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Work Conversation: Beginning ESL Lesson
Useful for a lesson about conversational English or vocational skills, this presentation features a short conversation between an employee and his boss. Pupils can practice their English greetings and occupational vocabulary. Pictures of...
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Skill Building for Educational and Vocational Advancement
Over ten weeks, 8th graders refine their visions of future careers, develop skills needed to write resumes and business letters, and learn to make a strong impression at interviews. Three specific activities are included, but mostly the...
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Employment Soft Skills: EL Civics
Help your English learners with their conversational and occupational skills in this presentation. A phone conversation between an employee (Sandy) and her boss (Mr. Williams) demonstrates English conversation procedures, as well as...
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What Skills Do I Need?
Get your class started down the path to a great career! The first of a six-part series of career and college lessons inspires learners to use their interests to explore career options. The activity also provides resources where...
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Dressing a Poinsettia
Imagine you work in a flower shop and need to get a poinsettia arrangement ready for a customer. Then, don't just imagine it; do it! Here are the steps and materials needed to make a fabulous dressed poinsettia. A vocational skill that...
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Completing a Chore List
Children with autism can benefit from a regular schedule; Why not have them complete a chore as part of their daily routine? Provided here are the necessary steps to assisting autistic learners complete one, two, and then three daily...
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Rx for Tired Classrooms: Vocational Ed to the Rescue
Secondary carpenters apply their skills to improve display spaces in classrooms at their campus. Includes a contract between workers and teachers who sign on for improvements in the their rooms. Concurrent exploration of building and...
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Benefits of Learning Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting
Before you can weld or cut metal, you need to know the basics. Provided are a list of welding terms, the tools needed, safety precautions, and the benefits of oxy-acetylene welding. Future metal workers will learn about types of flames,...
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Cleaning Appliances and Doing Laundry
In an independent living situation or a simulation classroom, special needs individuals practice cleaning household appliances. They clean an oven, refrigerator, and wash a load of laundry with minimal verbal and gestural cues. The...
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Learning the Skills to Pay the Bills
Is CTE the right choice for me? Introduce the class to career and technical education through an exploratory lesson plan, fourth in a series of six career readiness activities. After an introductory video, scholars determine possible...
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Leadership
Do your learners have what it takes to be good team leaders? Introduce them to the all-important mangagement skill of leadership. Discussed are the styles and etiquette, as well as the pros and cons of being in a leadership possition.
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Guide to Interviewing
Provide future managers with the skills they need to conduct a succesful interview with a potential employee. Establishing an interview schedule, preparing interview questions, tips for conducting an interview, and do's and don'ts are...
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The World of Work: The Portfolio
Young scholars compile information to include in their career portfolio. In this portfolio lesson, students view example portfolios using the given website and identify the portfolio components. Young scholars gather and compile...
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Using Simultaneous Prompting to Teach Opening a Locker
Make opening a locker with a key an easy task for your special needs upper grader. Here you'll find a prompting hierarchy and 15 steps to guide your learner through the process. You'll verbally prompt while physically modeling the locker...
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Student Handout - Words I Can Use
Sometimes people with special needs find it hard to be understood. And, sometimes people with special need find it hard to understand others. Prepare your class for life in the workplace by discussing what they can say and do when there...
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The World of Work
Students identify between appropriate and inappropriate behaviors at work. In this work behaviors lesson, students use a dictionary to define the related terms and visit various links to complete activities that define work place...
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Let's Talk About Work
Learners investigate the concepts related to career choice and oral presentations. They research career options and then collect data that is shared with classmates and then discussion is used to make choices of likely occupations.
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The Dream Career
Students engage the study of career paths while conducting research using a variety of resources. They use the information in order to focus upon a specific career path. Then the research is focused upon that one path. Students set goals...
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Lessons for Young Children with Autism
Here are a variety of lessons geared for young children with Autism. There are 12 short activities intended to build attention, imitation, communication, independent living, social, motor, and literacy skills. Each skill is geared toward...
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Skills for Success
Learners recognize personal skills needed for success in the workplace. In this work skills lesson, students discuss the skills needed in any employment field. Learners write a sentence about their own skills relating to the listed job...
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Writing a Resume
Learners select an occupation to pursue and write a resume to get the job. In this resume writing lesson, students brainstorm about their skills for their ideal job. Learners research the occupation and then write a resume for the job.
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Design Your Perfect Career
Students incorporate the design process to create their own perfect job or career. In this career design instructional activity, students develop questions to research for a future career choice. Students brainstorm about their personal...
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Exploring Military Career Options
A whole world of career options await in the armed forces! Lesson three in a six-part career and college readiness series introduces eighth grade scholars to military careers. Individuals research the entry requirements for the armed...
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On the Job
Four lessons spotlight a variety of professions while boosting listening and observational skills and making inferences. Lesson one challenges pupils to group cards based on a commonality then justify the relationship they see....