Course Outline
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CEIP Course Outline
54 hours of in-school instruction
I. Orientation to Internship Program
- Handbook and Document Review
II. Attributes for Successful Employment
- Dress, habits, ethics, work place norms
III. Career Opportunities/Development
- Networking, CO-OP, Continuing Education Pathways
IV. Health/Safety on the Job
- OSHA
V. Sexual harassment issues/precautions
- Title VII
VI. The Working Teenager
- Worker’s rights; working papers; wage-hour regulations; prohibitive hours/occupations; work and school balance; pay – gross/net; withholding allowances; Federal/State/FICA taxes; other
VII. Job search information
- Considerations and criteria
VIII. Job application skills
- completing applications, resume, cover letter, interviews, thank you letters, follow-up letters
IX. Evaluation Seminars
- Peer critique, teacher review, public presentation
X. Applied Academic-Occupational Skills
- applied math, applied communications, teamwork, human relations, critical thinking, problem solving-decision making skills, other
XI. Journal Entry
- Daily job log, Weekly Blog comments, personal weekly journal