Mr. Travis Carpenter - Director

Mrs. Susan Krcil

Mitchell Senior High

World of Work

World of Work provides an opportunity to link education and work on a continuous basis by bringing together all the stockholders in a community to jointly discuss and decide an educational path for students.  The core of the World to Work approach includes a change in the way students are taught by focusing on application rather than lecture, and by connecting students to the world in their community, state, and region.

The  World of Work philosophy is one part of educational reform and is systemic in nature.  The active involvement of the workplace in becoming a learning environment will challenge students of higher academic skills and skill standards and will help them to better identify careers of  interest to them.  It is because of the World of Work goals that the Youth Work Experience Program was begun at Mitchell High School.  The purpose of this program is to give junior and senior students an opportunity to expand their experience in the career cluster of their choice.

1.    The student is expected to be at the training site at the appointed time and day.

2.    The school will provide a World of Work Coordinator who will review with the training site supervisor on a regular basis.

3.    The training site can at any time terminate a student if the situation is not working out or if the student is demonstrating poor performance.

4.    Students are to have a variety of experiences which will assist them in making a career judgment concerning the selected site.

5.    Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner which complements the expectations of the training site supervisor.

6.    Students will dress appropriately.

7.    Students will do nothing to disrupt the normal routine of the training site.

8.    The training site supervisor agrees to notify the World of Work coordinator immediately of any problem which occurs that cannot be resolved by the training site supervisor.

9.    Care needs to be taken by the training site supervisor to consider any unsafe conditions and correct them or avoid placing students in these situations.

10.    Students may be paid during school hours.  However, it is the recommendation of the World of Work Coordinators that a training period of 30 days occur before students are paid.  Students should be paid after hours if the employer wishes to continue their services.

Students wishing to enroll in the program:

  1.         Must be a junior or senior at Mitchell High School.

  2.         Must be at least 16 years of age.

  3.         *Must have fewer than 10 absences (taken from previous year's attendance record.)

  4.         Must allow for a two-hour block for the World of Work program.

  5.         Make application to the World of Work Program through the World of Work Program Coordinator.

  6.         Employers will interview students and decide which student they will select.

              *Students may request that his/her attendance record be reviewed by a committee composed of World of Work coordinators, counselors, and a principal.  This request MUST be in writing.

Students enrolled in the program:

  1.         May not have any unexcused absences from work.

  2.         Must maintain a C or better in the World of Work program.  Student's grade is based on employer's and World of Work Coordinator's assessments.

  3.         May change position only once during the school year.  This change may occur only at 9-week or semester time.

  4.         Will receive a grade toward graduation upon successful completion of the program.

  5.         Must follow all company and school policies and procedures.

  6.         Must show honesty, punctuality, courtesy, a cooperative attitude, proper health and grooming habits, appropriate dress, and a willingness to learn.

  7.         Must submit weekly time sheets and monthly logs to the designated World of Work Coordinator.  Time sheets are due by noon on the following Monday.