Connecting Activities FY’2007 Creating Quality Work and Learning Experiences

1. Connecting Activities FY’2007Creating Quality Work and Learning Experiences

2. Three Levels of Placement

3. Work and Learning Levels

4. Work and Learning Levels

5. Definitions and Program Models

6. Brokered Internship/Co-op Placement Direct placement by School to Career / Connecting Activities Staff Brokered Internship or Co-op Placement Or staff play another role, such as providing:* WBL Plan* Workshops* Internship Classes

7. Connected to Career or Academic Development Placement based on career interests Placement based on career pathway or vocational/technical program Connections to Career Development Opportunity to explore different aspects of job Opportunity to pursue a special project Formal and informal career mentoring WBL Plan highlights career skills

8. Connected to Career or Academic Development Academic skills highlighted in WBL Plan Connection to aclass or internship seminar Connections to Academic Development Opportunity to pursue a special project Community service learning School-based enterprise Co-op placement Connection to MCAS remediation through Academic Support grants (Level C)

9. Integrated Work and Learning Model Work and Learning Placement is connected with an Academic Support MCAS Remediation program (using DOE Academic Support Grants) Integrated Work and Learning Placements

10. MCAS Levels Since FY2004, Connecting Activities providers have been asked to use MCAS results as a means for targeting a broad group of students who will benefit from these work and learning connections. Note that the focus of the Connecting Activities program is on providing quality work and learning experiences that connect to career and academic development … the MCAS criteria for the program should be somewhat invisible to students.

11. Benefits of Work and LearningPlacements Brokering by School to Career / Connecting Activities Staff And more … Connections to Community: Caring Adults, Mentors, Postsecondary Options Experience enhanced by WBL Plan Connections to MCAS Remediation Connections to Career Development Connections to Academic Development

12. Program Models WMECO Careers Program Learning for Life Student Ambassadors Program Classroom at the Workplace Public Safety Internship Program Please submit your program models to add to this presentation!!

13. Learning for Life In Learning for Life, students from Haverhill High School who have multiple barriers to success gain workplace experience as Customer Service Representatives, Construction Laborers, and Dietary Aides. Students gain entrepreneurial and practical experience through a student-run café located at the Haverhill City Hall. Students are responsible for café operations, collecting and delivering orders, cooking lunch and breakfast items (microwave and Foreman grill for hot items), checking inventory and ordering items as needed. This is partially-funded via WIA and all students have a Work-Based Learning Plan.

14. Classroom at the Workplace In Classroom in the Workplace, students receive 8-10 hours per week of classroom MCAS remediation, integrated with their paid summer jobs. Students work for several major employers in Boston in health care, financial services and other industries, with student wages paid by the employers. A Department of Education Academic Support grant provides funding for teachers who provide classroom instruction in conference rooms at the worksite for several mornings per week.

15. Public Safety Internship Program In the Public Safety Internship Program, students from Monument High School, a small school with a public safety theme, work in public safety internships after school during the school year. Interns also meet one day per week after school as a group to work on resumes, goal setting activities, leadership and advocacy skills, and other internship-related projects. The program is supported by the Boston Police Activities League.

16. Student Ambassador Program In the Student Ambassador Program, eight students from five Franklin County High schools were involved in a pilot program that introduced them to allied health careers within the Franklin Medical Center. The students applied, interviewed and were selected to spend eight weeks last summer at FMC matched with mentors from Nursing, Rehabilitation, Cardiopulmonary, Pharmacy, Food Services/Dietary and Radiology/Imaging. Mentors explained their jobs, discussed career opportunities and educational requirements, and allowed students to shadow them on site. The students and their parents also attended special career-focused evening events and some of the students opted for one-time observations in Surgery, Oncology and Obstetrics departments. This was a non-paid part-time internship experience, linked with the Work Based Learning Plan. Students, parents, mentors and hospital administrators gathered for a special evening graduation ceremony where students spoke of their experiences and received certificates of accomplishment from both the FMC and the Franklin/Hampshire Regional Employment Board.

