Global Job Skills
Integrating:
Academic,
Special Ed, and
Vocational Education
Project SUCCESS seeks
to use team teaching and curriculum integration while addressing the theme
Job Skills for a Workplace.
Using John Dewey's
philosophy, we plan to make school life more active and more relevant
to out-of-school experiences.
According to the Mid-Atlantic
Guide to Career Information, ten of the most
wanted job skills for the 1990s include: analytical thinking, researching,
organizing, speaking, writing, human and interpersonal relations, quantitative
and scientific reasoning, ethics, an understanding of technology, and career
planning. While preparing lesson plans and activities for the semester,
we kept these ten skills in mind.
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The ten job skills we
are emphasizing have been included in: teamwork,
technology, and career
planning.
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The teachers involved
are from Lee Vocational-Technical School
and from Lee High School in Ben
Hur, Virginia. The teachers and their
program areas are: Teresa Burgan, Business; Linda Myers, Work and Family
Studies; Loudema Gilliam, Foreign Languages; Lisa Phipps, English; and
Rob Widener, Special Education.
With assistance from Dr.
Susan Asselin, Dr.
Pat Kelly, Dr. Steve Parson,
and the late Dr. Nevin Frantz from Virgnia
Tech, we have finished the planning stage of our project.
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On
September 15, 1997, we officially started our project with a ceremony at
Lee Heritage Village.
Listed below are the activities we have planned for the fall semester.
| Lesson |
Description |
| Introductions |
Explain project to students |
| Team Inventory |
Self-evaluation of team skills |
| Lost on the Moon |
Survival simulation in teams |
| Kick-Off |
Formally begin project |
| Empathy |
Role-playing various disabilities |
| Ropes |
Swinging on "vines," Inserting teammates through spiderweb... |
| Teamwork Self-Evaluation |
Post-self-evaluation of team skills |
| Technology Survey |
Determining initial level of expertise |
| Computer Usage |
Use Windows 95, disks, folders/directories, menus, |
| Word Processing |
Use WordPerfect 7 features |
| Internet |
Especially to locate career information & interest inventories |
| Research |
On the Internet and using CDs |
| Technology Self-Evaluation |
Post-self-evaluation |
| Careers Survey |
Assess beginning knowledge |
| Choices |
Use this career software |
| Application forms |
Guided completion |
| Resume development |
May use templates and wizards |
| Interview skills |
Proper ways to conduct self |
| Career Fair |
Students visit booths with their applications & resumes to participate
in interviews |
| Celebration |
Debriefing, reflection, and self-evaluation |
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For similar innovative and/or
interdisciplinary approaches to education, click:
- Special
Projects
- Collaborative
Lesson Archive
- and
AskERIC Lesson Plans
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Some
career and interest inventory websites we found helpful:
- PBS
- My Future
- Virginia View
- Career Magazine
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook
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For comments, e-mail tburgan@leectysch.com
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