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NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
New Opportunities for
Work-Based Learning
Nebraska Department of Education
Career Education
World-class CTE (programs of study, facilitates, equipment)
Career Readiness(career development, career readiness
standards)
Education, Business/Industry
Partnerships(advisory councils, speakers, lab assistants)
Workplace experiences (internships, shadowing, entrepreneurship)
Nebraska’s Career Education System
Defining Workplace Experiences
Instructional strategies that preparestudents for success in careers through
engagement with business, industryand community professionals.
CONNECTS TO WORKPLACES
HAS MEANINGFUL JOB TASKS
DEVELOPS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
SUPPORTS CAREER ENTRY AND ADVANCEMENT
CORE PURPOSES:
• Exposes participants to theworld of work
• Exposes participants to a career field
• Strengthens academic learning
• Enhances professional skills
• Provides a temporary or permanent job
Workplace Experience Purposes
Students may be 19-20 before they take their first full-time job.
According to Gallup, business leaders value an internship or on-the-job training more than the college major or college grades of employees.
Students who have four or more exposures to work earn 18% more.
Source: Gallup-Purdue Index Report, 2014
Why Revitalize Workplace Experiences?
• Students who had “experiential and deep learning” have more than double the odds of being engaged in their work.
Long-term projects
Internships or employment
Involvement in activities and organizations
Source: Gallup-Purdue Index Report, 2014
Why Revitalize Workplace Experiences?
Significant Employer Concern:
Career Readiness
Skills(Employability
Skills)
Career Readiness Concerns
Challenge #1
Research from Bentley University:
62% of
employers
see career
readiness as
a significant
problem
74% believe that
the lack of
readiness
contributes to
the economic
problems we are
facing today
50% Poor Work Ethic47% Poor Time Management Skills38% Lack of Organizational Skills35% Not Confident32% Cannot Speak Well to a Group30% Poor at Decision-Making29% Can’t Work on a Team28% Lack Relevant Work Experience25% Don’t Write Well19% Lack Ability to Take Risks9% Not up to speed on technology
Career Readiness Concerns
Top three concerns from Nebraska employers
1. Inability to separate personal and professional
2. Attendance, expectations
3. Working with others, respect
Career Readiness Concerns
Leadership Skills required in the Future Workforce
Collaborative leadershipWorking together with a group to solve a problem or create a new product
Shared credit and shared responsibility
Active listening and effective questioning
Effective brainstorming and decision-making
Contributing without concern for personal gain
Career Readiness Concerns
Workplace Experiences Continuum
Workplace Experience Strategy –Virtual Career Tours
http://necareertours.com/
Workplace Experience Strategy - Entrepreneurship
What is a Student-Learner?
The student-learner is enrolled in a course of study and training in a cooperative
education career technical education training program under a recognized State or
local educational authority or in a course of study in a substantially similar program
conducted by a private school, and;
Such student-learner is employed under a written agreement which provides:
1. That the work of the student-learner in the occupations declared particularly
hazardous shall be incidental to his training;
2. That such work shall be intermittent and for short periods of time and under the
direct and close supervision of a qualified and experienced person;
3. That safety instructions shall be given by the school and correlated by the
employer with on-the-job training; and
4. That a schedule of organized and progressive work processes to be performed
on the job shall have been prepared.
Hazardous Occupation – 16 and over: Employment Checklist
Approved Program through school
Student is 16 years or older
Confirm age with passport, birth certificate, official religious record or driver’s
license
Keep proof of age on file with employer
Hazardous Occupation that is one of the following:
Using power-driven woodworking machines
Using power-driven metal-forming, punching and shearing machines
Using power-driven meat-processing machines, slaughtering, meat and
poultry packing, processing or rendering
Using balers, compactors and power-driven paper-products machines
Using power-driven circular saws, band saws, guillotine shears, chain saws,
reciprocating saws, wood chippers and abrasive cutting discs
Roofing and work performed on or about a roof
Trenching or excavating
Hazardous Occupation – 16 and over: Employment Checklist, contd.
Student and Employer sign written agreement that includes: The work of the student-learner in the occupations declared particularly hazardous shall be incidental to
his training;
That such work shall be intermittent, for short periods of time and under the direct and close
supervision of a qualified and experienced person;
That safety instructions shall be given by the school and correlated by the employer with on-the-job
training; and
That a schedule of organized and progressive work processes to be performed on the job shall have
been prepared. Submit training plan with application.
Name of student-learner
Signed by employer and school coordinator or principal
Copies of each agreement shall be kept on file by both school and employer and filed with the
Nebraska Department of Labor
This exemption for the employment of student-learners may be revoked in any individual situation
where found that reasonable precautions were not observed for the safety of minor employed
NOTE: A high school graduate may be employed in an occupation in which he has completed training as provided in
this paragraph as a student-learner, even though he is not yet 18 years of age.
Pay at least minimum wage or training wage rate
Additional requirements for training wage
Currently called Coop/DO endorsement
Endorses recipient to coordinate, teach, and supervise programs of instruction that develop career and life skills
Will requires a minimum of three (3) semester hours in the supervision and coordination of work-based learning programs
Available only to those who have either (A) 1,000 of verified hours of paid work-based experience, or (B) at least 300 hours of supervised work experience under the direction of the college or university recommending the endorsement
Work-Based Learning Endorsement
Do your students have access to workplace experiences throughout their middle and secondary experiences?
How could your district expand workplace experiences for all students?
How do you engage business and industry in creating quality workplace experience in your community and
region?
Should your district create a work-based learning program for students to experience internships during
their school day?
Important Questions to Consider
Richard KattNebraska Department of [email protected]
Gregg ChristensenNebraska Department of [email protected]
Nebraska Department of Education
Career Education