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The 21st CenturyWork-based Learning Coordinator Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
OBJECTIVES • Create an awareness of the role of the work-based learning coordinator in the 21st century. • Compare and contrast how the work-based learning position has strengthened in its nature and responsibilities in the 21st century. • Present new opportunities for enriching your current knowledge and skills for this dynamic position which challenges the individual to be outstanding in both in the school walls and outside in the business community.
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE The 21st Century Work-based learning coordinator’s role at each school has both commonalities and differences: Common Elements: • New York State regulations for all Work-based Learning Programs • New York State and U. S. Department of Labor regulations for employment of minors. • Possess certification #8981 for Career Awareness or #8982 for Career Development extensions for the coordination of work-based learning programs.
Program Variations: • Studentpopulation to be served • Comprehensive academics, career and technical education, special needs students, or at risk programs. • Types of services delivered to the students such as: • Related instruction for employability skills • Related instruction for career and technical education skills • Placements – length, career focus • Types of services delivered to the entire school population such as: • Career days Job Fairs • Field trips Guest speakers • School’s business advisory board • Use of social media and technology • Career counseling activities
Comparison of Work Based Learning Programs - Registered State-Approved Programs
Footnotes • 8981: Coordinator of Work Based Learning Programs for Career Awareness • 8982: Coordinator of Work Based Learning Programs for Career Development ** Students must also be covered under the employer’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance. *** Credit earned in these programs can be applied towards a 5-unit career and technical education (CTE) sequence. The NYS Work-based learning Manual gives excellent descriptions of each of these programs on pages 12 and 13.
Which WBL Program is the right vehicle for your school and students. • Your school will need to take into consideration the: • Students’ age, • Required related instruction, • Paid or non-paid experiences, • Amount of credit to be awarded, • Amount of hours for work-based learning, • Career focus of awareness or development, and • Work-based learning coordinator’s certification required. • Essential Documents • Parent Permission Form • Memorandum of Agreement with Employer • Training Plan • Student Evaluation • Record of training hours • Career Plan
If your school needs additional options, the following programs are non-registered opportunitiesWork-based learning Certification recommended
END GOAL….….College and Career Ready CDOS Commencement Credential Full-time Work Bound 4 Year College Bound 2 Year College or Technical School Continued Part-time Employment Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
STEPS FOR WBL COORDINATORS Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
#1 ADVISORY BOARDS Build the future workforce pipeline! Partnerships are a “2-way street” Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
NEEDS AND RESOURCES Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES • Core: • Career exploration – (Speakers, field trips) • Curriculum – (Specific and soft skills – zest, grit, self-control, curiosity, optimism, gratitude) • Training • Out-of-the box Ideas? • In class projects • Out of class projects • Competitions –problem solving • Design and innovate Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
#2 CAREER COUNSELING & PLAN • Career DNA • Career clusters • Career plan • Post-secondary education • ePORTFOLIO STUDENTS KNOW “WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING!” COLLEGE & CAREER READY! Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
#3 JOB & CHARACTER SKILLS • Character • 21st century skills – 4 cs • Employability skills profile • Specific job skills • Industry credentials • Safety and labor laws • Connect2corp Intelligence STUDENTS ARE “ASSETS” TO EMPLOYERS! Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
#4 WORK-BASED LEARNING COORDINATOR • Delivers Related Instruction • Pre-employment • Success at the training site • Preparation for the future • Develops training sites, placement procedures, documents, validates safety training. • Oversees students are protected by the state and national child labor laws • Coordinates work-based Learning activities for school • ePortfolio Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
#5 COLLEGE & CAREER READY CAREER READY INDICATORS • Career Decision-Making Tools • Skills: Character, 21C, Specific job skills • Work-based Learning Activities and Training • Post-Secondary Roadmap Susan Gubing, CareerSmarts
Meet Our Work-based learning Team! Lisa, Tom and Joan are certified work-based learning coordinators in 3 different types of schools with varied student populations. Their work-based learning role varies in several perspectives.
Related Employability Instruction and Career Counseling In each of the schools these services could possibly differ as follows:
Lisa Falls, High School of Tomorrow, Special Education Transition Specialist and Work-based Learning Coordinator Vision the End Goal Jamie Davis Human Resource Manager Tom O’Neill, Business Professions High School, Work-based Learning Coordinator Joan Rogers, StarTrek Technical Center, Counselor and Work-based Learning Coordinator
Competing for Jobs in a Competitive World March 1, 2 p.m., new hotel opening on the edge of town. 150 rooms, swimming pool, banquet room. Anticipates hiring 75 – 125 new employees. Jamie Davis, Human Resources Manager Lisa Falls, High School of Tomorrow, Special Education Transition Specialist and Work-based learning coordinator Tom O’Neill, Business Professions High School, Work-based learning Coordinator Joan Rogers, StarTrek Technical Center, Counselor and Work-based learning coordinator
ENGAGE: What to watch for! 1. Identify the skills and knowledge a work-based learning coordinator would need to persuade an employer to train his/her students. 2. Which work-based learned coordinator would you be similar to in regards to the type of school and program? Lisa, Tom or Joan? 3. What are the skills and knowledge your students will need for the workplace? How will your students develop these skills?
