High School Credit for Caring Careers
High school students in grades 11 and 12 can earn elective credits if employed by long-term care providers, assisted living, or other health care providers.
Students
What’s considered a caring profession?
A caring profession includes working in a nursing home, assisted living facility, home and community-based services, hospitals, health system clinics, and childcare centers.
Who’s eligible?
11 & 12th grade students.
What is it?
Students may earn one elective credit for every 350 hours worked, including hours worked in the summer months, up to two credits per academic year, at the discretion of the school district.
How does it work?
A student who is employed by an eligible employer must submit an application in the required form in order to receive elective credit.
The school district/charter school must verify the hours worked before awarding elective credit.
Employers
Connect:
With your local school and/or school district and ask them if they’re taking advantage of this opportunity on behalf of their students.
MN department of Education school district directory: education.mn.gov/MDE/about/SchOrg/
Tell them:
About the kinds of jobs you have available in your organization and the types of things students will learn on-the-job, including
- empathy
- customer service
- meal preparation
- relationship building
- conflict resolution
- differences in cognitive and physical abilities
Talk about this opportunity:
With young people and what it means to work with the people you serve. This is a recruitment conversation started to promote careers in our sector–no matter a student’s career path!