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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.
 Software 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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