REQUIREMENTS: PA Cooperative Education 2361 Certification; Act 24 Arrest/Conviction Certification; Act 34 Criminal Clearance; Act 151 Child Line Clearance; Act 114 FBI Fingerprinting Security Clearances; Act 168 Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release and SafeSchools Training
Responsible for teaching students worked based learning skills for high school students in our Career and Technical and Diversified Occupations (DO) Programs. The teacher is responsible for preparing students to transition to work in their capstone and diversified occupational areas. Capstone is our end of program work-based learning experiences for our Programs of Study. Diversified Occupations are work based learning experiences for students who are not in a Program of Study. The teacher is responsible for teaching the workforce education course for students enrolled in the DO occupational program. The teacher is responsible for planning, organizing, and administering work experience programs for high school students, that correlate the theoretical learning activities of the classroom with practical learning experiences on the job.
Program description: This program offers work-based learning experiences outside of the school setting for students interested in learning about careers. Work-based learning is a structured method of instruction combining school-based classroom learning with productive work-based learning in an occupation matching the student learner’s academic and career objectives. Work-based learning involves a planned partnership with specified connecting activities and responsibilities among students, parent/guardians, schools, employers, labor organizations and government. Carlisle High School has many different types of programs – some are specific to career and technical program areas and some for outside of our career and technical program areas.
A few Examples of some of our work-based programs are capstone cooperative experience, capstone internship experience, career internship experience, diversified occupations, Central PA Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) Pre-apprenticeship, USA Spares INC. program, and PA Career Link Equus Workforce 101 Program. Please check with the Director of Careers and Technology for the current list of work-based learning experiences.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Program planning, development and evaluation
- Monitor application and selection process for Co-op and DO students
- Attend and inspect field assignments as needed
- Prepare summary report on Practicum activities for CTE Director
- Communicate with administration, teachers, school counselors, parents, and students
- Maintain records on student achievement, attendance, and discipline
- Collaborate with CTE Director, CTE teachers, administration, and other appropriate personnel to ensure program alignment with PDE and district goals
- School-community relations
- Engage in ongoing communication and follow up activities to ensure that the industry partnerships continue to grow
- Establish and maintain community partnerships for the purposes of student internship experiences, co-op experience, job shadowing, workplace visits, visiting speakers, community service, and improved opportunities for student outcomes
- Student career and technical organizations
- Professional development
- Develop and present staff professional development for Diversified Occupations and Cooperative Education and related initiatives as needed
- Assist teachers with personalizing their instruction
- Participate in collaboration meetings with teachers to identify issues and solutions for implementation
- Serving students with special and exceptional needs
- Assisting students in improving their basic employment skills
- Coordination of cooperative education
- Cooperative Education – per PDE regulations teachers meet with students a minimum of 90 minutes every 2 weeks or 45 minutes per week, currently we exceed this at 85 minute every other day.
- Meet with teachers weekly/as needed
- Visit workplace and monitor students – teachers may be involved
- Integrating the academic and career and technical curriculum
- Implement Capstone Curriculum – one 90-minute period a month with Capstone students
- Legal aspects and labor laws
- Maintain contact logs
- Maintain records of community agreements and contracts
- Collect and evaluate program data
- Career and technical education guidance
