ORLEANS—A new documentary spotlighting three different approaches to work-based learning in Indiana examines how an Orange County school is providing students with work skills and job experience
Bulldog Manufacturing, a school-based enterprise that is part of the Collaboration of Shoals, Mitchell, and Orleans Schools (COSMOS), is one of three Indiana schools featured in a 30-minute public television program.
The documentary “From Classroom to Career: Work-Based Learning for Indiana’s Students” highlights the benefits of work-based learning for students and employers.
The segment filmed at Orleans High School featured its student-led business and partnership with JSI Furniture. About 15 students are part of the Orleans school-based enterprise with JSI.
Developed by the Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest and produced with Ball State PBS, the film also spotlights an engineering internship at Perry Central Community Schools, offered in partnership with Thermwood Corporation, and an accounting apprenticeship at Indianapolis Public Schools, provided through EmployIndy’s Modern Apprenticeship Program.
When it comes to work-based learning, rural schools typically lack the opportunities that schools in big urban cities with large companies would have. That’s why COSMOS formed, and Apryl Kidd, COSMOS director, said the partnership has broadened opportunities for students in Mitchell, Shoals, and Orleans.
Information: Carol Johnson, Southern Indiana Business Report.
