Educator in the Workplace: Partner Information
Luzerne - Educator in the Workplace
Program Contact:
Jackie Stash
Project Director
Luzerne County Community College
1333 South Prospect St
Nanticoke, PA 18634
jstash@luzerne.edu
(800) 377-5222 x681
| Provides credits (e.g. Act 48; College) | 30 hours of Act 48; 2 graduate credits (partnership with Wilker University) |
| Provides payment (e.g. Stipend) | Stipend for 1st internship; Reduced or no stipend for participants repeating the experience (must also shadow at a different company) |
| Length of program/field experience (e.g. day, week, summer) | 30 hours (has been run over five consecutive days in summer but piloting new deliveries) |
| Offers orientation session | Yes - Three hour session including overview, expectations, integrating critical thinking, problem solving, stress and time management into curriculum, understanding disabilities |
| Requires program evaluation (Ending/exit sessions) | Yes - Three hour session. Report out of experience to all participants, commonalities between worksites/industries, lesson plan collaboration among disciplines and cross curricular |
| Program requirements (e.g. curriculum; assignments) | Must submit two complete lesson plans and implementation plan (outline provided) |
| Application process | Yes |
| Target audience (e.g. educators, teachers, schools, counselors, administrators) | Teachers, counselors, principals |
| Time of program (e.g. school day, after school, summer activity) | Summer; Piloting a school day and after school group in 09-10 (meets same hourly requirements as summer session if taking for ACT 48 or graduate credits) |
| Multiple industry clusters present | Yes |
| Academic level addressed (e.g. High School; Middle School; Elementary) | Middle and high school targeting college faculty in 2010 |
| Collaboration with intermediaries (e.g. CareerLinks; IUs) | IU's, school districts, Chamber of Commerce, Industry Partnerships |
| Program aligned to the Career Education and Work Standards | Yes , all lesson plans must also be aligned to academic standards as appropriate |
| Discipline (a branch of instruction, i.e., History, Math), Industry or Participant Driven | A combination- We look for broad representation across instructional disciplines to participate; The actual shadowing experience is industry driven-employers determine each participant's unique experience at the worksite. |
| Pre-work/post-work materials required | Participants are provided with a text binder that includes all of the orientation session activities, the journal, guides to complete the lesson plans and a hard copy of the lesson plan template. Electronic templates are e-mailed to participants for final electronic submission. The text also includes a number of teaching resources and web links. |
Funds for this Web site are provided under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-270) and from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education.