CF CAPS

The Cedar Falls Center for Advanced Professional Studies(CFCAPS) is a Cedar Falls Schools program that partners with Cedar Valley businesses to put high school students in a skilled career environment. Students are fully immersed in a professional environment at a host business for about two hours of their day with high school teachers and business mentors, earning high school and college credit. This is an opportunity to provide durable skills by focusing on real-world experiences outside of the classroom. The juniors and seniors will take on the title associate, exchanging homework and tests for assigned projects in which theyll solve problems and meet deadlines. Instructors work with the student-associate on what it means to be a professional, problem solving, interacting with clients, doing quality work, meeting deadlines and communicating effectively. The CAPS concept was created by the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kan., in 2008 and now enrolls hundreds of s...