New Class at ALAH Helps Students Transition into Careers
Photo by Keith Stewart
Rachel Dettling researches potential careers online Monday morning during her cooperative education class.
October 8, 2014
First year class hopes to expand in coming years
by Ariana Cherry
Arthur/Sullivan Reporter
With today’s unstable work economy, students need help with developing employment skills, making appropriate career choices and on-the-job training. It is more difficult than ever for students (both high school and college) to find work after graduation. As a guide to professional job experience for students at Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond High School, a new course, cooperative education, has been developed.
“The goal of this program is to provide the opportunity for students to develop occupational skills that smooth students’ pathways from high school to advanced education and/or the workforce,” said the instructor Amanda Romine, who began teaching the class this school year. “This class was created to link the high school, the student, the parent, and the teacher in a dynamic support partnership.”