School-to-work transition

School-to-work transition

School-to-work transition is a phrase referring to on-the-job training, apprenticeships, cooperative education agreements or other programs designed to prepare students to enter the job market. This education system is primarily employed in the United States, partially as a response to work training as it is done in Europe and Asia.

School to Work is a system to introduce the philosophy of school-based, work-based, and connecting activities as early as kindergarten to expose students to potential future careers. School to Work emphasizes lifelong learning.

School to Work is funded and sponsored at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Education. At the state level in states like Arizona, the grant is administered by the Arizona Department of Commerce, School to Work Division. This grant was funded for a maximum of five years with decreasing funds years three through five;

An example of county level involvement is the Cochise County School to Work Consortia. 50 plus Cochise County public and private schools, kindergarten through 4-year university level, local and community based organizations, and 150 supporting business partners are participating.

STW is part of a comprehensive education reform movement which includes formulating new standards which emphasize higher order thinking skills, new standards based assessments, and graduation exams, such as the Certificate of Initial Mastery which insure that students are ready for job training or college prep by age 16. Reformers believe that it is important and egalitarian that all students graduate ready for jobs and ready for college, rather than tracking students one way or the other.

Critics

"Back to basics" traditionalists observe that in Europe, apprenticeships typically mean that the worker essentially ends their formal education after age 16, and works full time at reduced pay in exchange for learning "job skills" such as assembling automobiles. Some believe that it was better to have students who were not bound for college concentrate on career schools, while academic students should spend class time learning core academic subjects such as history or science rather than job-shadowing at a hospital or auto dealer. A student in North Dakota would have little opportunity to learn to be an auto designer, while one in Alabama would have little opportunity to do job shadowing at a major software company if job training were allocated according to local human resource needs, as many programs are structured. Local businesses also need to structure their operations to accommodate student workers, and transportation since typically schools are situated close to homes, and not businesses which are typically a car or transit commute away from homes.

The Michigan STW Initiative states "students work without pay for two to three hours each day" and "students are able to perform what might otherwise be hazardous order work." which would contradict child labor laws. [ [http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1997/july97/mi_model.html] Michigan Model of School to Work] Data would be shared with state STW partnership network and local labor market areas which might be an invasion of privacy. The state would utilize the national industry-recognized skill certificates when developed, which would be the Certificate of Initial Mastery. Critics call this a government-controlled passport to work. Michigan Rep. Harold J. Voorhees expressed concern that, with full implementation, a child would not be employed without this Certificate.

Notes

See also

* Outcome-based Education
* Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM)

External links

* [http://c3po.cochise.cc.az.us/onestop/stw/about.html] Arizona's School to Work System


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • School counselor — A school counselor is a counselor and educator who works in schools, and have historically been referred to as guidance counselors or educational counselors , although Professional School Counselor is now the preferred term. [American School… …   Wikipedia

  • transition — noun the transition from school to work Syn: change, passage, move, transformation, conversion, metamorphosis, alteration, handover, changeover; segue, shift, switch, jump, leap, progression; progress, development, evolution …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Transition Year — (TY) (Irish: Idirbhlian ) is an optional one year programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in the Republic of Ireland and is intended to make the senior cycle a three year programme encompassing both Transition Year… …   Wikipedia

  • Albany High School (Albany, Georgia) — Albany High School is a four year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia. It is a part of the Dougherty County School System. The school educates students in grades 9 12. Infobox Secondary school name = Albany High School established = 1886… …   Wikipedia

  • Dougherty Comprehensive High School — Motto Expect Greatness Established 1963 Type Public …   Wikipedia

  • Delta Secondary School (Hamilton, Ontario) — Delta Secondary School Address 1284 Main Street East Hamilton, Ontario, L8K 1B2, Canada Information School board …   Wikipedia

  • Dougherty High School — Dougherty Comprehensive High School is a four year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia. It is part of the Dougherty County School System along with Albany High School, Monroe Comprehensive High School and Westover Comprehensive High… …   Wikipedia

  • School uniform — School uniforms are common in primary and secondary schools in many nations. They are the most widely known form of student uniform; other types of which include uniforms worn by students participating in higher vocational training, such as in… …   Wikipedia

  • School District of Webb City R-7 — is in Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA. The Webb City R 7 school district covers the cities and communities of Webb City, Carterville, Oronogo, Alba, Purcell, and unincorporated regions of central Jasper County.As of 2005 the school… …   Wikipedia

  • Warren Hills High School — Infobox School name = Warren Hills High School imagesize = motto = established = 1968 grades = 9 12 district = Warren Hills Regional School District type = Public high school principal = Thomas O Brien asst principal = Ronald Griffith Patricia… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”