be supervised by a person holding a Vocational Technical Cooperative Education Coordinator license or Vocational Technical Teacher license in the cooperative education program area;
enroll only those students who are enrolled in an approved vocational technical education program and who have demonstrated the acquisition of the knowledge and skills in the applicable Vocational Technical Education Framework and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks associated with at least one and one half years of full time study in the vocational technical cooperative education program area, and in no case enroll students earlier than midway through the junior year;
be offered only during time not scheduled for academic classes during the school year, and may include summer programs;
provide students the opportunity to acquire knowledge, and develop skills not acquirable in a school-based setting but acquirable in a work-based setting;
provide competency-based assessments;
provide students with continuous supervision by the employer;
provide students with vocational technical credit;
provide a written agreement between the school, employer, student and parent/guardian delineating the conditions of the employment including, but not limited to, hours, wages and time-off. The agreement shall include the skills to be acquired by the student. The employer shall agree to meet all applicable requirements of state and federal labor laws and regulations including, but not limited to, those addressing worker compensation insurance, equal employment opportunity and occupational safety and health;
provide a safety and health orientation specific to the site for all employee-students; and
provide sufficient supervisory visit time between the student, employer and the school's cooperative education coordinator or appropriate vocational technical teacher. Supervision shall be coordinated to allow for the joint participation by all parties including the vocational technical teacher. The school's cooperative education coordinator or vocational technical teacher shall conduct regular supervisory activities at the work site to see that the agreement is being followed and to update the student's competency attainment file.