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The School-to-Work Program at Leffingwell High
School was created to better prepare our students for the working world. Our
students have the opportunity of interning with a professional in a chosen field of
interest. This hands-on educational program gives our students the opportunity to
have realistic experiences in jobs of their interest. We believe this approach is
far more beneficial and valid than relying on paper-pencil interest inventories.
Students must go through a full process for employment reflecting a real life
situation. A student expresses an interest in a specific type of training
position. That student is then evaluated based on any minimum requirements
stipulated by the business of interest. A student meeting the minimum requirements
is then allowed to start the formal application and interview process. Once an
internship position is assigned, the student spends a total of 40 hours at the assigned
job site. These hours are in addition to the regular school day. The student
reports directly to the business mentor at the assigned job location and is trained in a
full range of skills. While at work, the student interns have a real life
opportunity to gain a greater understanding of how their academic subjects prepare them
for the job. They learn the vocabulary of the job and begin to understand the
working environment as it is being experienced. While at school the staff
strives to provide a cross-curricular team approach in all instructional areas. Our
goal is to integrate the varied subject matter and inter-relate the curriculum content to
real life situations. We feel our students need to understand the relationships
between subjects and the relevancy to their own lives.
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