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Cabell County highlights job-coach career-transition program for high-school students
Summary
District staff and high-school specialists outlined the career-explorations program, describing job coaches, 22 weekly job sites, employer partnerships and examples of paid placements that lead to some students securing long-term employment.
District staff presented the career-transition (also called career-explorations) program during the Jan. 14 meeting, describing partnerships that place high-school students at paid and unpaid job sites to build workplace skills.
Presenters said the program uses job coaches who meet students at bus drop-off sites and remain at the placements while students work tasks such as stocking shelves, food service, light maintenance and detail work. Employers named in the presentation included Goodwill, AutoZone, Target, Alcon, local auto-collision and food-service sites, and the district’s own school sites.
Presenters said some placements are paid (Goodwill was cited as an example) and noted success stories of former program participants who have maintained long-term employment. At Huntington High, presenters said 21 students are enrolled, five job coaches are assigned, and 22 job sites are visited weekly; about 38% of enrolled students have already obtained employment through a site connection.
Board members praised the use of retired special-education aides and bus drivers as job coaches because of their experience with district students; program staff said they continue to recruit additional sites and job coaches to expand opportunities.
