COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

Cooperative Education is an organized instructional program designed to prepare individuals to succeed in the world of work. The program allows students to receive practical training in areas personal interest (provided a training station is available) and supplement that with world of work instruction. These work-training activities are a part of the regular education schedule. The training station becomes a laboratory where occupational competency and consequently, "employability" is developed"

Instructor: Mr. LaBranche

Candidates for the Program

Student has the necessary basic skills and knowledge required of the occupation
Becomes a paid, part-time employee at a local business, learning the occupation through a structured, hands on approach
Students must be at least 16 years of age, and must be available and able to work

Course Outline

Job Related Instruction:

On the Job Training
Safety (occupational & general)
Technical Related (job specififc)
Emplyment Skills:

Performance
Attitudes
Coworker/Customer Relations

Marketing & Management Concepts
Management Concepts
Work Related Communications Skills
Pre-Apprenticeships
Work Evaluations
Personal & Professional Ethics
Labor Law:

Wages
Hazardous Occupations
Youth Worker Resrictions

World of Work Instruction:

Career Development
Personal Development
Career Decision Making
Personal Realization:

Goal Setting & Acheiving
Values & Interests
Aptitudes & Abilities
Personality Types

Career Research
Career Maintenance & Growth
Leadership
Consumerism:

Tax Preparation
Social Security
Insurance Needs

Legal Rights & Responsibilites

Biddeford Regional Center of Technology
Peg Levasseur, Director

John Romprey, School-to-Work Mediator

10 Maplewood Avenue, Biddeford, ME • Phone: 207-282-1501 • Fax: 207-282-7986