Work Study

[Guest Mom of Boys]

I am considering some sort of work study for my senior next year. He is interested in doing something with CAD/CAM. I want to find a company he could work for and they would fill out an evaluation that I could turn into a grade for high school credit. Has anyone done this? Can you talk me through it? Where could I find forms for evaluations? How many hours does he need to work to get credit? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

~Charlotte

[Jen in NY]

Hmmm.... not exactly what you are talking about, but have you thought about checking into your local uni for internship possibilities? We went that route and it was extremely successful.

There are some labs that have established intern programs and others that will just make a spot for your student.

 

I know a lot of engineering programs use CAD/CAM and Matlab and stuff like that.... there might be a project he can work on using it.

 

Here in my state I would probably count it as computer science or something.... not sure of the mechanism for "giving credit" where you are.

[Guest Mom of Boys]

Maybe I need to explain a little better. When both my husband and I were seniors in high school we went to school 1/2 day and worked 1/2 day. I worked in a lawyer's office. He worked at his Dad's machine shop. We had an advisor at school who helped us find jobs and monitored our work through quarterly evaluations that the employer would fill out about us. We received high school credit for this just like a class. I think mine was called Office something and his was called Trades something. We would like to do something similar with our senior next year. Just wondering if anyone else has done this or heard of this and has pointers for me.

 

Thanks,

~Charlotte