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Henrico Workforce & Career Development

Cooperative Education

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Students will …

  • Work a minimum of 280 hours in a school year in a paid workplace experience while enrolled in an approved CTE course.
  • Earn one (1) credit toward graduation for successful completion of the experience.
  • Be guided by a formal, written training plan that defines specific academic and workplace skills to be mastered.
  • A smiling man in a suit shakes hands with someone at a professional networking event.
  • A teacher and a student work together on a machinery project in a brightly lit workshop.