This document provides teaching guidelines and student material for a unit intended for use in high school business, consumer, or career education programs. The objective is to teach students to analyze job application forms in terms of their life situations. A prerequisite is the possession of some business letter writing skills. The document is…

Designed to prepare students (grades 11 and 12) for employment entry through a cooperative work/study program, this course guide assists the teacher-coordinator by providing instructional objectives, suggested performance tasks, sample assessment measures, and activities for each unit of instruction. The instruction covers two broad areas:…

The revised guide, prepared to supplement the existing curriculum, suggests activities related to the three student goals: (1) to develop an awareness of who he/she is, and, through effective decision making, what he/she can become; (2) to become aware of the interrelationships of society with his/her school, community, family, work, and leisure;…

A French language curriculum that integrates career and self-exploration activities is presented. The unit is divided into nine mini-units for the teacher that include the following: career or careers to be role-played, student grouping, time allotment, materials needed, a day-to-day explanation of the student activities, and followup activities.…

The social skills development unit is designed to supplement career education programs; the program objective is that students will learn social skills in order to find and maintain employment. A sequence of 22 activities or projects exposes students to: resumes, want ads, employment applications, listening and speaking skills, interview conduct,…

This instructor's guide accompanies the student booklet/unit on applying for a job in the Employability Skills Series. (The student booklet is available separately as CE 031 159.) It first discusses the Employability Skills Series. A section on administering the unit details purpose of the unit and major concepts to be developed, lists student…

The career orientation phase attempts to link the elementary program of attitudes and awareness of work to the senior high program of individual exploration of selected careers. This six-week unit, part of the eighth grade social studies curriculum, is designed to familiarize the students with various occupations, to prepare them for high school…

This student booklet on applying for a job is one of six in the Employability Skills Series, a set of instructional materials designed to teach secondary students and adults the skills involved in getting and keeping a job. The competency-based material is oriented to young adults but written at approximately the fifth-grade reading level. (An…

This competency booklet for individualized competency-based instruction is the third of five in the Job Search Skills package. (Instructor program and guides are available separately as CE 031 965 and 966, the other booklets as CE 031 967-971.) It contains four operational units related to the job search competency of applying for jobs. (The…

This competency booklet for individualized competency-based instruction is the fourth of five in the Job Search Skills package. (Instructor program and guides are available separately as CE 031 965 and 966, the other booklets as CE 031 967-971.) It contains 13 operational units related to the job search competency of interviewing for the job. (The…

Intended for use at the junior high school level, the three units are oriented toward career awareness, personal development, and career information. The 18 lessons in the first unit, Survey of Occupations, examine self-understanding and analysis, occupational choices, changing roles, employment patterns and opportunities, personal money…

The 17 seventh grade social studies activities, designed for career education, focus on: personal development; self-analysis; awareness of occupational choices; career development over a lifetime; knowledge of useful skills for appropriate careers, future job opportunities; occupational clusters; the interrelationship between work, leisure, and…

This competency-based instructional guide on the economic and societal factors involved in finding and holding a job was developed for Occupational Orientation programs in Texas with the aim of giving students the practical information and understanding they need to participate successfully in the world of work. It includes nine instructional…

This competency booklet for individualized competency-based instruction is the first of five in the Job Search Skills package. (Instructor program and guides are available separately as CE 031 965 and 966, the other booklets as CE 031 968-971.) It contains 15 operational units related to the job search competency of preparing for the job search.…

This course of instruction contains materials designed to provide the trainee in an adult manpower training program with job-seeking and job-survival skills. Contents include a listing of course objectives and competencies by instructional units, a pre- and post-course test, and lesson plans for the two-section course. The ten units of the…