Employability Skills
Guidelines for Implementing
Wisconsin’s Employability Skills
Certificate Program
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Tony Evers, PhD, State Superintendent
Madison, Wisconsin
This publication is available from:
Career and Technical Education Team
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
125 S. Webster Street
P. O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
608 / 267-0360 http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsis/let/cteskills.html The Career and Technical Education Team would like to express its sincere appreciation to the many individuals from local school districts, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, the Technical College System, University of Wisconsin System, business, industry, and labor representatives, and the Department of Public Instruction for their time, effort and expertise in developing Wisconsin’s Cooperative Education Skill Standards Certificate Program.
Revised September 2005
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.
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Printed on recycled paper.
Table of Contents
Section I: Employability Skills Certificate Program Description
Introduction 6
General Program Design 6
Local Program Eligibility 7
Local Program Requirements 8
Selection of Students 8
Partner Expectations 8
Student Assessment 9
Section II: Employability Skills Certificate Program Registration
Registration Information 12
Section III: Work-Based Learning Elements
Work-Based Learning Overview 14
Workplace Mentoring 14
Section IV: Appendices
A: SCANS Skill Competencies 19
B: Definitions of the Competencies 20
C: SCANS Foundational Skills 22
D: Definitions: The Foundation 23
E. Classroom Activities
Wisconsin’s Employability Skills
Certificate Program
[pic]
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Tony Evers, PhD, State Superintendent
Madison, Wisconsin
This publication is available from:
Career and Technical Education Team
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
125 S. Webster Street
P. O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
608 / 267-0360 http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsis/let/cteskills.html The Career and Technical Education Team would like to express its sincere appreciation to the many individuals from local school districts, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, the Technical College System, University of Wisconsin System, business, industry, and labor representatives, and the Department of Public Instruction for their time, effort and expertise in developing Wisconsin’s Cooperative Education Skill Standards Certificate Program.
Revised September 2005
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.
[pic]
Printed on recycled paper.
Table of Contents
Section I: Employability Skills Certificate Program Description
Introduction 6
General Program Design 6
Local Program Eligibility 7
Local Program Requirements 8
Selection of Students 8
Partner Expectations 8
Student Assessment 9
Section II: Employability Skills Certificate Program Registration
Registration Information 12
Section III: Work-Based Learning Elements
Work-Based Learning Overview 14
Workplace Mentoring 14
Section IV: Appendices
A: SCANS Skill Competencies 19
B: Definitions of the Competencies 20
C: SCANS Foundational Skills 22
D: Definitions: The Foundation 23
E. Classroom Activities