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WORK-BASED LEARNING GUIDE

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Chapter 6

Cooperative (Co-op) Education Programs

A cooperative education program provides a student with skills for the future. However, under a co-op
program, neither the proficiencies to be attained nor the type of business or industry are specified and the
student is not awarded a state certificate subsequent to successful completion of the program. This differs
from the certified skills co-op program which involves technical tasks and employability skills which
must be achieved via a prescribed course of study ultimately leading to the award of a state certificate of
proficiency in the technical area.

The co-op education program is implemented in much the same way as the certified co-op program with
the most significant differences being:

· an "individualized training plan" for the student is developed in lieu of using the state endorsed

competencies for a particular program, and;

· the student does NOT receive a state certificate of proficiency upon completion of the program

(NOTE: many schools award participating students a local certificate)

The advantage of a cooperative education program is some schools that cannot meet all of the state
requirements of a Cooperative Education Skill Standards Certificate Program, but still wish to offer their
students an educational program with a similar degree of rigor, have the ability to do so under the general
title of a co-op program.

Cooperative educational programs are offered in the following career and technical education content
areas:

· Agriculture Education

· Health Occupations

· Business Education

· Marketing Education

· Family and Consumer Education

· Technology Education