School-to-Work Transition
School-to-Work
The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education operates the CareerTech Skills Center. This school system provides technical training to individuals who are under the supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and Office of Juvenile Affairs.
The CareerTech Skills Center has adopted School-to-Work as its operational philosophy and is the lead organization in implementing this transition system in a corrections environment. School-to-Work provides the framework for delivery of services that help ensure the student's successful transition from inmate to employee. School-to-Work is not a program. It is an education system with many interconnected components that help prepare workers in a systematic manner.
Through the various School-to-Work partnerships, the CareerTech Skills Centers build program plans, called Individual Service Strategies (ISS). The ISS prescribes services to be delivered to the student and is based on the student's individual aptitudes, interests, abilities, and indentified needs. The CareerTech Skills Centers' partners are involved in such things as delivering appropriate academic instruction; providing substance abuse treatment; assisting students with housing, transportation, and clothing; supervising the student's work-site learning experience; and assisting graduates with job placement.
School-to-Work for incarcerated individuals is a framework for success. A successful transition from school to work can mean a crime-free and prosperous life for graduates upon their release from incarceration.