As an educator you play an important role in teaching the skills necessary for your students to succeed in the working world. In many cases, the information you provide them about workplace health and safety and what their rights and responsibilities as an employee are will be the only training many will ever receive.

You are an important link between your students and their employers. As a teacher you are more familiar than most adults with issues that teens face in the workplace. In particular you understand the impacts working can have on a students' performance in school.

By integrating health and safety training into your existing program you are providing your students with skills they can use throughout their working life. To help you teach these concepts to your students, a variety of tools have been developed for Washington state teachers and are readily available to you.

This web site will provide you with some basic information on health and safety and child labor laws as they apply to teens in Washington state. It also contains links to curriculum resources that will help you teach this information to your students. If you cannot locate the information you are looking for please send us an e-mail and we will be happy to help you.