11th & 12th Grade - Cooperative Education (Co-op) is a method of training whereby the student combines classroom instruction with on-the-job paid training in a career area of his/her choice. It is a unique plan of education designed to integrate classroom study with planned, supervised, practical work experience. “Learning by doing” is the key to Cooperative Education. The program helps students relate schoolwork to actual “real world” employment.

Qualified seniors attend their home school half of the day to complete academic requirements for graduation, and spend the other half of the day on the job. Employers supervise and train the student and periodically evaluate the student’s performance.

Capstone With the instructor’s recommendation, students may be placed in jobs related to their field to extend the training they have received at the Career and Technical Center.

Diversified Occupations This program is for seniors interested in on-the-job training in areas that are unavailable for study at CCCTC.  If a given career training area is not represented, or if the program is over-enrolled at the CTC, seniors may work with their sending school guidance counselor and the CCCTC Co-op Coordinator to arrange an on-the-job training experience in a local workplace.

Cooperative Education students should:

Students complete weekly-related instruction assignments covering job safety, career planning, employment acquisition, employment retention, communications, legal awareness, banking, credit, money management, taxes, and insurance.

Click on the link below to see a comprehensive list of Duties and Tasks and how they relate to the NOCTI (National Occupational Competency Testing Institute) and the National Skills Standard.

Each student is expected to complete these upon graduation.

Duty/Task List

Click on the link below to see a chart of the curriculum taught in the Cooperative Educations lab each year.

Instructional Sequence Chart

PA Skills Certificate

Mr. Larry Watkins

Mr. Watkins has been a Cooperative Education Coordinator for Crawford County Career and Technical Center since 1983. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Slippery Rock University, his Cooperative Education Certification from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master's Degree in Community Leadership and Development from Springfield College. Mr. Watkins has served on the Crawford County CTC Strategic Planning Committee.

Mr. Michael Bacon

Mr. Bacon has been a Cooperative Education Coordinator at Crawford County CTC for 15 years. He has been the Adult Education Supervisor for the last 7 years and is also, the GED Chief Examiner at Crawford County CTC for the 2006.

Mr. Bacon received his Bachelor's of Science in Secondary Education/Mathematics from The Edinboro University and has a Master's Equivalent in Secondary Education Mathematics. He has 12 years experience teaching Mathematics.

Upon graduation, the student is equipped with the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for productive employment. Many of the Co-op students continue to work for the same employer after graduation, which indicates that both the students and employers benefit from the training.