The White Falcon - 29.10.1976, Síða 3

October 29, 1976
Page 3
CARING BY SHARING are two Cooperative Work Experience students, Karen Bel in and
Kathy Spaulding (far right). Lieutenant (junior grade) Diane Knope, Navy Nurse
Corps, explains procedures in treating a six-week-old patient.
'THIS IS JUST A PLANE PART', Staff Sergeant Elbert Backus, a 57th FIS jet mechanic
seems to indicate to Jim Thorpe, a CWE student (left).
TO AID THE PATIENT, Edna Hooks com-
pletes a test at the Naval Station
Dispensary where she is employed in
the Cooperative Work Experience pro-
gram for high school credit in career
education.
MAKING A BLOOD TEST is one duty of
Gay Mueller, also a Cooperative Work
Experience student, who will receive
career education credit for her on-
the-job training in the A. T. Mahan
High School work program.
Story aad pb«tM by JOS J*rry Factor
Coordinator stresses advantages students receive
Prospective employers, desiring to
employ Cooperative Work Experience stu-
dents, may still contact the A. T. Mahan
High School, reports Wolfgang Plakinger,
CWE coordinator.
A letter of recommendation from an
employer is particularly useful in ob-
taining a scholarship...interested em-
ployers should call 7008 or 7412, the
coordinator states.
According to the national work-study
trend, Mr. Plakinger relates, the most
important goal for career education
shall be to better prepare the student
for a more realistic career choice upon
completion of formal education.
This goal is reenforced by the fol-
lowing statistic in a career education
brochure, "As only 12 per cent of the
student population will finish college,
the large majority will be involved in
trade school or on-the-job training
(OJT), to prepare for a job."
CWE strengthens experience
in career-oriented education
Twenty-four A. T. Mahan High School
students are enrolled this year in the
Cooperative Work Experience (CWE), ac-
cording to Wolfgang Plakinger, CWE coor-
dinator.
This program, which stresses actual
work experience in a career-related
field, "should help the student deter-
mine his or her potential future suc-
cess... to better prepare...for competi-
tion in the job market or future school
endeavor," states a career education
brochure.
Practical application through on-the-
job work is supplemented through theory
in the classroom.
The CWE coordinator explains that
most student evaluations and perfor-
mance ratings are measured by on-the-job
training rather than class study.
The CWE thrust serves as the most im-
portant proving ground, the coordinator
emphasizes, because of the skill and
knowledge that the student may acquire.
As a proving ground, the basis is
derived from doing, performing, applying
and contributing, sharing and learning
with adults on-the-job.
In turn, up-to-date information may
be obtained from authoritative sources
on-the-job. Also, students have an op-
portunity to work with specific equip-
ment and associated material.
A student will receive one credit for
each hour involved in the program.
The class is evaluated on their work
situation performance and one hour week-
ly is spent in the classroom.
The three-part evaluation includes:
Attitudes, the interview and employer/
employee relationships. The overall
program shows one's weaknesses and
strengths for a future career, the coor-
dinator indicates.
He also mentioned that the program is
directed by the Department of Defense
Atlantic Region, which has implemented
career education overseas within the
past five years.
A. T. Mahan students are engaged in
career fields such as nursing and medi-
cal technology, broadcasting and comput-
er systems.
Out of 150 senior high students, 14
seniors in a class of 30 participate in
CWE.
Career education teaching methods at
Keflavik comprise three areas in addi-
tion to CWE: Vocational exploration
group, career group rap session and the
Singer Program which gives an overview
of a specific career area via tape,
filmstrips and an end-evaluation.
CWE encompasses three phases. First,
at the elementary level, students are
encouraged to have an awareness concern-
ing career fields.
Secondly, an exploratory stage is set
aside for the junior high level.
And, thirdly, a skill-developing ap-
proach is taken in high school.
Together with these various aspects
of career education, the foundation is
laid for such an experience, even in the
first grade where a student starts to
associate what adults do, Mr. Plakinger
stated in retrospect.
‘Pilot** career studied
To highlight their weekly career edu-
cation on 'pilots', second through sixth
graders at A. T. Mahan visited the 57th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron and Patrol
Squadron 49 last week.
While touring the hangar areas, the
seven elementary classes explored first-
hand the flight system, weapons system
and survival equipment.
Earlier in the week, First Lieutenant
William B. Donahoe a 57th pilot, spoke
to the lower school students, showing a
film and demonstrating survival gear.
Together with the tour and presenta-
tion, a paper airplane contest was also
held. The winners are as follows:
respectively, grades one through sixth,
Andrew Jenkins, Patrick Carter, Kevin
Casey, Valur Millard, Michael Ritoch and
Jeffery Cogley.
DOUBLE-CHECKING THE WEATHER, Derenda Duchein marks a report at the Naval Weather
Service Environmental Detachment.