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Hey, loopers, look what Jim found. 


It's  even worse when I read the 
part about the contract between the school, student and employer. 


> All students engage in work-based learning experiences that coordinate
> with school course work after earning a Certificate of Mastery. These
> work experiences are governed by a contract between the student, the
> school and the employer that spells out what the student will learn both
> on the job and in school. Job placements match the educational and
> career plans that students have developed during their pre-certificate
> education."


Let's see, EVERY student has to track down an employer and make out a
contract??? What about all the students who aren't going to work
until after their bachelor's or graduate degree? Who is going to
enforce this and manage this? Is a student considered "unemployed" if
they can't arrange an STW sponsor??? Does every student have to
arrange transportation to a Boeing or Intel plant that's a 1 hr drive
away? Is Boeing and Intel going to guarantee a STW slot for every
student in western washington? Do Boeing, Microsoft and Intel know
what they're in for when they're going to be required to do the other
end of this madness, since there's no way small businesses are going
to be sucked into this?


God help us all.


> Date:          Wed, 04 Mar 1998 20:54:43 -0800
> From:          Jim Keeffe <jimkeeffe@accessone.com>
> To:            arthurhu@halcyon.com
> Subject:       Re: STW required for Washington CIM. Mandatory for all.


> Hi Arthur -
> 
> Thanks for the compliments.  I hope we can coordinate our next ed-reform
> public meeting in Kirkland, or on the Eastside somewhere.  Kirkland is
> the hub for STW in King County.  The statement tying the CIM to STW is
> found below:
> 
> http://www.stw.ed.gov/ (On left side click on 'States'.  Find Washington
> and
>     click on 'Submit' to go to Washington State's School-to-Work
> Initiative. The first     link goes to "STW Initiative Summary ".  Go
> down a few paragraphs and you will find:
> 
> "All students, before earning a Certificate of Mastery, are to engage in
> career exploration by researching various occupations, visiting work
> sites and interviewing workers. Students job shadow individual workers
> to observe how they do their jobs and have adult mentors. Students
> coordinate their workplace experiences with their classroom
> experiences, so that each reinforces the lessons of the other. These
> experiences prepare
> students to participate in high-performance work teams and total quality
> environments.  They learn how to conduct themselves at work and to
> assess their own interests and
> abilities in relation to the career choices that are available to them.
> All students engage in work-based learning experiences that coordinate
> with school course work after earning a Certificate of Mastery. These
> work experiences are governed by a contract between the student, the
> school and the employer that spells out what the student will learn both
> on the job and in school. Job placements match the educational and
> career plans that students have developed during their pre-certificate
> education."
> 
> 
> Jim Keeffe
>