Cooperative Education

Briefly explain how cooperative work experience is organized.

Answer explanation

An employer and school join together and cooperate as a team to help students get on the job training.

What is a training station?

Answer explanation

Place you work to learn new skills and earn money.

What is self-awareness?

• 40 hours or more

• When you have knowledge of yourself as a person

• Something you like

• Knowing others

What is an employer?

• A person or business who works for wages

• A person or business who hires workers

• A person or business who leads in meetings

• A person or business who takes care of paperwork

Name a responsibility that the cooperative education coordinator has.

Answer explanation

Responsible for reviewing your application for work experience

Contact person to the place you work

Help you make decisions and solve problems and expand your knowledge

Make sure your occupational goals are suitable for part-time job

Who is usually responsible for the student from school to work?

Answer explanation

Student/Parent

Name two benefits of a cooperative education program.

Answer explanation

Acquire marketable skills

Become aware of career goals

Learn to work with others

Gain on-the-job experience

What is the purpose of a training plan?

Answer explanation

To assure employer that student is committed to working.

To assure the student that the employer is committed to training on how to do a job

To assure coordinator that all parties understand

What are part-time hours?

• 30 hours

• 40 hours or more

• 35 hours or more

• 39 hours or less

What is self-determination?

• When a person has total control over their life

• When you are alone

• When you help someone else

• When you are not organized