Work Study

The Work-Study Program
The Work Study Program places students at corporate job sites one day a week through the school year. Corporate sponsors take on between 1 to 5 student-workers for a fee of $2800 per year, per student. The students gain work experience and earn money that reduces their school costs; the corporations receive entry-level clerical workers at a competitive price.

Student Job Sharing

  • Ideally, students work in job sharing teams to cover Monday through Thursday of a standard business week.
  • Students work standard daily business hours
    (approximately 9:00am to 5:00 pm).
  • Academic schedules are structured so that students
    are available to work without missing school work.
  • Each student works four or five full days per month.
  • Each team is composed of four or five students.

Student Outsourcing

  • Sponsoring companies contract with the Work-Study Program to fill full-time, entry level jobs in their offices.
  • Students are employees of the Work-Study Program,
    not the sponsoring companies.
  • The Work-Study Program handles all payroll, W-4, I-9, Workers' Compensation, FICA and other employer issues
    for the students.
  • The program runs annually from Labor Day through
    Memorial Day.
  

Student Education

  • Students assign their earnings to Cornerstone Academy
    to pay for part of their education.
  • Students receive a quality education in a private school they could not before afford, and they gain valuable job experience.

 

Benefits for Students

Students work one day a week for corporate sponsors, typically doing entry-level clerical work. Students gain the following from their work:
  • Job skills
  • Mentors in the workplace
  • Income to apply towards their school costs

Benefits for Corporate Sponsors

  • Cornerstone Academy Work-Study Program is the employer of all its students, and is responsible for all taxes, workers’ compensation, and compliancy issues
  • Cornerstone Academy coaches the student on a weekly basis
  • Competitive pricing when compared to full-time employees
  • Stabilization of high turn-over positions and reduce burn out
  • Guaranteed satisfaction: Cornerstone Academy Work-Study Program will replace the student worker if the corporate sponsor is dissatisfied
  • Enhancement of company’s diversity and support of urban education


Become a Corporate Sponsor

Becoming a corporate sponsor of Cornerstone's Academy Work-Study Program is smart education, smart community support, and smart business.

For more information, please see Get Involved.