Work Experience Education

1. Work Experience Education Fall 2013 Doug Floyd, Coordinator

2. What is Work Experience • Work Experience Education provides classroom assignments designed to focus the student’s attention on career exploration planning, the work ethic, and consumer awareness. The successful completion of these assignments, and the development of skills, and attitudes learned on the job, allow the student to earn up to ten (10) elective credits per semester. • Work Experience Education offers the student, while still in school, the opportunity to develop skills and attitudes for successful employment through paid employment, in workstations approved for educational value, which are supervised and evaluated by both employer and the Work Experience Coordinator. • The purpose of Work Experience Education is to contribute to the career guidance and vocational development of students and offers them the opportunity to become responsible individuals through real work situations.

3. Requirements • First, you must be employed. • Business must be legitimate company with public offices and business hours. • Job may not involve any danger such as power tools, etc. • You must work to meet minimum hourly requirements 14 weeks / semester = only 2 classes missed. • Must have a work permit

4. Grades Class grade is evaluated on the following seven basic requirements: • Participation • Time sheets • Monthly pay stub • Regular school attendance and maintain 2.0 GPA • Student / Employer agreement contract • Map • Employee Evaluation

5. Participation • Second, you must participate in a WEE class once each week and complete assignments as given. • Class will meet every Tuesday during fifth period. You are required to attend. • If you miss Tuesday’s class there is a make-up class Wednesday 7:00 am – 8:00 am. • Make-up work will not be provided for missed class nor will make-up credit. • Tardies will not be tolerated

6. Time Sheet • Third, you must fill out a time sheet each week, have your supervisor sign it, and return it to the Work Experience Coordinator at the WEE class. • This is to be filled out with hours actually worked, not hours scheduled to work and should match pay stub.

7. Pay Stub • Fourth, you must submit a monthly detailed paycheck stub to the Work Experience Coordinator once each month at the WEE class. • Pay stub should reflect with holding for taxes and Workmen’s Compensation Insurance

8. Attendance and Grades • Fifth, you must attend school regularly and maintain a 2.0 grade point average. • Even if you maintain high grades in WEE, you can be dropped for low grades in other classes. • Regular school attendance is mandatory.

9. Employer Agreement • Sixth, your employer, legal guardian, as well as yourself (even if 18) must sign the Student Employer Agreement/Contract and agree to all terms and return it to the Work Experience Coordinator.

10. Map • Seventh, you must turn in a map with directions to your work site to the Work Experience Coordinator. • Your work site will be visited at least twice every semester by the work experience coordinator. Accurate directions must be provided. • Place of employment must be within 25 miles of Liberty Ranch High School

11. Evaluation • Eighth, your employer must complete an employee evaluation form with all areas completed each semester in order for you to earn credit for Work Experience. • It is your responsibility to make sure that this is complete. • This is worth 15% of your semester grade.

12. Work Permit • All work permits expire 5 days after the first day of school. • Permits will expire August 19th • Ages 16-17: School in session (enrolled in Work Experience Education):8 hours maximum per day/any day48 hours total per week Range of hours: 5:00am - 10:00pm5:00 - 12:30am (if no school next day)

13. Required Hours • To generate school credit (five (5) or ten (10) units), you must work at least five (5) or ten (10) hours each week, attend school regularly, attend your weekly Work Experience class, and have an approved job. • Approximately 40% of your grade and credit is based on the successful completion of a weekly time sheet and the submitting of a paycheck stub each month. • Approximately 15% of your grade and credit is the employer evaluation. If employer does not return the evaluation form a grade of fail will be recorded by the instructor and averaged with the teacher’s grade

14. Continuing in Work Experience • If a student looses his/her job during the semester they will be given two (2) weeks to find a new job. If a new job is not found the student may be dropped from WEE and placed in another class. Don’t quit one job without a new job. • A student may be dropped from the Work Experience Program for poor grades, and or attendance. • In addition, the Work Experience Coordinator may revoke the students work permit after consultation with Administration.

15. Off Campus privileges • If you have work experience period 6 only you may leave campus at the end of 5th period. • If you have work experience periods 5 and 6 you may leave campus at the end of 4th period (the beginning of lunch). • Until work experience stickers have been issued for your student ID cards you must show your schedule to campus security to leave campus. • You may not return to campus once you have left.

16. What to do before next week… • Complete Work Permit Application • Complete Employer / Student work place agreement • Create map for place of employment • Fill in hours for Week 2 (8/19 - 8/23/2013)

17. Contact Information Mr. Floyd dfloyd@ghsd.k12.ca.us (209) 744-4250 ext. 6802