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Oak Ridge board approves addition of a work-based learning coordinator FTE
Summary
The board approved adding one full-time work-based learning coordinator to support expanding student participation in work-based programs, ensure compliance with state requirements and strengthen community partnerships.
The Oak Ridge Board of Education unanimously approved the addition of a 1.0 full-time-equivalent work-based learning coordinator to the district staff.
Superintendent Doctor Borchers presented a memo describing the need for a dedicated coordinator to manage an increasing number of students participating in work-based and career-technical education opportunities and to ensure compliance with state requirements. Board members praised the proposal as timely and consistent with conversation at the recent TSBA conference.
Doctor Hartman and other members said the position will help formalize partnerships and provide direct support to students and employers. The motion (moved by Doctor Hartman, seconded by Miss Craven) passed without objection; the transcript does not include salary or funding-source specifics for the position.
