ANDERSON, S.C. (WSPA) – Anderson Institute of Technology students with different abilities have started the new Workplace Learning Internship Program.
Every Tuesday, five special education students from Crescent High School work at The Parliament Cafe.
“This is an opportunity for our kids to come here, do some work based learning experiences to help them transition into post-secondary life. That is the goal of high school is for all students to transition to what’s next for them,” said Leigh Burton, Assistant Superintendent of Anderson School District 3. “That could look different for all kinds of students, but for these students, it’s probably going to work.”
District leaders said the group is not planning to go on to post-secondary education. The internship teaches pupils work-based skills that will help the transition into the workforce.
“They run the cash register, they do a point of sale system, run cards, restock inventory, and lots of real world skills,” said Haley Stollar a transition specialist at the Anderson Institute of Technology.