On behalf the Elmore County Technical Center’s Cooperative Education and Work Based Learning Program, thank you for your willingness to partner with us by employing High School students from throughout Elmore County Schools.
Cooperative Education falls within the Governor’s Continuum of Work-Based Learning Experiences as one of the most widely used forms of Work-Based Learning.
Students participating in CO-OP gain employability skills and industry experience. The purpose of Cooperative Education is to provide work-based experiences in approved training stations that typically cannot be obtained in the classroom. Additional goals of the Cooperative Education program are to make learning relevant, improve graduation rate, and better prepare students for careers or continued education and to connect information learned in the classroom with skills obtained in an occupational setting. Cooperative Education is a major component of Career and Technical Education.
If you would like to highlight your CO-OP student please complete this form. The coordinator will contact you to schedule a time to visit this student at work to take a picture for social media.
In CO-OP, the number of hours work determine whether students receive credit. If you or your student are unsure of the number of hours students should be scheduled to meet minimum requirements, please contact the Coordinator, tara.baker@elmoreco.com
CO-OP Students are required to submit paystubs to verify the number of hours they have worked each pay period. Please make sure students are aware of how to access their paystubs. Paystubs should display the student's name, employer/business name, pay period, pay date, number of hours worked, and hourly wage.
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