Career%20and%20Work%20Skills%20Training%20program.pdf

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Boone Career and
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A West Virginia School oe Excellence”

3505 Daniel Boone Parkway Suite B
Foster, West Virginia 25081
Phone: (304) 369-4585 Fax: (304) 369-3692

www.gobctc.com
Dr. Jacob Messer, Principal/Director Mrs. Gena Godby, Financial Aid Coordinator
Ms. Sheryl Buckner, Secretary Mrs. Cynthia Foster, Secretary Ms. Robin Gabbert, Secretary

February 19, 2024

Dear Mr. Riggs and Boone County Board of Education Members,

I am asking you all to consider and approve my request to implement a Career and Work
Skills Training program at the Boone Career and Technical Center starting with the 2024-2025
school year. A form of this program once existed in Boone County Schools. Referred to as co-op
back then, this program would allow seniors countywide to spend the mornings at their high
schools taking classes to meet their graduation requirements and spend the afternoons
participating in college classes or working at jobs. Boone County Schools would need to hire one
full-time teacher to work at the Boone Career and Technical Center, where he or she could serve
the participating students from Van High School, Sherman High School, and Scott High School.

There currently are 17 counties and 37 schools that utilize the Career and Work Skills
Training program. The counties are Barbour, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clay, Grant, Hampshire,
Harrison, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Marion, Mercer, Morgan, Pocahontas, Putnam, Randolph,
and Wood. The schools are Philip Barbour High School, Hedgesville High School, Martinsburg
High School, Musselman High School, Spring Mills High School, Calhoun-Gilmer Career
Center, Clay County High School, South Branch Vocational School, Hampshire Senior High
School, Liberty Harrison High School, Lincoln High School, Robert C. Byrd High School,

United High School, Ravenswood High School, Ripley High School, Roane-Jackson Vocational

Your Goals. Our Mission.


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3505 Daniel Boone Parkway Suite B
Foster, West Virginia 25081
Phone: (304) 369-4585 Fax: (304) 369-3692

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Dr. Jacob Messer, Principal/Director Mrs. Gena Godby, Financial Aid Coordinator
Ms. Sheryl Buckner, Secretary Mrs. Cynthia Foster, Secretary Ms. Robin Gabbert, Secretary

Technical Center, Ben Franklin Career Center, Capital High School, George Washington High
School, Herbert Hoover High School, Nitro High School, Riverside High School, Saint Albans
High School, Sissonville High School, South Charleston High School, Lewis County High
School, East Fairmont High School, Marion County Technical Center, Princeton Senior High
School, Berkeley Springs High School, Pocahontas County High School, Buffalo High School,
Hurricane High School, Poca High School, Winfield High School, Randolph Technical Center,
and Wood County Technical Center.

Our neighbor, Kanawha County Schools, currently has 83 juniors and 409 seniors
participating in its Career and Work Skills Training program. I talked to Kim Sallada, who is the
Career and Work Skills Training program coordinator for Kanawha County Schools. Mrs.
Sallada has helped multiple districts implement a Career and Work Skills Training program,
including Putnam County Schools and Harrison County Schools. Mrs. Sallada has provided me
with all of the documents they use in Kanawha County Schools; all we need to do is change them
to fit our needs and reflect our district and schools. Mrs. Sallada also said she is willing to come
to the Boone Career and Technical Center this spring or summer at no cost to train me and the
teacher on everything to ensure we have a smooth transition and implementation.

If Boone County Schools and the Boone Career and Technical Center become the 18th

district and the 38th school to implement a Career and Work Skills Training program, I promise

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Boone Career and
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‘A West Virginia we of Excellence”

3505 Daniel Boone Parkway Suite B
Foster, West Virginia 25081
Phone: (304) 369-4585 Fax; (304) 369-3692

www,gobctc.com
Dr. Jacob Messer, Principal/Director Mrs. Gena Godby, Financial Aid Coordinator
Ms. Sheryl Buckner, Secretary Mrs. Cynthia Foster, Secretary Ms. Robin Gabbert, Secretary

you all will see immediate and significant results that help our schools and students. Allowing
seniors to participate in this program would decrease the class sizes in electives, many of which
they are not interested in taking and are taking only because they have to have eight classes per
day. It also would improve those seniors’ academic achievement, attendance, and behavior. It
also will provide an incentive to underclassmen to do what they need to do in regard to their
academic achievement, attendance, and behavior to have the same opportunity when they
become seniors.

