ERIC Number: ED383843
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-May
Pages: 87
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Youth Apprenticeship: A School-to-Work Transition Program. Hot Topic.
North Carolina Univ., Greensboro. School of Education.; Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL.
SERVE offers a series of publications entitled "Hot Topics," research-based documents which focus on relevant issues of the day that are important in the region. This document, the first in a series of publications, is a practical guidebook to designing and developing youth apprenticeship programs to prepare noncollege-bound high school students for work. Section 1 is an overview of youth apprenticeship that includes information on the history of apprenticeship and explains why youth apprenticeship is needed in the United States. Listed in section 2 are the following: the characteristic components and benefits of youth apprenticeships; youth apprenticeship program coordinator responsibilities; and typical components of tech prep, cooperative education, internship, school-based enterprise, vocational technology high school/center, and career academy programs. The following key components in school-to-work transition programs are discussed in section 3: commitment, collaboration, business involvement, training and staff development, applied teaching, real-world experience, flexible scheduling, funding and resources, and continuity. Examined in section 4 are the following critical issues in youth apprenticeship programming: vision and concept, attitudes, recognition/credentials/standards, program evaluation, marketing, and public choices and public agents. Sections 5-7 contain the following: names/addresses of 103 state and national resource organizations; list of 56 suggested periodicals, journals, newsletters, and documents on models; endnotes, and 71-item bibliography. Included throughout the guidebook are profiles of exemplary youth apprenticeship programs and descriptions of successful program practices. (MN)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Academies, Cooperative Education, Cooperatives, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Educational Resources, Internship Programs, Models, Noncollege Bound Students, Organizations (Groups), Program Design, Program Development, Resource Materials, Secondary Education, Tech Prep, Vocational Education, Vocational High Schools, Vocational Training Centers, Youth Employment
Publication Type: Reports - General
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: North Carolina Univ., Greensboro. School of Education.; Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A