Youth Apprenticeship Program
7 Ingredients to a Successful
Partnership
Who We Are
Key Characteristics
Integration
Youth Apprentice is for ALL Youth
Programs of Study
Benefits to Students
Primary Objective
Benefits to Teachers
Benefits to Employers
Youth Apprenticeship Enrollment
Criteria
Student Credits for Youth Apprenticeship
Employer Tax Credits
Bureau of Apprenticeship &
Training
Certification
National Recognition
Steps to Success - School
Steps to Success - Business
7 Ingredients to a
Successful Partnership
- Partnership building is a process,
not a program
- Ownership for the process and its
outcomes are shared
- School/partner relationship must
be mutually beneficial
- All hands on deck for partnership
process
- Partnerships must include city
government
- Nothing assures success like
planning
- Partnerships are not
shake-and-bake propositions
Who We Are
Fayetteville School District Demographics
- Enrollment of
8,100 students
- 9 Elementary
schools
- 2 Middle
schools
- 2 Junior high
schools
- 2 High schools
- State leader in
National Merit semi-finalists
- All schools
accredited by NCA
- 32% of students
qualify for free/reduced lunch
- 16% minority
- 1,200 district
employees
- SREB High
Schools That Work site
- University of
Arkansas, largest employer; Tyson Foods, 2nd largest;
Washington Regional Medical Center, 3rd largest
- Fayetteville
population = 62,000
- Highest
Educational Level of any school district in Arkansas (40%
of residents have a BA degree or higher)
Key Characteristics
- Youth Apprenticeship
systems require three components:
- School-based
learning
- Work-based
learning
- Connecting
Components
- A planned program of
training and work experiences to coordinate with
school-based learning.
- A true
"integration" of learning at school and at work
with "connecting activities."
Integration
- A program of
instruction and curriculum that integrates academic and
vocational learning and provides career awareness,
exploration, and counseling.
- Provides broad
instruction in the classroom and workplace that, exposes
students to all aspects of an industry and creates
effective secondary-post secondary linkages.
Youth Apprenticeship is for all Youth
- Academically Talented
- Immediately
College-Bound
- Immediately
Career-Bound
- Limited-English
Proficient Students
- Students with diverse
and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Programs of Study
The Apprenticeship Program
is designed to meet the same academic content standards the state
has established for all students and where applicable meet the
requirements necessary to prepare a student for post secondary
education and achievement of a skill certificate from the Bureau
of Apprenticeship, Department of Labor.
The programs of study
include:
- Accounting
- Administrative
Support
- Agricultural
Technology
- Auto Collision
Technology
- Banking and Finance
- Building Trades
- Computer Information
Systems
- Early Childhood
- Chef Preparation-Food
Service Management
- Computer Repair
- Computer Technology
- Culinary Arts
- Dental Assisting
- Drafting
- Drama
- Engineering
- Equine Studies
- Computer Technology
- Horticulture
- Marketing
- Medical Professions
Education (Health and Dental)
- Pre-Engineering
- Retailing
- Veterinary Assistant
- Welding
Benefits to Students
- Students who begin
their training in high school have the advantage of
having practical work experience before graduating.
- Students who
participate in work experiences absorb information in
school in a much better manner and relate that learning
to the worksite.
Primary Objective of Youth Apprenticeship
- Link resources of
business and industry with the education community in
order to bridge the gap between the classroom and the
workplace.
- By providing
opportunities for businesses to work more closely with
schools, it is expected that specific changes in the
curriculum will occur.
Benefits to Teachers
- Vocational
instructors also have the opportunity to spend time in
the business workplace and witness the changes in
technology so high school students can receive relevant
instruction in the classroom as well as creating
beneficial school-business-community partnerships.
Benefits to Employers
- Employers will have access to a highly
trained and versatile workforce that is certified and
knowledgeable in all aspects of an industry.
- AMERICA will have a
competent, trained and highly educated workforce capable
of performing at high levels and prospering in a
competitive global economy.
Youth Apprenticeship Enrollment Criteria
- Excellent attendance
- 3.00 GPA Vocational
Area
- 2.00 GPA Cumulative
- Vocational Teacher
Recommendation
- Academic Teacher
Recommendation
- Interview with
parent/guardian and selection committee
Credits for Youth Apprenticeship
- 10 hours per week =
180 per semester= 1/2 credit
- 15 hours per week =
270 per semester= 1 credit
- 20 hours per week =
360 per semester = 1 1/2 credit
- A youth
apprenticeship student must complete a minimum of 180
hours per semester before receiving credit.
Employer Tax Credits
- Statewide legislation
provided tax credits for employers who employ Youth
Apprenticeship students.
- Employers are allowed
a credit in the amount of two thousand dollars or ten
percent of the wages earned by the youth apprentice,
whichever is less.
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
- Teachers and business
partners develop school and work competencies and submit
their programs for approval.
- Students receive BAT
certificates upon completion of their program area.
Certification of Other Programs
- Programs that can not
be certified by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
are submitted to the State Department of Workforce
Development for certification in order to apply for tax
credits.
National Recognition
- Christal Ramsey was
named the national apprenticeship student of the year
Leadership Award by the Jobs For The Future Organization.
- She served her
apprenticeship in industrial maintenance at Tyson Foods
where she used her mechanical skills learned in her
agriculture mechanics class.
Steps to Success-School
- Gain school
leadership support
- Get organized within
the school program
- Join Chamber
Education Committee
- Invite business
leaders to your school
- Ask for their input -
listen - use it
- Determine decision
makers and contact them
- Tell business what
you have to offer
- Make it easy for them
- Remove
objections/barriers
- Brag on other
businesses in the program
- DEVELOP TRUST
- Do it for the kids
- Never, never, never
give up
Steps to Success - Business
