Overview
Mission Statement
Empowering individuals to become independent and productive members of their community through work-based learning.
What is work-based learning?
Supervised vocational program sponsored by the district that connects classroom instruction to an authentic community-based worksite. The program's goal is to empower the student by establishing and nurturing a foundation of job skills that will allow the student to participate in the competitive full-time job market after graduating from high school and become a successful, functioning, and contributing member of society.
Who Benefits
Students
- Identify interests and strengths
- Develop soft and hard skills of the workplace
- Develop and learn marketable job skills
- Gain valuable work experience
- Engage in career exploration
Employers
- Assist in actively preparing students to be tomorrow’s workforce
- Employ students who are receiving vocational instruction regarding job-related skills in the classroom
- Give back to the community
- Establish relationships with students, their family, the school and the community at large.
School
- Enriched vocational programming
- Motivated students
- Collaborative opportunities
- Equip students to meet the needs of local businesses
Community
- Recognizing the shared responsibilities for a successful work experience.
- Developing and strengthening community partnerships.
- Work based learning experiences impact leadership and engage people in their communities.
Research Statement
Research has shown that work-based learning promotes problem-solving abilities, adult thinking processes, teamwork and social relationships. (Devlin, 2011)
WORK BASED LEARNING CONTACTS
WORK BASED LEARNING CONTACTS![]()
WORK BASED LEARNING CONTACTS
Elizabeth Augustine
OHS Vocational CoordinatorSTEP Program Coordinator
Sharon Bergfeld
OEHS Vocational/Transitional SpecialistSTEP Progam Coordinator
