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VTP 555 Group Discussion Topics. Organization of Work-Based Learning Programs. Introduce Your Group. Think of a creative way for your group to introduce each member to the class. Include information from the Personal Data Sheet. You have 5 minutes to prepare for your presentation.
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VTP 555 Group Discussion Topics Organization of Work-Based Learning Programs
Introduce Your Group • Think of a creative way for your group to introduce each member to the class. • Include information from the Personal Data Sheet. • You have 5 minutes to prepare for your presentation.
Why Work-Based Learning? • Philosophy? Purpose? • Goals • “Knocks” on teens working. • Image of program.
Benefits of Work-Based Learning • Students • Faculty • Community • Business
Elements of a good WBL Program • What makes a good program? • Class? • Jobs? • What students will you serve?
Legalities of Working • Working off the books? Good? Bad? • How many hours should a minor work? • What hours should a minor work? • How much such a teen be paid to learn a trade?
WBL Program’s Impact on your School and District • How does your work program reflect upon your district? • What resources can you bring to your district?
Challenge Question • Who is Herman Schneider?
Standards • What are the Career Development standards? • How do they relate to work-based programs?
CTE Sequences • What are the new graduation requirements? • What is a CTE sequence? • Why do we need a CTE sequence?
Co-op Programs • What is the image of work programs in your school? • Students, parents, business community. • What is the philosophy of cooperative work experience learning?
Terminology? The following terms refer to a variety of work-based learning programs. • Co-op or co-op work experience • Work Study • School-to-Career or School-to-Work • Apprenticeship training • Internships • Shadowing
Co-op Programs • What makes a good program? • Are there different types of programs? • Career Jump Start – Melting Pot of Programs? • Student dynamics – how do they affect a program?
Co-op Programs • What are the benefits of a Co-op program to the • students, • faculty, • community, and • businesses.
Co-op Programs • Who are these programs for? • What type of students?
Herman Schneider Dean Schneider is known internationally as the "founder of cooperative education" for implementing in 1906 his co-op plan "joining theory and practice, linking education and industry through knowledge and experience" in the Departments of Chemical, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering. He was a strong advocate of the value of work, believing that a part of anyone's success in applying his studies after graduation was traceable to benefits derived from the work itself.