Jamie HRM:Welcome everyone. Thank you for coming to our new hotel. We look forward to hiring a good number of full and part time staff for our new hotel. Please make yourselves comfortable. We are looking forward to developing strong partnerships with the local schools. We have many job openings. Why should we hire your students? Tom: The students at Business Professions HS are prepared to handle your office and front end tasks as the students have taken accounting, marketing, and computer applications. They will gladly share with you their career plans which connect to your goals. Joan:Our students from StarTrek Technical Center have specific career focuses such as culinary, carpentry, plumbing and electrical trades. They will be happy to show you their class employability profile of skills mastered and be ready to work with their own tools.
Lisa:Our students at High School for Tomorrow are in the act of completing several job skill units such as customer service, catering services, security, retail and basic office skills. They will be able to offer you strong basic skills to make your hotel shine. Jamie HRM:Are you students prepared to be interviewed within the next 5 days? Tom: Yes, our students are ready to call for interview appointments and they will arrive with their resumes. Joan:Our students will also call for an appointment and be able to share pictures of their culinary projects from their ePortfolio.
Lisa: Yes, our students are also ready to call and will present to you their certificates of Workplace Readiness Skills. Jamie HRM:In addition to educating your students as to the specific job skills, what other preparation have they had for the work world? Tom: At Business Professions High School, our students learn how to collaborate as team members and meet deadlines. Many have participated in the International Virtual Enterprises Program. Joan: Our students learn about work ethics and helping their employer make a profit. Professionalism and appearance are stressed at all times.
Lisa: Our students will bring their employability profiles which highlight their strengths and various career opportunities they have taken advantage of during their four years of high school. Jamie HRM:If there are no other questions, have your students begin calling for a job interview in five days. They should indicate which job opportunity they are applying for. Here is the list of training positions. 1. Identify the skills and knowledge a work-based learning coordinator would need to persuade an employer to train his/her students. 2. Which work-based learned coordinator would you be similar to in regards to the type of school and program? Lisa, Tom or Joan? 3. What are the skills and knowledge your students will need for the workplace? How will your students develop these skills?
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Will you be the 21stCentury Work-based Learning Coordinator? • What is the most important duty of a work-based learning coordinator? • What is your definition of “career ready?” What role will you play in making all our students career ready? • What is your depth and breadth of your corporate and career knowledge of our community, region and state? Give examples. • What career guidance activities can you share with the students? Are you familiar with discovering your Career DNA techniques, career plans, job applications, resume writing, ePortfolios? • How will you deliver the related instruction (pre-employability skills and safety) to the students who will be going to work-based learning sites?
Do you feel confident you can create and maintain an advisory board for all our career and technical education programs? • How would you develop training sites and what forms of networking will you use to develop training sites? • Do you have samples of all the forms you will need for the program? Memorandum of Agreement, Parental Permission Form, training outlines, student evaluation, and recordkeeping of hours trained? • What is your depth and breadth of NYS Child Labor Law and hazardous occupations? What are the hazardous occupations? • Do our students need to be covered by the employer’s workers compensation policy?
RESOURCES New York State Work-Based Learning Manual, March, 2012, http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/wbl/ North Carolina, The Role of the Work-Based Learning Coordinator, http://www.ncpublicschools.org/cte/curriculum/work-based/cooperative/role-teacher-coord Work-Based Learning Guide: A Resource for Developing and Implementing Quality Experiences for Students, Vermont, http://education.vermont.gov/documents/EDU-Career_Tech_Workbased_Learning_Guide.pdf Nebraska Department of Education, Work-Based Learning Manual, http://www.education.ne.gov/wbl/Manual.html
Susan Gubing – sue@careersmarts.com • Career Planning, Work-based Learning, Advisory Boards, 21st Century Skills, Online Teaching • 48 years in Career and Technical Education • School/Industry Coordinator for Smithtown School District – 38 years • Professional Development Provider for • Buffalo State and Hofstra University – online Work-based Learning Certification • CDOS Commencement Credential • Career DNA • Games2Careers – Author • NY State Education Consultant for CDOS Standards, WBL • Board of Directors for: • Hauppauge Industrial Association • Society for Human Resource Management • Connect To Tech • Long Island Business Educators • NYS Work Experience Coordinator’s Association www.xtremeintern.com