School or AVTS:
_________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________ Telephone No.: _____________________
_____________________________
Training
Agency: ______________________ Telephone No.: _____________________
Address: ______________________________
______________________________
Training
Supervisor: ___________________ Telephone No.: _____________________
Date
of Employment: Beginning: ________ Ending: ____________________________
Average
Weekly Hours: ________________ Beginning Rate of Pay: $_____________
TRAINING AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. The
training agency will adhere to all State and Federal regulations regarding
employment, child labor laws, minimum wages and workmen's compensation.
2. The
student will be given a variety of work assignments and be supervised by an experienced
person.
3. A
periodic evaluation of job progress will be made by the training supervisor on
a rating provided by the school.
4. The
training supervisor will arrange a conference with the coordinator when a
trainee problem arises.
5. The
training sponsor will provide necessary safety instruction throughout student
training period.
6. Training
agency will not employ a student-learner to displace a regular worker.
7. Exposure
to hazardous work will be incidental to the student-learner's training and not
a part of the student learner's
training program.
STUDENT-LEARNER
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. The
student-learner agrees to perform the assigned duties in a loyal manner and
work to the best interest of all concerned.
2. Student-learner
agrees to report job problems to training supervisor or coordinator.
3. The
student-learner will adhere to company policy, employment may be terminated for
the same reasons as regular employees.
4. The
student-learner must be regular in attendance at school and on the job. If
unable to work, the employer and coordinator will be notified before the start
of the normal work day.
5. The
student-learner's employment may be terminated upon withdrawal from school.
SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. The
program is under the direct supervision of a certified cooperative education
coordinator instructor.
2. The
student-learner will receive related instruction and safety instruction from
the occupational instructor or the cooperative education coordinator/
instructor prior to job placement.
3. The
cooperative education coordinator/instructor will visit the student-learner and
training supervisor on a regular basis at the training site.
4. The
coordinator will investigate compatability of job circumstances with
requirements for student-learner attainment of advance standing in an
apprenticeship program upon graduation from high school.
5. Student-learner
transportation, insurance and attendance at school and work should be covered
by school policy.
EMPLOYERS
OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS will
not discriminate in employment, educational programs or activities, based on
race, sex, handicap, or because a person is a disabled veteran or a veteran of
the Vietnam Era. This policy of nondiscrimination extends to all other legally
protected classifications.
This memorandum
is for the purpose of outlining the agreement between the school and employer
on the conditions of training to be given a student-learner while on the
job. It, therefore, should not be
interpreted by either agency as a legal document or any form of binding
contract.
We the
undersigned agree to the conditions and statements contained in this agreement.
___________________ ________ ___________________ _______
Student-Learner
Date Parent or Guardian Date
___________________ ________ ___________________ _______
Employer/Supervisor Date Coordinator Date
MODULE 1: STUDENT ACTIVITIES
TO THE STUDENT: After reading and studying the information
sheet, complete the following questions.
1. Briefly explain
what your specific training plan includes for your
Co-op workstation.
2.
Please answer the following questions:
1.
Approximately what percentage of
United States' youth do not go
on
to college? ___________
2.
Name two essential elements that
exist in a high-quality cooperative
education program?
a.___________________________________________________
b.
__________________________________________________
3. Name
three services that the coordinator will provide for you
throughout
the year?
a.
__________________________________________________
b.
__________________________________________________
c.
__________________________________________________
(Answer in complete
paragraphs)
4. Describe the advantages of the Co-op program for the student.
5. Describe the advantages of the Co-op program for the
employer.
6. Describe the advantages of the Co-op program for the
school.
MODULE
3: STANDARDS ADDRESSED IN THIS MODULE
Pennsylvania’s
Academic Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening (RWSL)
1.1.11.
Learning to Read Independently
E. Establish a reading vocabulary by identifying and correctly using new words acquired through the study of their relationships to other words. Use a dictionary or related reference.
1.5.11.1.
Quality
of Writing
F. Edit writing using the conventions of
language.
·
Spell all words
correctly.
·
Use capital
letters correctly.
·
Punctuate
correctly (periods, exclamation points, question marks, commas, quotation
marks, apostrophes, colons, semicolons, parentheses, hyphens, brackets,
ellipses).
·
Use nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and
interjections properly.
·
Use complete
sentences (simple, compound, complex, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory
and imperative).
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