They are now actively involved in developing apprenticeships and have several students each year in registered apprenticeships. In addition, each year several employers are invited into the secondary schools to teach and mentor students both through the Timpview High School Monday Critical Workplace Skills Seminar program for interns and apprentices and as guest speakers in several classrooms usually as a result of contacts from the internship program. The District is in partnership with the JTPA in establishing apprenticeship programs for students qualifying under the JTPA guidelines. Employers enhance the work place training by being provided learning guides for students regarding the purpose of internships. A s identified earlier at Dixon Middle School, they are piloting a shadow experience where students will spend several hours at a business job site.
Students have the opportunity to choose a work site related to their perceived career interest.
Provo City School District has developed a questionnaire to evaluate the usefulness of the shadow experiences. Several businesses including Covey Leadership, Novell, WordPerfect. ZCMI and others have donated to several programs in the schools based on relationships with them. One good example is the Executive Technology Lab where almost the whole lab including equipment was donated by local businesses. S everal state, county, and city government agencies help and support our STC program.