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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: vocational
education (clerical), business management,
math
Timeline: nine
weeks
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to provide
on-the-job experience relating to school
coursework; to promote employment within the
village
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Gary Shriver and
L. Dolan
On-the-Job
Cooperative
Education
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 Activities
- Plan field trips to regional and urban centers; discuss
career options and required skills:
visit vocational centers, the university,
libraries, skills centers, airlines, and regional corporations
arrange to have key personnel including Native
leaders talk to the students.
- Have students work two hours per day in a community
nonprofit organization, or
- Have students work in village jobs:
students can learn on-the-job skills while
taking classes such as bookkeeping, math, and typing
students can serve as cashier, stocker, bookkeeper,
or assistant manager in the village co-op or store
students can work in city offices or with
other organizations or businesses.
Resources
- the cooperation of local businesses and government
- business courses and equipment at the school
- Rural Student Vocational Program
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Variations
- Have students rotate around
various jobs.
- Schedule the field trip after
"Career Day."
- Have students plan the field
trip.
- Simulate a small business in the
classroom.
- Set up a school store: sell
T-shirts, supplies, records. Use money earned for school
fund.
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