School-To-Work opportunities bring the workplace
into the schools. Existing programs such as
supported employment, transitions services, community-based vocational
training, cooperative education, tech prep, apprenticeship, and career
academies are considered the foundation for comprehensive school-to-work
systems. School-To-Work opportunities transform workplaces into places of
learning. Successful school-to-work partnerships require strong bridges
that connect schools and workplaces.
These "connecting
activities" include:
Coordinating classroom instruction and workplace experiences so that the
instructional program in school reinforces student work experiences.
Providing regular communication, planning, and consultation between the
students, employers and school. personnel.
Forming permanent two-way links with the business and the school, working
as partners to help students achieve by communicating their expectations
of what students should learn and be able to do.
Creating links to the full range of post-secondary options including
college, since most jobs today and in the future will require
post-secondary education.
As an employer:
Become a partner with your schools and other interested employers.
Work with school to assure school curriculum prepares students with
current job skills
Provide work experience for School To Work students.
Hire qualified graduates of School To Work programs.
For additional information, contact:
School-to-Work
Initiatives in the states and territories
Transition
Systems Change & School-to-Work
The National School-To-Work Learning and
Information Center
400 Virginia Avenue, Room 150
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 1-800-251-7236
Fax: 202-401-6211
E-mail: stw-lc@ed.gov
Continue:
Join a BLN
Develop & Target get
Online Recruiting
Utilize Telecommuting as a
Flexible Work Option
Utilize Temporary &
Staffing Services
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