Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators
Chapter 31 - Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Section CXV-3113 - Work-Based Learning

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code CXV-3113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Work-based learning programs provide opportunities for CTE students to receive on-the-job training and related classroom instruction in all CTE program areas, including activities in which the school system employs students. Where the employing party is the school or school system, the work-based activities must not occur at their own school and the agreement shall be subject to the approval of LDOE. The following are types of work-based learning:

1. Cooperative education features an agreement between schools and employers to provide paid on-the-job training that relates to the areas of technical study in school and is based on objectives jointly developed by the school and the employer

2. Internships are work-based activities where students work with an employer for a specified period of time to learn about a particular occupation or industry. The workplace activities involved with an internship could include special projects, a sample of tasks from different jobs, or tasks from a single occupation. An internship agreement is set up prior to the experience and outlines the expected objectives to be accomplished by the student. This must include financial compensation.

3. Structured On-the-Job Training (OJT) as part of a Registered Apprenticeship.
a. The OJT is the employment and hands-on experience portion of the program. The apprentice must receive full-time employment, with close mentorship from a subject matter expert or journey worker in the field. At least one journey worker must be present and supervising for every apprentice in the program at all times.

b. Only Registered Apprenticeships recognized by the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) meet the requirements for Structured On-the-Job Training. Pre-Apprenticeships and Youth Apprenticeships are excluded.

B. Students must be scheduled into a work-based learning course code. OJT must comply with Louisiana state laws and can occur outside of the scheduled school day. Related classroom instruction can occur in a virtual setting.

C. Repealed.

D. A work-based learning teacher shall hold:

1. a valid CTTIE certificate or agriculture certification; or

2. a valid level 2 Louisiana teaching certificate and at least three years of work experience other than classroom instruction; or

3. a valid level 2 Louisiana teaching certificate and completion of a work-based learning workshop by an approved provider.

E. Scheduling Work-Based Learning

1. Cooperative education programs shall incorporate classroom instruction and on-the-job training. The classroom phase shall include a total of five hours each week of CTE related classroom instruction. The on-the-job training phase shall include a minimum of 15 hours of on-the-job training per week for the timeframe in which the student is enrolled in the cooperative education program. Program shall be a minimum of one semester for schools on block schedule or one school year. Teacher-coordinators shall be scheduled for classroom instruction and on-the-job supervision. Teacher-coordinators shall be scheduled for one cooperative education supervision period for up to 45 students. Teacher-coordinators with more than 45 students shall be scheduled for two cooperative education supervision periods.

2. Internships shall incorporate classroom instruction and on-the-job training. The classroom phase shall occur a minimum of once per week throughout the course. The classroom instruction and on-the-job training phase shall be a minimum of 7,965 minutes for one Carnegie unit. A student must complete a minimum of 106.2 hours of OJT with an employer in addition to 26.55 hours of classroom instruction. The classroom instruction shall count as no more than 20 percent of the instructional minutes of the total Carnegie unit. Teacher-coordinators shall be scheduled for classroom instruction and on-the-job supervision.

3. Structured OJT as part of a Registered Apprenticeship shall meet all requirements as set forth by LWC. Students should be registered into the appropriate apprenticeship registry.

4. Work-based learning must be documented in the student's Individual Graduation Plan (IGP). Work-based learning should align to the student's career interests. Every effort should be made to place a student at a worksite aligned to the student's career interest or aligned to regional workforce demand.

5. The classroom instruction shall include instruction in, at minimum, career navigation, financial literacy, and workplace behavioral competencies. Workplace and professional behavior competencies include communication, teamwork, leadership, and problem solving.

F. - F.1. Repealed.

G. Teacher-Coordinator for Work-Based Learning

1. The school system shall assign a work-based learning teacher-coordinator or set of teach-coordinator co-teachers to conduct the classroom instruction and monitor the OJT.

2. The school system and the employer shall cooperatively complete a training memorandum for both the classroom phase and the OJT phase. The training memorandum and a list of skill competencies shall be prepared for each student. The list of competencies shall include skills and knowledge to be learned in the classroom and skills to be learned through OJT. The school system and employers must discuss risk management in the training memorandum.

3. The student must have a valid employment certificate. The worksite must be in accordance with R.S. 23:211 et seq.

4. Each teacher-coordinator for work-based programs must maintain documentation of the employment certificate, training memorandum, skill competencies attained by each student, and employer evaluation. These documents must be readily available for monitoring.

5. The teacher-coordinator shall visit each student on the job to observe the student at work, to confer with the employer, and to obtain an evaluation of the student's progress at least four times during the school year or semester or two times during summer months in which the student is employed as part of a work based learning program.

6. The teacher-coordinator shall consult with the employer regarding labor laws for the industry and shall inform the student and parent or legal guardian of labor laws as they apply to minors engaged in work-based learning.

7. Orientation and pre-employment training, as well as safety training, shall be provided for each student prior to the student's placement with a program training sponsor (employer). The final decision of student placement into a work-based learning worksite is at the discretion of the employer.

8. It is recommended that funding for extended employment beyond the school year be provided for each teacher-coordinator.

9. The program training sponsor (employer) shall document and submit to the school system an evaluation of each student's on-the-job performance for each grading period.

10. The teacher-coordinator shall be responsible for determining the student's grade.

H. Work-Based Learning Students

1. Students shall be placed in appropriate training stations within four weeks of the start of the work-based learning program. Students not placed shall be rescheduled into non-work-based learning courses.

2. Cooperative education students shall receive minimum wage or above for the hours spent in job training.

3. Repealed.

4. Students in work-based learning programs shall meet legal age requirements for work.
4.a. - 5. Repealed.

6.Work-based education students must successfully complete both the classroom and the on-the-job training phase to receive credit.

NOTE: Refer to career and technical education course offerings for prerequisites and requirements for specific work-based programs.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:7.

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