Legal and Safety Issues of Work Based Learning Programs

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Central VT Chamber of Commerce 33 Stewart Rd Berlin, VT 05641 United States

TBD

Graduate

1/11/2020-5/2/2020

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$1,590.00

This course provides a thorough examination of the legal and safety issues that affect work-based and community-based learning programs and experiences. Participants will develop a comprehensive understanding of federal and Vermont labor and safety requirements and be able to provide effective systems that ensure safe and legal student experiences.

This course takes a deeper dive into legal and safety issues introduced in the survey course Work-Based Learning: Providing Effective Opportunities for Students, Schools and Businesses*. It will provide a comprehensive exploration of topics including labor law, education law, civil rights law, and insurance and will consider how to effectively educate students about their own rights, safety, behaviors, and responsibilities in the workplace. The format will be a combination of in-person and online sessions.

  • The three graduate credits for this course come from Castleton State University.
Durkee, Ruth

Ruth Durkee the owner of Durkee-Reymore Consulting, LLC, where she spends her days working on issues of equity, diversity, and civil rights in education at the local, state, and national level. For fifteen years, she was a technical center administrator in Vermont; before that, she served as the Civil Rights Coordinator for the Vermont Department of Education. Ruth has taught at the college and graduate level since 2010. An attorney by training and an educator at heart, Ruth’s goal in all of her courses is to help educators understand how the law applies to the work that they do in order to inform and enhance their professional practice. Ruth received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, her B.A. from the College of Wooster, and certification as a mediator through Woodbury College. She is licensed as a Career and Technical Center Director and Assistant Director for Adult Education in Vermont.