Also, participating students who meet all of the requirements will be Career and
Technical Education completers and will receive a cord for graduation. To be a completer,
students must work a minimum of 15 hours per week and 240 hours per semester. They also
must complete independent assignments from the teacher, including creating resumes, cover
letters, and portfolios. Completion of those assignments will allow them to complete the four
Career and Work Skills Training courses. The first course is 0511 Career and Work Skills
Training I and the second course is 0512 Career and Work Skills Training I], both of which are
taken in the first semester. The third course is 0513 Career and Work Skills Experience I and the
fourth course is 0514 Career and Work Skills Experience II, both of which are taken in the
second semester. Online curriculum also 1s available for the Career and Work Skills Training

courses if we need it, but Mrs. Sallada said Kanawha County Schools uses only teacher-created

Your Goals. Our Mission.


Boone Career and
CSP Vor Gir Os faa Technical Center _ Sie
1 West Virginia School ae ic cellssca”

3505 Daniel Boone Parkway Suite B
Foster, West Virginia 25081
Phone: (304) 369-4585 Fax; (304) 369-3692

www.gobctc.com
Dr. Jacob Messer, Principal/Director Mrs. Gena Godby, Financial Aid Coordinator
Ms. Sheryl Buckner, Secretary Mrs. Cynthia Foster, Secretary Ms. Robin Gabbert, Secretary

assignments and lessons. Students also must report to the Boone Career and Technical Center
weekly to meet with the teacher to review their hours and assignments. The teacher and I also
will do three in-person visits to the students’ job sites to check on them and build relationships
with those business partners. The first visit is in September or October; the second visit is in
November, December, or January; and the third visit in February or March. Students do their
portfolio presentation with their employers in April. They also give their employers a
handwritten Thank You card to show their appreciation.

Implementing the Career and Work Skills Training program also will allow Boone
County Schools to have more completers and improve our performance on the annual Career and
Technical Education Performance Indicators Evaluation. It also will allow us to count the
students’ hours toward the Work-Based Learning Classroom 2 Career hours, which also is
included on the annual Career and Technical Education Performance Indicators Evaluation. The
more completers and work-based learning hours we have, the more money we get from the
federal and state funding sources. More money means more opportunities for our students. It is a
win-win situation for all involved.

If this program is successful in its first year, 1 would recommend opening it up to high-
achieving juniors, which is what Kanawha County Schools does. Juniors who are enrolled in the

program count as participators, which also would provide more funding to our school.

Your Goals. Our Mission.


Boone Career and
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1 West Virginia School ie Excellence”

3505 Daniel Boone Parkway Suite B
Foster, West Virginia 25081
Phone: (304) 369-4585 Fax: (304) 369-3692

www.gobctc.com
Dr. Jacob Messer, Principal/Director Mrs. Gena Godby, Financial Aid Coordinator
Ms. Sheryl Buckner, Secretary Mrs. Cynthia Foster, Secretary Ms. Robin Gabbert, Secretary

To assist with the financial costs of this implementation, the Boone Career and Technical
Center can provide up to $25,000 in Perkins funds for up to three years. However, for the fourth
year and beyond, we would not be allowed to contribute funds for the position, according to
West Virginia Department of Education guidelines. After the third year, that expense would be
considered “a maintaining expense,” which is not permitted, rather than “a growth, expansion, or
development expense,” which is permitted. However, if Boone County Schools sees the value in
this position and is willing to pay for the entire cost of the position, that would be even better
because we could use that $25,000 per year to provide more opportunities and supplies to our
students and programs. I wholeheartedly believe this initiative will be a game changer for Boone
County Schools.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at
mjmesser@k12.wv.us or 304-369-4585. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

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Dr. Jacob Messer,

Boone Career and Technical Center Director and Principal

Your Goals. Our Mission.