Youth Apprenticeship

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Youth Apprenticeship

• Mike Mitchell

Minnesota Department of Children Families
Learning Division of Lifework Development
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National Youth Apprenticeship Act of 1992
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Youth Apprenticeship

• Integration of academic technical and work-site
  instruction.
• Alignment Academic and Industry Skill Standards.
• Inclusion of Work Competencies.
• Connections to Further Education

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CFL

• Spectrum of Work-Based Learning Experiences

Internships/ Co-Ops Students participate in paid
work experience with employer, school coordinator
and student agreeing to follow training plan.
Students take vocational and work related classes
at school.
Rotations Students work in a number of different
departments or for different employers, to
explore different occupations within an industry
cluster.
Tours Students take part in tours of worksites.
Employer-led tours of site which provides
students with information on requirements of
different jobs.
Entrepreneurship Students create an alternate
work program, are their own boss, earn money,
create a project, run their business, and earn
high school credit.
Rotations
Job Shadowing
Mentoring
Entrepre- neurship
Service Learning
Internships /Co-Op
Youth Appren- ticeship
Tours
Job Shadowing Students make brief worksite
visits to spend time with individual workers
learning what their jobs entail.
Mentoring Students are paired with adult peers
from the workplace who provide guidance and
encouragement on career-related,
interdisciplinary projects.
Service Learning Students undertake paid or
unpaid work, geared to the public good,
integrated with school learning through projects
or similar mechanisms.
Youth Apprenticeship The integration of academic
instruction and work-based learning. The student
commits to one or two years of paid work
experience in a specific trade and is registered
as a youth apprentice.
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Type of Apprenticeship Programs

• Targeted Industry
• School/District Programs
• Diversified Programs
• Registered Apprenticeship

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Apprenticeship Characteristics

• Work-site learning.
• Standards based Content
• 800 to 2000 hours in length.
• Certification
• Post Secondary Preparation

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Division of Lifework DevelopmentYouth
Apprenticeship standards

• School Based learning
• Work-Based Learning
• Technical Training
• Safety Training
• Paid Experience
• Certificate
• Marketing/Recruitment

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School Based Learning

• Alignment with Academics
• High School Orientation
• Related Technical Training

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Planning Activities

• Secure Partnership Agreement.
• Promote Program to partners
• Establish student, application, assessment and
  monitoring activities.

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PARTNERS.

• Employers
• Educators
• Parents
• Students
• Mentors
• State Department

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Work Based Learning Agreements

• A written agreement between the employer,
  educational agency, student, and parent which
  defines the respective roles and responsibilities
  of each person involved.

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Employers

• Safe working environment.
• Opportunities for learning.
• Documentation on learning and attendance
• Reporting process in place
• .

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Schools

• Curriculum Development
• School and work based learning plan in place
• Safety Program identified.
• Work Based Agreement in Place.

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Parent Agreement

• Understand the Program
• Provide Support
• Part of the learning Process
• Permission

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Work Experience Coordinator

• Marketing Plan
• Recruitment
• Student Orientation
• Student Interviews
• Assessment
• Articulations
• Certification

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Work Base Learning Summary

• Community Effort
• Connected to Academics
• Competency Based
• High level of Commitment
• Provides alternatives for Students