June 24th Webinar: Work-Based Learning and Fair Labor Standards Act

NSTTAC, in partnership with other organizations focused on employment of youth and young adults with disabilities, has launched a newly reorganized Youth to Work Coalition (YTWC) website, accessible through NSTTAC’s website: http://www.nsttac.org/ytw/home

.  The purpose of this website is to provide resources that link employers and schools to create work-based learning experiences (WBLE) for students with disabilities.  The resources are organized across eight WBLE categories: (1) career exploration, (2) job shadowing, (3) job sampling, (4) service learning, (5) internships, (6) apprenticeships, (7) paid employment, and (8) mentoring.  Within each WBLE category, resources are organized for the following audiences: (1) schools, (2) businesses, (3) youth service professionals, (4) families, and (5) youth with disabilities.

In addition to these resources, there will be a a webinars as follows:

• Tuesday June 24th, 2014 – 2:00 P.M. EST: Work-Based Learning and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): An in-depth training on the federal guidelines that must be used to establish the understandings between employer, school, family and student. (Judy Imperatore, Consultant)

• The webinars will be hosted at http://tadnet.adobeconnect.com/nsttac
• Login: Choose the “enter as guest” option and type your name
• Dial in: Conference number: 1-800-201-2375
• Enter: Participant Code: 611914 

If you have questions regarding these webinars, please contact jjcease@uncc.edu.

By Gregory in Community Meetings, Community Workshops on June 9, 2014