• MILITARY TO WORK-CAREER

• "NEEDY-CITIZEN" TO WORK-CAREER

• "HOMELESS" TO HOME - "HOMELESS" TO WORK-CAREER

• PRISON TO WORK-CAREER
 

• In carrying out its primary trade member support mission and its alliance partnership with the OCS Charter School for School-To-Work, Business Ownership transition, the Allied Trades & Building Construction Conservation Crafts Association proposes the following activities to be supported jointly by member contributions and grant moneys from various government and private sources.

Here is a list of the trades that we plan to offer under our Public Independent Apprenticeship Education Program as our initial program offering.

Allied Trades & Building Construction Conservation Crafts Association (AT & BCCCA) PROGRAM  ACTIVITIES

Program activity functions:

Independent Apprenticeship Program

 The School-to-Career Pre-Apprenticeship Action Program is a compensatory action Institutional Guardian Program for disadvantaged School-to-Career applicants. The categories of School-to-Career Pre-Apprenticeship Action Program Applicants are: (1)  School-to-Career Over Age High School Students (i.e. students over 18 years old, young adults and mature adults), admission is based on meeting construction technology associate degree requirements; (2)  School-to-Career Pre-Apprenticeship, 16 to 18 years of Age, admission is based on meeting construction technology associate degree requirements, and High School Grade Point Average, plus demonstrating mastery of required program pre-admission skill sets.  Assistance is provided to applicant in order to develop required pre-admission skill sets; (3) School-to-Career Youth Career Exploration Pre-Pre-Apprenticeship, for students 14 to 16 years of Age, admission is based on meeting School Grade Point Average plus and demonstrating mastery of required program pre-pre-admission skill sets.

Mainstream of Age Apprenticeship Applicants - are applicants who meet base requirements for apprenticeship High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED), are over age of 18, have a Drivers License, have two letters of reference, pass the trade Aptitude Exam, and successfully complete the Interview Process with Apprenticeship Counsel Joint Committee.

The Allied Trades & Building Construction Conservation Crafts Association also features intermediate certifications of work processes for apprentice (i.e. specific certificate of competency in a craft area). Some examples are per the ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) International Sites Committee on Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architecture Heritage (ISCARSAH) Guidelines, certificates of competency in application of a craft to historic building conservation or certification in Local Area Network (LAN) Wiring!

The Allied Trades & Building Construction Conservation Crafts Association is following performance mastery criteria to determine apprentice program level status where appropriate.  This strategy is unique to the Distance Learning Instructional Services Delivery Protocols of the OCS Charter School and utilizes the counting of clock hours of instruction completed by students using authenticated computer based training (CBT) modules.  This flexibility allows our students to receive instruction over the Internet at the times that are available to them due to constraints of their life circumstances, such as on the job training schedules. The integration of assessment with instruction program features CBT skill acquisition verification through faculty monitored learning sessions.  The OCS Charter School: Campus Of Distance Learners Sites substitute manual and computer documented mastery of course subject matter in student Individualized Education Plans (IEP's) with measured clock hours on subject matter tasks as a substitute for DAILY ATTENDANCE in courses to determine meeting course credit completion acceptance criteria and subject matter performance mastery required for certification of the completion of a particular phase of a trade apprenticeship skill task item.  This instruction strategy is particularly applicable to the Computer Industry Network Engineering Apprentice program where industry has already replaced clock hours demonstration of performance mastery as the primary criteria for trade master status.

COMPENSATORY SUPPORT SERVICES

We will provide one or more of the following services to Apprentice and their families from disadvantaged circumstances provided funding is available:

Educational Support/Advocacy
Nutrition Support Counseling  - Substance Abuse Prevention Education Drug Counseling
Diagnostic Testing
Spouse Abuse Counseling
Parenting Skills Development/Parent Support
Individual/Group/Family Therapy
Self-esteem Building (e.g. Positive Image Education - Apprenticeship Mentoring)
Educational/Vocational Assessment
Tutorial Services
Job Skills Development (e.g. Computer Literacy Training)/Job Placement
Other Human Development Support Services.

FOUNDING AND SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS

The founding and sponsoring organizations for the Allied Trades & Building Construction Conservation Crafts Association are as follows:
*  Amalgamated Plumbers Association of Philadelphia (Founding Organization)
*  Data Spectrum, Incorporated. (Founding Organization)
*  Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter - Associated Builders and Contractors (Sponsor Organization)
*  American Institute of Architects (Approval as a Sponsor Organization Pending).

CONTACT IS AS FOLLOWS: