Career Exploration

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Learn Real Skills by Using Real Job Tools.

Learners will explore, practice and learn real job skills with real job tools to be Job Ready. Meeting all students where they are. Differentiated instruction for beginning, immediate and advanced learners.

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Average Increase in Greenhouse Test Scores – Jefferson County, AL

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What’s in a Kit?

Instructor’s Notes: Assist with easy planning
Real Tools and Materials: Provide meaningful, relevant activities
Student Instructions: Fun, engaging step-by-step activities to provide job-ready skills
Special Education PowerPoints: Introduce key concepts with audio to support entry into the general curriculum
Assessments: To assist with progress monitoring
Knowledge-Based “Pre-Post Tests”: Performance-Based “Work Performance Benchmarks”
Student Activity Worksheets: Further support academics
Electronic Files: Word, PDF, Powerpoints: For Technology Compatibility
Teacher-Friendly
Customizable Instructions: Allow teachers to make changes
Delivery Method: Supports self-paced, small or large groups
Parent Involvement Brochure: Partner with parents in students’ success
Certificates of Completion: Document skills for employers

Different Levels for Different Learners

Begining

Students working significantly below grade level.
Students generally capable of participating in life activities with assistance.
ID (Intellectual Disabilities) — Mild, Moderate
Low Functioning ASD
Low Functioning EBD (Emotional & Behavioral Disorder)
Low Functioning LD (Learning Disabilities)
Ideal for:
- Students who can follow simple one or two step instructions
- Students that can perform basic academic skill tasks
- Students learning to live and work in a supported setting
10 – 20 day Scope & Sequence
Knowledge-Based: Pre-Post Test
Performance-Based: Work Performance Benchmarks
Completion Certificate for each kit completed
Two Reading Levels: 3-5 Grade, 2-4 Grade, Audio for Low and Non Readers
Ideal for a teacher-led approach whereby students watch the teacher perform the activities and then perform them with assistance and support. Use hands-on tools with curriculum in print, on computer, projector, Smart Board, iPad or combination.

Intermediate

Students working slightly below or near grade level.
Students learning to live and work independently with short-term support.
EBD, LD, ID-Mild, Mid to Higher functioning ASD
Ideal for:
- Students who can follow multi-step instructions
- Students who can perform slightly higher levels of academic skill tasks
- Students At Risk
- Juvenile Justice
10 – 20 day Scope & Sequence
Knowledge-Based: Pre/Post Test
Performance-Based: Work Performance Benchmarks
Completion Certificate for each kit completed
Two Reading Levels: 5-6 Grade, 2-4 Grade, Audio for Low and Non Reader
Ideal for an independent or peer group situation where students are learning to work on their own with less teacher supervision
Use hands on tools with curriculum in print, on computer, projector, Smart Board, iPad, or combination

Advanced

Students working at grade level.
Students learning to live and work independently who may pursue post-high school education and training.
High Functioning ASD, EBD, LD
Ideal for:
- Students that can follow more detailed, multi-step instructions
- Students that can perform higher levels of academic skill tasks
- Supplement to any career and tech-ed curriculum
- Students At Risk
- Juvenile Justice
10 – 20 day Scope & Sequence
Knowledge-Based: Pre-Post Test
Performance-Based: Work Performance Benchmarks
Completion Certificate for each kit completed
Two Reading Levels: 6-8 Grade, 2-4 Grade, Audio for Low and Non Reader
Ideal for an independent or peer group situation where students are learning to work on their own with less teacher supervision
Use hands-on tools with curriculum in print, on computer, projector, Smart Board, iPad, or combination

We need to get students out of their seats and connect them to life skills. In my class, they know they have a job task with Project Discovery that relates to the real world and they go do it.

This curriculum allowed me to teach something that I have never done before. I think I would have missed some of the terms and concepts if this material had not been written so completely. It also suggested activities but allowed me to do them in a way that benefited ALL of my students.