Cooperative Education
Coopertive Education is a planned instructional program developed through a signed cooperative arrangement among school representatived, students, parents, and employers in the community. The purpose of the program is to provide students with an oipportunity to alternative in-school academic instruction with entry-level paid employment in a career-oriented occupations field.
The goal of Cooperative Educvation is to provide on-the-job work experience to familiarize students with their chosen careers. It is the student's responsiblity to find a career-oriented job prior to the start of school. Students are NOT permitted to work in a business owned by their parents or a family member.
Students must work a minimum of 15 hours per week, Monday through Saturday, immediately after release from school as stated in the Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations. Students can work in the morning or afternoon. The work time must be during school in the morning or begin no later than 2:00 PM.
Throughout the school year, students must work a mimimum of 150 school days and may only change employers one time. All positions must have the approval of the coordinator and it is the students' responsibility to find a career-oriented job prior to the start of school.
The benefits of this program are to:
- 1. Prepare students to develop marketable occupational skills.
- 2. Provide occupational training opportunities.
- 3. Encourage and develop student attitudes and habits that meet acceptable employment standards.
- 4. Provide students with the opportunity for career investigation.
Cooperative Education is a 3-credit elective. The grading is Pass/Fail.