- Chapter 4 of Cooperative Work Experience from the Oregon Work-Based Learning Manual
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- Service Learning
Service-Learning is an instructional strategy by which students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet actual community needs.
- Student Leadership Organizations
Several student leadership organizations exist to provide students co-curricular opportunities to apply what they learn, develop practical skills, compete, socialize, and become leaders.
- Work Experience Coordinators of Oregon (WECO)
WECO is a professional organization of educators, Co-op coordinators, and career guidance counselors who encourage the development and improvement of work-based learning and represent the State of Oregon as an active member in the region, and coordinated with national standards, in matters pertaining to Cooperative Education.
- Young Workers Publications, Oregon Occupational Health and Safety Division (OSHA)
- The National Young Worker Safety Resource Center (YWSRC)
YWSRC is a collaborative project of U.C. Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) and the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in Massachusetts. The YWSRC provides training, technical assistance, and resource materials to state and community groups throughout the country.
- Youth and Labor Info, U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)
The Department of Labor is the sole federal agency that monitors child labor and enforces child labor laws.
- YouthRules! (USDOL)
Early work experiences can be rewarding for young workers - providing great opportunities to learn important job skills. Today’s youth will be the workforce of the 21st Century. One of the priorities for the U.S. Department of Labor is to assist America’s youth in preparing to enter that workforce.
- Youth@Work: Talking Safety
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