Section 51778 Of Article 7.4. Work Experience Education Program Reviews From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 7.4.
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. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish
a Work Experience Education Consortia Steering Committee comprised
of certificated representatives of consortia of school districts
established under this article. The steering committee, in
consultation with the superintendent, utilizing applicable program
standards and regulations regarding work experience education
programs shall develop all of the following materials:
(1) Program quality indicators.
(2) Training materials.
(3) Guide books.
(4) Program review reports.
(b) The Work Experience Education Consortia Steering Committee
shall contract with appropriate personnel to conduct in-service
training programs for work experience education teachers and
coordinators who will be conducting schoolsite reviews of work
experience education programs. The training shall include, but is not
necessarily limited to, all of the following:
(1) A program quality review instrument.
(2) The compliance review instrument developed by the department.
(3) Reporting and review materials.
(4) Program review methodologies.
(5) The preparation of summary reports.
Only persons who have been certified by the steering committee as
having completed the training program shall be eligible to conduct
work experience education program quality reviews.
(c) Utilizing the compliance review instrument described in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), the advisory committee shall
recommend a followup review for schools that have not met a
prescribed number of the work experience education compliance
criteria. The followup review required by this subdivision shall be
conducted within one year of the initial review.