This manual accompanies a four-part videocassette series. Each unit follows a Hispanic man in his quest for a job, focusing on four aspects of the job seeking process, including identifying a job opening, calling about it, the interview, and the first day at work. The series can be used with high beginning to intermediate students. The videotapes…

This instructor's manual complements the Job Seeker's Workbook, which is a practical, step-by-step course on job seeking and related skills. The manual contains a suggested lesson plan for a 30-hour course. The lesson plan is structured around goals and measurable outcomes for each section of the six-unit course. The goals and outcomes are…

This instructor's guide accompanies the student booklet/unit on job searches in the Employability Skills Series. (The booklet is available separately as CE 031 157.) 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 performance and…

This teacher's guide is designed for use in presenting a five-unit course in effective employment practices that is part of a life skills series intended to help students become more self-sufficient in their personal and professional lives. The course's five instructional units cover these topics: planning a career, searching and applying for a…

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…

This manual is designed to provide materials to improve the employment and academic skills of adults. Five chapters are included. Each chapter begins with problem-solving exercises that encourage students to reflect on the topic and recall their past experiences. These exercises provide a framework for the students to understand the readings that…

This updated and expanded edition of a 1-year course on how to get a job and hold it, aimed at students with learning disabilities and their teachers, includes five teaching units: (1) vocational academics (mathematics, letter writing, telephone techniques); (2) vocational resources (responding to classified advertisements in newspapers, Social…

This book provides high school teachers and counselors with activities to promote better work habits and attitudes with their students. The 12 chapters are based on the Employability Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP). The activities can be used to supplement the teaching of the Employability OCAP. They are not designed to be a…

This teacher's manual provides teachers with an overview of the various learning packages that comprise the four-volume series of student workbooks entitled "Getting Your Foot in the Door." Dozens of introductory or follow-up activities are also included in this manual, which is designed as a do-it-yourself staff development course. The manual is…

This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for animal management technician (AMT) is a competency list verified by expert workers that evolved from a job analysis. It identifies occupational, academic, and employability competencies needed to enter the occupation; lists and clusters them into broader units; and details the competency…

This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for nurse aide (NA) is a competency list verified by expert workers that evolved from a job analysis. It identifies occupational, academic, and employability competencies needed to enter the occupation; lists and clusters them into broader units; and details the competency builders needed to…

This competency-based secondary learning guide on applying consumer and homemaking skills to jobs and careers is part of a series that are adaptations of guides developed for adult consumer and homemaking education programs. The guides provide students with experiences that help them learn to do the following: make decisions; use creative…