2009 - 2010

PCCS Job Shadow Guidelines

1.   Three days of shadowing are reserved for each school until January 1^st.  After January 1^st, job shadowing days are approved on a first come, first served basis.

2.   A maximum of three days per person can be approved.

3. PCCS Job Shadow experiences must be related to Career and Technical Education (CTE) instruction.  A job shadowing experience related to extracurricular or other activities may pose a serious conflict of interest.

4. The deadline for PCCS Job Shadowing applications is February 20th.  Applicant names are submitted to ISBE for statewide Instructor Practicum Insurance (liability) coverage, typically by the last Friday in February.

5.   Design Team leaders should encourage teachers who have not job shadowed during the previous two years to apply first.

6.   Design Team leaders should try to balance the use of job shadowing days between academic and CTE staff.

7.   Design Team leaders should encourage CTE instructors to job shadow at least once every two or three years.

8.   PCCS Job Shadowing application forms, log forms, and report forms are on – line at uths.revealed.net.  Applications and log forms must be submitted by mail with original signatures.

9.   PCCS Job Shadowing days are approved as one, two, or three full days.  Half or partial days are not acceptable.  A full day is defined as regular business / work hours for employees, but, in no case less than five hours.