WEE District Plans

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WEE District Plans

• Writing, Updating and
• CDE Approval
• Updated 10/2009

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Ed Code 51775

• The Legislature recognizes that there is a need
  to provide for the review of work experience
  education programs offered by school districts
  offering these programs at least once every three
  years, in accordance with regulations prescribed
  by the Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Step One

• Find the current district plan
• Work Experience Teachers
• Curriculum Office
• As a last resort, contact the CDE and ask for a
  copy of your district plan

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Step Two

• Review the Plan
• Are you teaching according to the plan?
• Are you issuing credits according to the plan
• Does the plan do what you need it to do
• If you have multiple programs, obtain input from
  all stakeholders

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Step Two cont.

• Review the Plan
• If the plan is doing what you need it to do, you
  need to DO NOTHING!
• BUT,
• If it is not doing what you need it to do, FIX
  IT!

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Step Three-The Fix

• Obtain and read a copy of the CDE approved
• Secondary District Plan For Work Experience
  Education (WEE) Application
• To be referred to as THE APPLICATION

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The Fix

• Develop a curriculum model that restates the most
  of the assurances listed in
• THE APPLICATION

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The Fix

• Attach your district WEE curriculum to
• THE APPLICATION
• The WEE curriculum should include
• How WEE credits are granted to WEE students
• A copy for the Training Agreement/Plan

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The Fix

• The WEE curriculum should include
• Units of Instruction for each semester
• Any District Work Permit Restrictions including
  Regular and Work Experience Permits
• Any memos of understanding with different
  entities (Workability, etc.)

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The Fix

• The WEE curriculum should include
• The Employer Evaluation
• Any other documents the district might want to
  include.Syllabus, Letters to Employers,
  Grading/Credit scales, etc.

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The Fix

• Mail a local governing board approved application
  and supporting documents to the CDE
• LET US NOW REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS ASSUEANCES
  FOR GREATER UNDERSTSANDING AND CLAIRIFICATION.

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The Assurances

• The District WEE Plan needs to be approved by the
  local school board
• The WEE teacher/coordinator is the entity mainly
  responsible for implementation of the District
  WEE Plan
• The WEE teacher/coordinator shall have a teaching
  credential for the secondary level

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Assurances

• The WEE teacher/coordinator shall have two years
  of work experience outside the teaching
  profession. (8 quarters of SS)
• The WEE teacher/coordinator has knowledge of the
  educational purposes, standards, laws, and
  regulations regarding WEE

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Assurances

• The WEE student must be 16 exceptions
• Student in grade 11 or higher
• Principal exemption (see handout)
• The student must attend school a minimum day-SEE
  NEXT SLIDE FOR NEW LAW

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New Minimum Day Law

• The minimum school day in anyhigh schoolmay be
  computed by determining the number of minutes of
  attendance in ay two consecutive schooldays and
  dividing that number by two. If the resulting
  quotient is 240even if the number of minutes
  attended in any one school day is less than 240,
  but not less than 180. EC 46142 (a)

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New Minimum Day Law

• Exceptions
• The minimum dayfor a pupil enrolled in a work
  experience education programin which the
  regularly scheduled period is greater than 60
  minutes in length, the minimum day is one or more
  periods totaling at least 180 minutes in
  duration. (EC 46144)
• Continuation high school students (EC 46145)
• Graduating WEE students in the last semester of
  their senior year (EC 46147)

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Assurances

• The WEE teacher caseload can not exceed 125
  students per one full time certificated
  teacher/coordinator.
• The WEE teacher/coordinator is responsible for
  preparing and conducting related classroom
  instruction equal to one instructional period per
  week.

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Assurances

• A course description is attached to the
  application that includes the major units of
  instruction for each semester for the type of
  Work Experience being offered.
• The WEE teacher/coordinator shall conduct a
  minimum of two on site visits per semester and
  one during the summer school session.

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The Training Agreement/Plan

• Every WEE program shall have a written formal
  training agreement/training plan identifying the
  responsibilities of the school district,
  employer, parent and student is developed for
  each student.

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The Training Agreement/Plan

• The training agreement/plan must include
• The student objectives to be accomplished at the
  work site.
• The work site offers a reasonable probability of
  continuous employment for the student during the
  period for which the student is enrolled.
• The employer has the appropriate equipment,
  material and facilities to provide learning
  opportunities.

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The Training Agreement/Plan

• The work conditions will not endanger the health,
  safety, welfare, or morals of the student.
• The employer provides adequate adult supervision
• The employer provides Workers Compensation
  Insurance
• The employer maintains students hourly records
  and cooperates in rating the students
  achievement.
• The employer can not discriminate

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Work Permits

• The WEE teacher issues the work permit for all
  students enrolled in the WEE program.
• Note Here is where a district can designate the
  amount of hours and restrictions the district
  wishes to place on regular and WEE work permits.

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Granting Credit

• The district procedure for granting credit shall
  be included with the application.
• The maximum number of credits a student can earn
  in WEE is 40.
• No more than 10 credits can be earned in one
  semester.
• Exploratory WEE students can earn a maximum of 20
  credits, 10 max per semester

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Professional Development

• A provision is made for WEE professional
  development for new and continuing WEE
  teacher/coordinators and other support personnel
  in WEE.

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District Record Keeping

• The district must keep the following records for
  each student enrolled in WEE.
• The type of WEE the student is enrolled in
• Where the student is employed
• The type of job the student holds
• The students work permit if applicable
• The employers report of students hourly work
  record

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District Record Keeping

• The students evaluation
• Report of employer consultations
• Rating of each student, including their grade
• Formal Training Agreement/Plan

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More Assurances

• WEE shall be in compliance with Title VI and
  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
  with Title 5 of the California Code of
  Regulations
• WEE shall be in compliance with Title IX of the
  Education Amendments of 1972.

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A Final Word

• The District Superintendent should sign the
  application in the appropriate location
• The agenda item and the minutes for the Local
  Governing Board approval of the plan should be
  included with the application to the CDE
• Three copies of the application need to be
  submitted to the CDE.