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Chef Youth Apprenticeship Program: Solution through Innovation

Scott Community College’s school-to-apprenticeship program wins the 2008 Idaho Potato Commission/CAFÉ Leadership Award

"Apprenticeship models are old-fashioned!” “Students no longer need to participate in the long, slow process of slavery in the kitchen … instead, they can attend one of the hundreds of culinary programs throughout the U.S. and finish in two years!”

Such statements are heard whenever a group of educators gather. Instructors are certain that student learning and expectations have kept pace with the proliferation of culinary programs both at the high-school and college levels.

Brad Scott, winner of the 2008 Idaho Potato Commission/CAFÉ Leadership Award, felt differently. He came from a background of “show me and I’ll learn,” and though he was successfully employed by Scott Community College, Bettendorf, Iowa, leading a culinary-arts program, he felt that education was ignoring a large segment of students who (thought they) were not “college material.”

The school-to-apprenticeship program was to prove extremely valuable to the numerous students at the high-school level who never dreamed that they could enter a field with good skills and even go on to college to earn a degree in their profession.

The key to this successful program has been the Iowa Communications Network (ICN), a two-way interactive video system with student classrooms at schools in every Iowa school district.

Eleventh- and 12th-grade students can enroll in the Chef Youth Apprenticeship Program to earn elective credits for high-school graduation. Classes include Sanitation and Safety, Food and Nutrition, Introduction to Baking and Food Production and Management.

In addition, students can participate in a practicum experience with local chefs and restaurateurs that also count toward nine hours of community-college credit for a degree in culinary arts...
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Department of Labor Publishes Rules to Modernize National Apprenticeship System

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration released updated regulations for the National Apprenticeship System. The Office of Apprenticeship has launched a new resource to provide you with information and to keep you updated on new developments related to these regulations.


Female Student Reading a BookSoftware Engineering Services (SES), registered the FIRST "IT" Apprenticeship program in the State of Iowa. More than 75% of SES's employees are veterans and they are currently working with the Veterans Administration in helping them to identify hundreds of returning and retiring veterans to the State of Iowa to be part of our apprenticeship program. SES has eight of their eleven occupations registered with the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship. They are excited about finding companies here in Iowa  interested in participating in their registered apprenticeship program by becoming sponsoring employers.
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Office of Apprenticeship Newsletter - December 2007


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