Cherokee County

Youth Apprenticeship Program

What is Youth Apprenticeship?

Youth Apprenticeship was initiated in Georgia to insure a well educated and highly skilled workforce.

It is designed to bring together the components necessary for a successful career:

Education & ExperienceKey components:

• school-based learning • work-based learning • connecting activities

Purpose:

• structured combination of school-based and work-based learning

• available to students who are age 16 or older and in the 11th grade or 12th grade

• coordinated effort involving business and industry• goal of preparing students for the world of work and

providing Georgia with a high-skilled, technologically competitive workforce

Student Benefits

Youth Apprenticeship allows a student to:

· Explore connections between school and work · Explore career interests in particular areas · Learn from skilled mentors · Earn post-secondary credits · Improve transition to work · Earn progressive pay while in school

Employer Benefits

Businesses are provided with: · A skilled, technical workforce · An avenue for partnerships with secondary and postsecondary schools · A reduction in training costs · An opportunity to develop a homegrown workforce

Current Status of Youth Apprenticeship Program

Georgia

· 3,664 apprentices · 2,518 participating employers · 163 participating school systems · 82 youth apprenticeship coordinators

Employer/Mentors

• A mentor is an older, more experienced person who seeks to further the development of character and competence in a younger person by guiding the latter in acquiring mastery of progressively more complex skills and tasks in which the mentor is already proficient. The guidance is accomplished through demonstration, instruction, challenge, and encouragement .

Georgia Teacher Apprenticeship

• Historical Perspective• Patterned after Teacher Cadet Program• Began with a few interested systems meeting to

explore possibilities• Interest grew as success became evident • 1999 Task Force formed by DOE • Teacher Apprentice is ONE component of Youth

Apprenticeship

Current Status of Teacher Apprenticeship Program

•· 311 teacher apprentices · 54 participating high schools · 38 participating school systems

Teacher Apprentice Program

• School to Career Initiative– High School - Classroom & field experience– Post Secondary - College of Education (4 year college)

• One of Six Career Pathways– Medical– Technology / Engineering

– Human Services * Teacher Apprentice– Agri-Business– Business / Marketing– The Arts & Humanities

• Hands on Training

Apprentice’s Responsibilities

• Attain career knowledge and skills

• Maintain confidentiality• Attend scheduled seminars

with coordinator• Meet regularly with mentors• Produce a professional

portfolio

Coordinator’s Responsibilities

• Provide advisement of program,

• Document apprentice performance

• Communicate with mentors • Expose apprentice to

“all aspects” of profession• Maintain follow-up through

post-secondary education

Evaluation Time

• Employer = 40%• Includes Time on the Job

grade

• Portfolio = 20%• Rough drafts

• Portfolio Presentation

• Coordinator = 40%• We ALL have an impact!!

School to Career Training = Success

• Better prepared future employees

• Real life experiences– Increase probability of staying

in the profession

• Possible college credit• Education that makes a

difference• Future success for

apprentices