Students will:
- Demonstrate and practice safe work habits at all times.
- Gain career awareness and the opportunity to test career choices.
- Receive work experience related to their career interests.
- Integrate classroom studies with work experience.
- Receive exposure to facilities and equipment unavailable in a classroom setting.
- Increase their employability; and
- Earn money to help finance their postsecondary education.
Format
A co-op job is short term or long term as defined by the work-based learning agreement.
It combines classroom instruction and field experiences.
Examples may include but are not limited to:
- Semester course covering workplace issues in a student's field of interest, in conjunction with work-based learning experience
- Seminar one day per week throughout the course of the work-based learning experience
Resources
Work-based Learning Path and Agreement
Co-Op CTE Pathway & Co-Op Non-CTE Pathway