Welcome, Work Experience Coordinators! Mary Jo Edmondson Linda Zeigler New Coordinator's Workshop...

Welcome, Work Experience

Coordinators!Mary Jo Edmondson

Linda Zeigler

New Coordinator's Workshop November 13, 2013

Getting to Know You!

• Please introduce yourself

Name

School/District/Position

How long you have been in that position?

Number of students you service in Work Experience/??


History of CAWEE

• The California Association of Work Experience Educators, CAWEE, is a professional organization for, and run by, educators and career specialists who are involved in providing students with real world experience within the workplace. This organization is dedicated to the education of not only Work Experience educators, but of School-to-Career specialists and others involved in this process.

• CAWEE represents the many schools, educators, businesses, community groups and individuals who work together as partners to help students achieve educational excellence.

New Coordinator's Workshop November 13,

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History of CAWEE

• Work Experience Education Programs are designed to link the academic core curriculum with the world of work and have gained recognition as a vital component of modern education in the rapidly changing and technological society of today.

• Work Experience Education Programs utilize the community’s business and industrial complex as a career training laboratory. Students can learn or polish skills, assess capabilities while employed, or perform career exploration by observing task performance and working conditions in actual work settings. The accredited Work Experience Education Programs are:


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History of CAWEE• General Work Experience Education: Combines related class-

room instruction with paid employment providing general and specific occupational skills. Employment is not necessarily related to career interest.

• Career Technical Education (Previously Vocational Work Experience Education ): Combines related classroom instruction with supervised paid employment directly related to the student’s occupational goal.

• Exploratory Work Experience Education: Combines non-paid job observations and related classroom instruction in Work Experience Education for the purpose of vocational guidance. Worker’s Compensation Insurance is provided by the school district.


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“I’m Going to be a Work Experience Coordinator!!” Now What??

• Where do I start?


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CAWEE Website

www.cawee.org


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http://www.cawee.org/


“What do you mean I’m not just a pretty face?”

• Prepare work permits

• Job site visits

• Teach class

• Keep records

• Write district plans

• Keep students safe

• Report to DLSE

• Job development

• Knowledge of labor

code and child labor

laws

• Understanding of

required postings

• Tax filings and

deductions

“Exploratory, General, Career Technical?”

• What does all that mean? EWEE, GWEE, CTWEE

• Which program do I teach?

• How do I choose?

• Liabilities?


“Who is my Student Population?”• How do they enroll?

• Criteria for working –

GPA?

Attendance Records

Work permit eligibility?

Worker’s compensation?


“I Have to Have a Curriculum Too?”

• Syllabus

• Lesson plans

• Content standards/common core standards


“I Have To Do “WHAT” ?”

• How often?

• Preparing for site visit

• Follow up to site visit


“To Keep or Not to Keep, that is the Question!!”

• Work Permit Application

• Copy of Work Permit

• Training Agreement

• Employees’ Evaluations

• Hours Reports/Pay Stubs

5 years = shred


“How Do I Get the Word Out?”• Brochures & Flyers

• Parent newsletter

• Employers

• Students, Counselors, other Teachers

• School/District T.V. & Web Site

• Student Bulletin

• Career Tech or Work Permit issuer

• Service Organizations

• Memo on each new work permit


“What Resources Do I Have?”

• CAWEE

• College & Career Centers

• Employers

• California Department of Education

• Employment Development Department

• Fair Labor & Housing Administration (FLHA)


Interactive Resources


California Department of LaborCalifornia Child Labor Laws, 2013 Booklet

United States Department of LaborYouth Labor

California Department of EducationEducation Codes

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/DLSE-CL.htm

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/workpermitsagecert.htm

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/we/workpermithandbookch4.asp

“We Love To Share!!”

• Sample Syllabus

• 2-year Lesson Guide Per District Plan

• Forms, Forms, Forms Training Agreement Additional Hours Permit

• Brochure

• Essential Resources List


New Technologies for CTE…


• Did You Know?

• Flipped classroom

• QR Codes

• BYOD classwork

• Project-based activities

• What else is working for you??

New Technologies for CTE…


Questions & answers

• What questions might you have that have not been answered?


New ideas!!!

• What new ideas might you have to share that we haven’t talked about?

• Dream Act Documents


Thank You For Attending!


Mary Jo EdmondsonRocklin Unified School [email protected]

Linda ZeiglerChino Hills High [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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