Responsibilities of the Cooperative Education Programs

• Students
  
  • Focus attention on the learning plan.
    
  • Develop academic, occupational, and employability skills.
    
  • Adapt to the worksite.
    
  • Adhere to school/employer/student/parent agreement.
    
  • Establish and maintain a portfolio. Maintain a journal/log of the work experience.
• Parent
  
  • Participate in the career exploration and development process.
    
  • Support child's career motivation.
    
  • Collaborate with school personnel in the development and execution of the work experience.
    
  • Assist their child in arranging safe and reliable transportation to and from the worksite.
• Employer
  
  • Instruct the student in safety and health procedures and policies.
    
  • Initiate a mentoring relationship with the student employee.
    
  • Increase the student's responsibilities as appropriate.
    
  • Have realistic expectations.
    
  • Orient the student to the workplace.
    
  • Invest considerable time and energy.
  • Maintain communication with the work experience coordinator
• Sponsoring Organization
  • Initiate the program at the worksite.
    
  • Exercise decision-making in managing the program.
    
  • Provide input to the school curriculum.
    
  • Screen and monitor program employers.
    
  • Create work-based development opportunities for teachers.
    
  • Provide work-based learning opportunities for students.
• School
  • Provide administrative leadership and support.
    
  • Provide flexible scheduling.
    
  • Provide thorough planning.
    
  • Establish business partnerships that provide tangible, concrete benefits to students.
• Teacher Coordinator
  • Incorporate Skills for Success and All Aspects of the Industry into the instruction.
    
  • Coordinate the development of student learning plans .
    
  • Provide resources and expertise in portfolio development.
    
  • Include real-world applications in instruction.