Workplace Companion: A Student Work-Based Learning Notebook [Paperback]

Carl G. Sargent (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130931063 | ISBN-13: 978-0130931061 | Publication Date: May 25, 2001 | Edition: 1

A key component for all work-based learning programs, this unique personal student workbook is user friendly, sequential, easy to follow, and pertinent to daily student work experiences. It introduces them to important concepts they must grasp before entering the workplace and to the essential skills employers want from young people, and it gives students a way to express concerns, thoughts and feelings about their experiences, to address individual career goals, and to tie classroom instruction and learning to real-world experiences. A ten-week journal writing experience. A personal work-based learning plan. A tear-out page for recording student work-based learning experiences. A review of important concepts and skills students need before they enter the workplace. An evaluation of the learning experience from all parties. A note page to record and keep important information. For anyone involved in community service learning, structured work experiences, or cooperative education programs.

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From the Back Cover

Workplace Companion: A Student Work-Based Learning Notebook is a key component for all work-based learning programs. This unique personal student workbook is user-friendly, easy to follow, and pertinent to daily student work experiences. It allows instructors to share important concepts students must grasp before entering the workplace and review the essential skills employers want from young people. This notebook provides:

• Readiness skills: Students who complete this notebook will have met state and national career-related learning standards and demonstrated specific work readiness skills.
• Program flexibility: The notebook can be used with a variety of work-based learning programs.
• Portability: It is designed to be taken to job sites and into the community.
• Journal pages: This feature ties classroom instruction to real-world experiences and serves as a data source for student portfolios.

Progressive and flexible in its approach, this book is designed to be used systematically throughout a 10-week session in a wide variety of programs.

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Features include:

• Majors Exploration
• Career Advice
• Web Links
• Tips from Successful Students
• Student Bulletin Boards
• Faculty Resources

About the Author

Carl Sargent, a native of Seattle, has been in education for over 20 years, teaching and counseling students at various stages of their educational and career development. He believes current educational goals and restructuring can be achieved through partnerships between schools and the community. Work-based learning activities are a significant part of this process at all educational levels.

In the last ten years, Sargent has been involved in Oregon's school-to-work efforts as a Transition Services Coordinator, providing work-based learning opportunities to special population students. He is a member of several local community and educational committees.

Sargent has written four books related to including all students in workplace learning programs and connecting activities between business and education. He has been a presenter on special populations and school-to-work issues at local, state, and national conferences.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 70 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (May 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130931063
• ISBN-13: 978-0130931061
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,384,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)