Work-Based Learning Options

Credit (with pay)

Youth Apprenticeship, offered through the Department of Workforce Development, is a one or two year program for high school juniors and seniors combining academic and technical classroom instruction with a paid work experience. Students are partnered with a workplace mentor and are required to complete industry-established competencies. Students earn a state acknowledged certificate and may be able to receive technical college credit.

Career Path Options

• Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
• Architecture & Construction
• Arts, Audio Visual Technology & Communications
• Business Administration
• Education
• Finance
• Health Sciences
• Hospitality & Tourism
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing
• Marketing
• Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)
• Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics

*Students must be paid at least minimum wage and work a minimum of 450 hours in a calendar year (summer hours count toward the total).

Stop in to room 120 to learn more and to grab an application today! Your skills are in high demand!

State Certified Coop/Traditional Coop

Credit (with pay)

In this program, senior students have classroom and work-site experience. Work sites relate to the student’s career interest, capabilities, and work environment preference. Employers are cooperating partners in providing students with hands-on work experience. The focus is basic entry-level in experience in numerous career paths. Students can earn a Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Skills Certificate.

ACCT Certification

Credit (without pay)

ACCT Certification – Assistant Child Care Teacher (Contact Mrs. Stacy Peterson)

Prerequisite - Parenting and Family

Required – Careers with Kids

Credit (with pay)

School-supervised learning experience that helps students explore a career interest and provides a state credential of student mastery of employability skills. This credential is typically earned through our Internship courses. Please see Mr. Hoffman for more information.

Non-credit (without pay)

This is a “short-term” experience available for any student. It is an attempt to have students gain broad exposure to varied careers. A preferred result would be to have students begin to make curricular choices toward a student-designated career based upon numerous shadowing experiences.

Please see Mr. Hoffman or your school counselor to set up a Job Shadow.

Credit (without pay)

This program is a work based learning opportunity for students with disabilities. The program provides students with training, as well as, vocational exploration in the community. Goals include skill development, skill assessment, building social skills and identification of career interests. Students volunteer their time while in school so that they can learn to earn money at job sites after graduation. Trainees are supervised by a job coach four or five days a week and job sites change each quarter. Please see any Special Education teacher for more information.

Credit (without pay)

The Employment with Promise class is designed for Juniors and Seniors that have little to no previous work experience. Only special education students are enrolled. The students receive .5 credit for semester one and up to 1.0 credit for semester two because we are out for two periods per day. Eligibility is based on students’ lack of job readiness and experience. Please see Mrs. Vesper for more information.

Credit (with pay)

This program is a work based learning opportunity for students at risk of not graduating.

Students earn credit while learning appropriate work site behavior and workforce readiness skills.

In addition to being released from school to work, students also meet regularly with their school counselor as a group. Please see your school counselor for more information.

Credit (with pay) DECA Depot: Students are responsible for ordering, stocking, paying the bills, making the deposits, scheduling, promoting and so much more with The DECA Depot. Everything a small business owner must do to make a profit, so do our students!

Everest Expressions: Everest Expressions is our custom apparel business where students work with clients to design, choose apparel and press images. Students must promote their business, create invoices, provide clients with a quote, keep records, make deposits and meet deadlines.

For more information on either of the School Based Enterprises, please see Mr. Dahlgren.

Credit (with pay)

D.C. Everest Alternative High School, in partnership with the community, is committed to providing students who are in danger of not graduating an opportunity to learn and become productive citizens in an environment, which will recognize individual skills, improve self esteem,

and promote life-long learning. Each student is required to earn 500 hours of work experience. Please see Michelle Bahr or your school counselor for more information.

Non-credit (without pay)

Students at any age are encouraged to give back to their community through volunteer experiences. Strengthen our community while building your skills, adding to your resume, and increasing your chances of earning scholarships.

Credit (with or without pay)

One of the best ways to explore your future career path is to actually do the work! Career Capstone will allow you to participate in a work-based learning opportunity that best fits your chosen career pathway while also receiving daily support in the classroom portion of the class. Students can participate through internships, apprenticeships, practicum or volunteering experiences. Students will have the ability to earn a certification such as: Employability Skills, Youth Leadership, DPI Skills Coop, or Youth Apprenticeship.