NOSR Process for Program Development. Youth Work Experience Application. Guide 9: Monitoring - Placement and Follow - Up

摘要

Monitoring, placement, and followup of participants in a youth work experience program for delinquent and predelinquent youth are explored in this report. The program was designed, implemented, and evaluated between 1974 and 1976 by the National Office for Social Responsibility and the city of Oakland, California. Under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act regulations, monitoring is defined as a series of activities designed to check for and maintain compliance with a contract as required by the Department of Labor and by the local prime sponsor. It is important to establish a comfortable climate at work stations so that monitoring is a positive and supportive activity. Valid job descriptions are necessary to insure a reasonable basis for monitoring work experience. Guidelines for monitoring work sites are presented, and the monitoring of classroom or educational components is discussed. Techniques involved in monitoring the progress of program participants are programmatic, administrative, and clerical in nature. Preparation to implement placement and followup activities must begin early in the program. Such activities include pre - employment training, special events, and job development. In addition to unsubsidized employment, a work experience program for youth should emphasize positive outcomes such as advanced skill training, further education, entrance into the military, and entrance into other training programs.