1. Summary from Empathize / Define Phase
Stakeholder
• Teachers in Community Colleges who educate students that graduate
and seek job in companies/industry in the State
Problem Statement
• College Teachers need successful collaboration with employers to
help students effectively transition from school to work.
Insight:
• Many teachers are not trained to collaborate in school-to-
work activities. Developing a wide variety of collaborative
activities is key to school-to-work success
2. 1. Teacher- Student Activities That Contribute to Successful School-to-Work
Transition for Students
(Brainstorm)
Students can transition better to work place through
1. Teachers arrange students plant tours
2. Teachers take students to conferences
3. Teachers take students to Trade shows
• Teachers Involving students in organized on-the-
job experiences
• Teachers helping students shadowing and
mentoring in the workplace
• Teachers supporting students engaged in
cooperative work experiences
• Teachers preparing students for interning in the
workplace
• Teachers helping students to understand the
workplace
• Teachers organizing students field trips to
business and industry
• Providing student workplace experiences
• through school activities
• * students completing design projects for local
• industries
• * students building houses in the community
• * students catering business luncheons
• Including a workplace focus in school
• instruction
• * teachers providing applied lab instruction
• * teachers providing applied academic instruction
• * teachers integrating curriculum and instruction
• Creating informal linkages between the school
• and the workplace
• * teachers visiting the workplace to promote their
• students as potential employees
• * employers seeking advise from teachers
• * teachers seeking advise from employers
• * teachers working part-time in industry
• Learning about the workplace in ways that
• contribute to better teaching
• * teachers completing internships in the workplace
• * teachers working part-time in industry
3. 2. IDEATE – Need Teacher professional development
and exposure to workplaces
Teachers learn then communicate to students
4. Teachers take leave to get a paid
workplace job
5. Teachers do job shadowing to learn needs
6. Teachers take summer jobs at work place
Visiting the workplace
7. Teachers learn from company/industry
web sites what workplace needs are
8. Teachers completing internships in the
workplace
9. Teachers take courses for on-going
continuing education in job related skills
and then teaches students
10. Teachers update their technical knowledge
11. Teachers participate in summer
conferences
12. Teachers participate in company
workshops
13. Teachers observe onsite recruiting by
companies
14. Teachers can interact with student organizations
from other schools and learn what they are
doing
13. Teachers learning from working students about
knowledge gained from working in local
business and industry.
14. Teachers obtaining equipment and material
industry and familiarizing the students
15. Teachers obtaining whitepapers, journals,
reports or online links for these from Companies
and sharing with students
16. Teachers organizing monthly college seminars
on updates from various industries
17. Teachers reading literature and journals to stay
up-to-date in teaching and learn about the
latest technological developments
18. Teachers participating in in-school staff
development Teachers observe/interact with
business and industry during their product or
process development phases
19. Teachers join work place advisory committees
4. IDEATE – Orient College curriculum to
workplace needs
Students can transition better to work place through
1. Teachers arrange students plant tours
2. Teachers take students to conferences
3. Teachers take students to Trade shows
Teachers learn then communicate to students
4. Teachers take leave to get a paid workplace job
5. Teachers do job shadowing to learn needs
6. Teachers take summer jobs at work place
Visiting the workplace
7. Teachers learn from company/industry web sites what
workplace needs are
8. Teachers take courses for on-going continuing
education in job related skills and then teaches
students
9. Teachers update their technical knowledge
10. Teachers participate in summer conferences
11. Teachers participate in company workshops
12. Teachers observe onsite recruiting by companies
• Involving workplace representatives in school
• curriculum and instruction
• * advisory committees providing curriculum
• recommendations
• * guest speakers presenting information about the
• workplace
13. Teachers can interact with student organizations
from other schools and learn what they are
doing
14. Teachers learning from working students about
knowledge gained from working in local
business and industry.
15. Teachers obtaining equipment and material
industry and familiarizing the students
16. Teachers obtaining whitepapers, journals,
reports or online links for these from Companies
and sharing with students
17. Teachers organizing monthly college seminars
on updates from various industries
18. Teachers reading literature and journals to stay
up-to-date in teaching and learn about the
latest technological developments
19. Teachers participating in in-school staff
development Teachers observe/interact with
business and industry during their product or
process development phases
20. Teachers join work place advisory committees
