Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 705 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES › Chapter 4 - Instructional Programs › Section 705 KAR 4:041 - Work-based learning program standards

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 156.802, 158.810(4)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.070(1) provides
				that the Kentucky Board of Education shall have the management and control of
				the common schools. KRS 156.802(5) requires the board to establish program
				standards for secondary area career and technical education and technology
				centers. This administrative regulation establishes program standards for
				work-based learning in state-operated area technology centers and local school
				districts.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Apprentice" means a worker at least
			 sixteen (16) years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is
			 otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable
			 occupation.
(2) "Career and
			 technical education" is defined by KRS 158.810(4).
(3) "Career pathway completer" means a
			 student who has completed a minimum of four (4) credits within a Kentucky
			 Department of Education approved career pathway.
(4) "Cooperative education" means a form of
			 work-based learning consisting of in-school instruction combined with program
			 related on-the-job paid work experience in a business or industrial
			 establishment.
(5)
			 "Entrepreneurship" means education that allows individual students to develop a
			 deeper understanding of economic principles and to apply classroom learning by
			 organizing and operating a business enterprise.
(6) "Internship" means a type of work-based
			 learning that provides work experience in a particular occupation, often
			 leading to course credit and compensation.
(7) "Journeyperson certificate" means the
			 culmination of an apprenticeship that leads to a nationally recognized and
			 portable credential.
(8)
			 "Mentoring" means a form of work-based learning that involves business and
			 community volunteers developing one-to-one relationships with students to build
			 an understanding of careers and work ethics that goes beyond the formal
			 obligations of a teaching and supervisory role.
(9) "Registered apprenticeship program" means
			 a program validated by the United States Department of Labor and combines paid
			 on-the-job training and classroom instruction under the supervision of an
			 experienced industry professional.
(10) "Registered youth apprenticeship" means
			 a program that combines academic and technical classroom instruction with work
			 experience through a United States Department of Labor registered
			 apprenticeship program.
(11)
			 "Registered youth pre-apprenticeship" means a program or set of strategies
			 designed to prepare students for entry into United States Department of Labor
			 registered apprenticeship programs.
(12) "Related technical instruction" means
			 the classroom component of a registered apprenticeship, which requires 144
			 hours for every 2,000 hours of the apprenticeship.
(13) "School-based enterprise" means a
			 simulated or actual business conducted within the school setting.
(14) "Service learning" means a teaching and
			 learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction
			 and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility,
			 and strengthen communities.
(15)
			 "Shadowing" means a form of work-based learning that allows students to learn
			 through observation by spending time with an individual from a chosen
			 occupation.
(16) "State
			 apprenticeship agency" means the state agency and staff responsible for
			 registered apprenticeship activity, which acts on behalf of the United States
			 Department of Labor.
(17)
			 "Work-based learning" means an effective teaching approach used to engage
			 students in real-life occupational experiences that incorporates structured,
			 work-based learning activities into the curriculum and allows a student to
			 apply knowledge and skills learned in class and connect these learning
			 experiences in the workplace.