Characteristic 2 of 13: Develop a plan for earning academic credit on the job through an integrated curriculum focused on work-related skills with school personnel, the student, and his/her parents.
Characteristic 3 of 13: Provide supervision and guidance during the development of work behaviors and skills to address problems, concerns, insights, and learning.
**Consider culturally responsive behaviors and skills that address cultural concerns of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students.
Characteristic 4 of 13: Develop business/school partnerships, by educating employers about the resources of potential employees, to set up training sites.
**Provide businesses with culturally responsive strategies to understand the cultural needs, behaviors, and practices of students from CLD backgrounds.
Characteristic 5 of 13: Develop policies to address liability, including student insurance, and other Department of Labor issues/concerns.
Characteristic 6 of 13: Develop a process to match student interests with available sites both on and off campus.
**Increase the number of available sites by recruiting site partners that reflect the cultural backgrounds of students.
Characteristic 7 of 13: Provide experiences in applied real-work settings supported by instruction.
Characteristic 8 of 13: Place students in work settings that match their preferences, interests, needs, and skills.
**Consider partnerships with businesses owned by CLD communities.
Characteristic 9 of 13: Provide transportation to vocational training sites.
Characteristic 10 of 13: Provide, or partner with adult services to provide, qualified trained staff to job coach as needed.
**Staff qualification should include some cultural competencies or training.
Characteristic 11 of 13: Provide self-evaluation and monitoring instruction to students.
Characteristic 12 of 13: Provide students school-based opportunities to reflect, discuss, and share their work placement experiences.
Characteristic 13 of 13: Have school personnel and site employees assess and monitor students’ progress by using job duty forms and task analysis for various sites.