17. WMECO Careers Program In the Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO) Careers Program, four Franklin County Technical School (FCTS) electrical shop students were selected for full-time paid summer internships at the WMECO Operations Centers in Hadley and Greenfield. All of the students successfully completed an intensive career exploration program during the school year as they researched parent company Northeast Utilities (NU) and WMECO through visits to the NU Training Center, tours of the WMECO Operations Center and transmission Substations. All students attended WMECO’s SERT Training in classes alongside WMECO employees where they learned safety and work performance standards for the utilities industry. All students were expected to meet FCTS academic and disciplinary standards for the program while preparing resumes, cover letters, and references for interviews with the WMECO team for the summer jobs. The summer interns where guided by the Work Based Learning Plan and monitored by School-To-Career staff throughout the program.

18. Measurement of Skill Gains The Work-Based Learning Plan provides data that can be used to analyze skill gains made through jobs and internships.

19. Job and Internship - Skill Gain Foundation Skills Foundation Skills

20. Foundation SkillsFrom a Sample of 354 WBL Plans

21. Job and Internship - Skill Gain Career and Workplace Specific Skills Career and Workplace Specific Skills

22. Workplace and Career Specific SkillsFrom a Sample of 433 WBL Plans …

23. All SkillsBy Career Area

24. All SkillsBy Career Area, Continued

25. All Skills – Page 1 Accepting Direction and Constructive Criticism Accounting skills Accounting-Specific Skills Administrative duties Allocating Materials Assessment of skills Assist therapist Attendance and Punctuality Attention to Detail Basic Administrating Basic Maintenance Basic Office Skills Blueprint Reading Business office specific Business-Related Skills Care of the kennel/hospital Classroom Management Clerical duties Clerical tasks Clerical tasks Client Interaction Clinical observation Collecting and Organizing Information Collection/Organizing Information Communication Communications Center Community Policing Communication, Information, and acting in a professional manner. Computer Skilled Computer Technology Courtroom-Specific Skills Customer Service Data Entry Data Management and Backup Decision Making Demonstrating Authority Design Skills Detective Bureau - Time Management - Collecting & Organizing Information

26. All Skills – Page 2 Education Specific Skills Education-Specific Skills Emergency calls Equipment Operation Equipment Repair Event set up Flexibility Graphic design projects Group presentations Helping to prepare for the day Interact with coworkers & basic workplace skills Interact. with Customers and Coworkers Interacting with Co-Workers Interacting With Customers Interacting with customers and clients Interacting with others Interacting with Patients Interacting with Students Interacting with Teachers, Students & Mentors Interaction with children Interaction within the preschool and classroom settings Interacting with Customers or Clients Journalism-Specific Skills Keeping attendance records Learn Physical Therapy skills Legal-Specific Skills Listening Maintenance Mathematical analysis Mathematics Mathematics and Numeric Analysis Motivation and Taking Initiative MS Office Suite Nursing Career exploration Nursing-Specific Skills Observe/Chiropractic Clinic Observe/Rheumatology Clinic Occupational-Specific Skills

27. All Skills – Page 3 Office duties Office management/Chiro clinic Office management/Rheum Clinic Office Skills Office work Operating a Dirt Compacter Operating Laser and Transit Patrol, Community Policing Physical Therapy skills Preparing materials Prioritizing Probation Office-Specific Skills Problem Solving Production and Marketing Asst. Professional behavior Project Management PT-Specific Skills Reading Records Department/Firearms Research and Analysis Safety and Precautions Speaking Teaching and Instructing Teamwork Therapeutic interaction with Patients and families. Time Management Troubleshooting Understanding All Aspects Understanding all aspects of a surgical ICU unit Understanding All Aspects of the Industry Understanding Materials Understanding Systems Understanding Technology Understanding Workplace Culture, Policy and Safety Using Technology Volunteer Management Work with animals Workplace Appearance Writing