Our student workers are recognizable in the workplace, as well as downtown.
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SUPERVISOR NEWSLETTER
October 2019
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And just like that, it’s Fall. Time flies! This month’s newsletter will provide you with a summary of upcoming events, reminders on Cristo Rey policies and procedures, and suggestions for deepening your partnership with Cristo Rey.
CRJ Celebrates Homecoming
We celebrated homecoming at Cristo Rey September 23rd-27th with victories left and right! Join us in the stands cheering on students during our Fall Activities season:
Cristo Rey Activities Calendar. To purchase Cristo Rey swag,
click here.
Stay Connected
Connect with us! Social media is a great way to stay connected to goings-on at CRJ! Follow us on
Twitter,
Instagram,
Facebook and
LinkedIn to see what the community is up to.
Want to give your student a shout out and feature your company? Send a photo and a brief summary of how your student adds value to your work team. Send submissions to:
workerwednesday@cristoreytc.org. Entries are shared via social media every Wednesday. Share the impact of the CWSP program in Minnesota and beyond!
Featured Best Practice
A necessary component for students to retain knowledge, recall information and apply it in other learning capacities is CONTEXT. Students (and adults) who have a clear understanding of how their contributions influence their community, are positioned to feel connected and valued, leading them to take initiative more often. Providing context, or the “why” or “how” the task or project adds value to your organization, supports a trusting relationship. Trust is critical to any relationship, and fosters an environment for students to feel comfortable taking professional risks, initiative, receiving and applying feedback. Historically, initiative and self-direction are skills Cristo Rey students score the poorest on across the network. Try adding even more context to your interactions with students, and share what you learn!
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Our partner spotlight is
Patterson Companies
. The student team at Patterson Companies works in the Human Resources department in their Corporate Headquarters. Students support administrative tasks, train in transcription, and engage in shared inquiry. In addition to transcription work, students have started the year applying critical thinking skills to statistic projects. Students analyze data and look for outliers, generate reports, and provide meaningful insights into company data. Students at Patterson develop their digital literacy in Microsoft Excel and grow in their ability to communicate each day. Thanks, Patterson Companies!
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Taking Care of Business
To operate our programming, CWSP is required to comply with all Department of Labor requirements. Supervisors play a critical role in supporting our compliance by approving student timecards. Timecards serve as our record of student’s whereabouts during the school day, which is a required component to sustain our programming. Help us align to DOL standards by building timecard completion into you and your student’s check out procedure at the end of the day.
Your feedback on the students' work performance influences their professional growth, and the grade they receive in CWSP “class”. CWSP is reflected on student report cards, and their final Cristo Rey transcript.
Timely,
authentic and
specific feedback is the best way to support growth. Thank you for providing students with feedback, and your efforts to support our alignment with the DOL.
We are required to conduct two (2) site visits at every worksite that hosts a student who is 16 and under. Your Client Relations Manager will reach out soon to schedule a visit. Site visits take place in the Fall and Spring. As a member of the Cristo Rey community, it’s important to us that you feel connected and affirmed in your role. We look forward to meeting with all our partners to discuss our opportunities for growth.
A School that Works
We are “a school that works." Cristo Rey students must demonstrate proficiency in every academic standard in order to advance to the next grade level. Students partner with you to learn 21st Century work skills, providing them with career readiness tools and a competitive advantage in the pursuit of post secondary and career options. When students leave our community, most will be the first in their families to enroll and attend college. Therefore, it is our responsibility to teach and hold our students to real world expectations so that they persist through college, and realize their dreams.
We are proud that 70% of our students participate in extracurricular activities that enhance their high school experience, build leadership, and strengthen relationships with peers and adults. Our Activities Director schedules competitive events that align with our community's collective priority: to graduate students who are college and work prepared.
This means that on their workday, coaches do not expect students, and on game days, students may participate, as long as they met their CWSP requirement; to work a FULL and complete workday. Students who ask to leave work early, risk their eligibility for the season. Exceptions are made only if Cristo Rey is in a section or state tournament.
Our policy is not in place to punish, it is in place to teach. As partners in teaching our students, we are asking you to support school policy. If your student asks you to make an accommodation, please contact your Client Relations Manager, and we will help you navigate the next steps.
“No one rises to low expectations.” -Les Brown
Our school is grateful for your partnership!
Be well,
Kesiah Kolbow
Director, Corporate Work Study Program
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UPCOMING DATES
Unity in Diversity Day
On Friday, October 25th, the Cristo Rey community hosts Unity in Diversity Day. This day celebrates the diversity of our student body and promotes learning about people in and outside of our community. As goals of the day, we want to educate our students, as well as build understanding and empathy. Our full community participates in the event. If you, or someone you know would like to share their perspectives with our student body, please send a message to your Cristo Rey representative. There are multiple ways to communicate messages: directly share information, lead a small group discussion, or an active session, where students can dance, create visual or performance art, or another artistic expression.
Lunch & Learns
Throughout the school year, we host informational Lunch and Learns! If you are new to the Cristo Rey community, haven’t been to our campus, or would simply like to join a few students for lunch to build community, please
RSVP for our November luncheon by clicking here.
The event is *free.* Connect others with Cristo Rey by inviting your friends and colleagues to learn about our mission!
October Friday Workday Rotation
Friday, October 4th
Tuesday Workday
Friday, October 11th
Wednesday Workday
Friday, October 18th:
No Work (Conferences)
Friday, October 25th:
No Work (Unity in Diversity Day)
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