Cooperative
Career Education Staff |
| Teacher |
Room # |
Courses Taught 2007-2008 |
| Pat Atchey |
3166 |
COOP 1-2
COOP 3-4 |
| Beth Hanson |
1154
2152 |
Career Awareness
STEP |
| Willie Tayor |
1154 |
WECEP 1-2 |
The Cooperative Career Education Program provides the opportunity
to receive career training and earn high school credit while
attending high school. During the school day, the student
attends classes at Urbana High School. When classes are finished
for the day, students are released and permitted to go to
work. Seniors are allowed to leave school immediately after
fifth hour and juniors are permitted to leave after sixth
hour. Students receive training with pay at an approved training
station. Every effort is made to provide training in the area
of the student’s interest. Areas of specialization in
either Cooperative Education 1-2 or 3-4 include, but are not
limited to: food service, production and management, installment
buying, consumer protection, labor unions, free enterprise
system, comparison pricing, occupations, payroll procedures,
employee-employer relations, interaction between consumers
and agriculture and banking, as well as many other areas.
Enrollment in these programs requires the prior approval of
the teacher/coordinator. Apply for enrollment through the
coordinator or your counselor.
Class Descriptions:
+COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 1-2
One year, up to three credits per semester
Prerequisite: Students must be 16 years of age or older
The course provides entry-level on-the-job training with pay
at an approved training station. Approval of program coordinator
is required prior to enrollment. Apply through the coordinator
or your assigned counselor. (B-301)
+COOPERATIVE EDUCATION 3-4
One year, up to three credits per semester
Prerequisite: Cooperative Education 1
Recommended for juniors or seniors. This course is a continuation
of Cooperative Education 1-2. Approval of program coordinator
is required prior to enrollment. Apply through the coordinator
or your assigned counselor. (B-301)
+WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM (WECEP)
1-2
Three credits per semester, six per year
The WECEP program is designed to help students who are fourteen
and fifteen years old increase self-esteem, explore career
options, develop a positive attitude toward work, gain entry-level
skills and continue in school. The WECEP program also satisfies
the graduation requirement for Consumer Education. Course
instruction covers the following skills necessary for independent
living: installment purchasing, budgeting, comparison of prices,
and an understanding of the roles of consumer interaction
with agriculture, business, labor unions, and government in
forming and achieving the goals for the free market system.
WECEP students typically spend five hours per day in school,
one of which includes instruction related to the world of
work. Students are employed in the private sector during part
of the school day and receive pay for their work. Students
earn one credit for classroom activities and two credits for
work per semester. Approval of the coordinator is required
prior to enrollment. Apply for enrollment through the coordinator
or your assigned counselor.
+WORK EXPERIENCE AND CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM (WECEP)
3-4
Three credits per semester, six per year
WECEP 3-4 is open to 14 and 15 year old students. It is designed
to provide a sequential program for students who have completed
WECEP 1-2. Coordinator’s approval required.
+ SECONDARY TRANSITION EXPERIENCE PROGRAM (STEP)
One credit for each hour of participation in a semester
Prerequisite: Career Education and must be a junior or senior
Students learn job entry skills and career training through
classroom discussion and on-the-job training at approved work
sites. Approval of Pre-Vocational Coordinator is required
for enrollment.
Note: Students in the WECEP Program who lose their jobs will
only be permitted to enter P.E. during the first 10 days of
each
quarter. Students who lose their jobs after the first 10 days
will be placed in a study hall and can add P.E. at the beginning
of the next quarter.
+These courses will fulfill the state mandated Consumer Education
requirement.
Page Updated 10-6-07
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