Learning Support Students Get Business Experience

October 4, 2011 by

The students in Jennifer Martin’s Learning Support Class are getting some first-hand business experience.

The school store is open on Tuesday and Thursdays.

 
A school-to-work program is assisting the students with exploring employment options.  They have toured businesses, taken part in job shadowing, and had on the job training.

 The students in the class are also operating the York Suburban High School Store this year.

 Funded through grants from the York County Alliance for Learning (YCAL) and the York Suburban Education Foundation (YSEF), the store is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during cafeteria times.  The store (which is a mobile cart), sell school supply items and other items, such as physical education uniforms.  Any profit from the school store goes back to the YSEF, Jennifer explained.

 The class has also started a button business, creating pin-on buttons for pep rallies or to show school spirit.

 

A button business is a new business venture.

 Jennifer notes life skills training is part of the learning process so the students can live as independently as possible after they complete their schooling.  The class also provides a link for the students to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to assist them in their job hunt.

 

Jennifer Martin has been teaching at York Suburban High School for three years.

Filed Under: Issue Left, October 2011