2007 USAFE Job Shadow Day Published Jan. 3, 2007 By Jennifer Dailey-Perkins USAFE School Liaison Office RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Department of Defense Dependents Schools - Europe students and home schooled students will have the opportunity to see the world of work close up as they visit their mentors in the workplace. Military members and their civilian counterparts across USAFE are getting ready for 5,000 students to enter the work force and participate in this year's Job Shadow Day taking place in conjunction with the National Groundhog Job Shadow Day sponsored by the Department of Education and Department of Labor. USAFE personnel will mentor students and show them the routine and rigor of a regular workday. Students will experience first hand how core classes such as reading and mathematics are fundamental in being successful in the workplace. Job shadowing is a win-win situation for all involved. Students learn first-hand what it takes to make it in "the real world" from the people who know best - our military and civilian professionals. Mentors receive a sense of personal satisfaction that comes from impacting a young person. Teachers use this experience to motivate students to learn by demonstrating how the most basic classroom curriculum is utilized in the workplace. According to the 2002 study by the Western Institute for Research and Evaluation, students show a high level of interest and enjoyment for Job Shadow Day. Seventy-two percent of students were highly engaged during Job Shadow Day activities, paying close attention to their mentors and what was being discussed or demonstrated. Ninety percent of mentors believed that their students recognized the relationship between what they were experiencing in the workplace and what they were learning in school. For more information on National Groundhog Job Shadow Day visit www.jobshadow.org. To participate in 2007 USAFE Job Shadow Day program, contact your installation School Liaison Office.