Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-915 - Work-based Learning Programs
Section R277-915-2 - Definitions
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) "Apprenticeship" means the same as the term is defined in Subsection 35A-6-102.
(2) "Career Pathway" means a coordinated, nonduplicative sequence of academic and technical content at the secondary and postsecondary level that incorporates challenging state academic standards including:
(3) "College and Career Awareness" means the same as the term is defined in Subsection R277-916-2.
(4) "Field study" means a planned group activity that provides opportunities for a student to observe skills and jobs in a variety of settings at an actual workplace.
(5) "High quality experience" means an internship that:
(6) "Internship" means a high quality experience where students are mentored by an employer for approximately 40 hours on site during one course to learn about a particular industry or occupation.
(7) "Job shadow" means a structured career activity in which students follow an industry professional for a short time period to learn about a particular occupation or industry.
(8) "LEA" includes, for purposes of this rule, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
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(10) "School-based enterprise" means a business set up and run by supervised students learning to apply practical skills in the production of goods or services for sale or use by others.
(11) "Work site" or "workplace" means the actual location where employment occurs for a particular occupation, or an environment that simulates all aspects or elements of that employment, including school-based enterprises.
(12) "Work-based learning" or "WBL" means a continuum of awareness, exploration, preparation, and training activities that combines structured learning and authentic work experiences implemented through industry and education partnerships including: