Cooperative Education Programs in Vocational Technical Education

This course examines the components comprising quality cooperative education programs for high school students, including work-based learning, youth employment laws, employability skills, equity issues, workplace standards, and other work-related experiences related to career and technical education cooperative programs.

*A Masters Degree or higher is required for this course*

Topics and Objectives

History, Philosophy and Theory of Career and Technical Education

  • Examine the history, philosophy, and theory of career and technical (vocational) education.

Types of Career and Technical Education Programs

  • Describe various career and technical education cooperative courses.
  • Develop a list of course contents that can be used for a comprehensive cooperative education course.
  • Compare and contrast a variety of career and technical education programs and their placement components as they relate to cooperative education programs.

Youth Employment Laws

  • Analyze the state employment laws as they relate to state-approved cooperative education programs and placement within those programs.
  • Examine allowable jobs for youth in a cooperative education program, based on applicable laws.

State Department of Education Requirements and Reporting

  • Integrate state department of education requirements into the creation of an approved cooperative education program.

Equity Issues and Opportunities

  • Compare and contrast equity issues in the classroom and workplace.
  • Identify sexual harassment policy and implications for the workplace.

Skills and Standards

  • Explain the employability skills required for success in a cooperative education program
  • Design lesson plans that relate to necessary employability skills of a work-study student.
  • Examine state- and nationally-approved workplace standards.

Performance Standards

  • Construct a system to manage cooperative education performance standards.
  • Produce a list of competencies necessary to meet the mandates of performance standards.

Coordinator Responsibilities

  • Analyze the activities for which a coordinator is responsible in order to ensure a meaningful work-based learning experience.
  • Examine potential business partnerships in a local community.
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