Developed to supplement the child-care worker modules published in 1977, this handbook contains ten additional individualized student modules. The topics included are as follow: (1) finding a job; (2) keeping a job; (3) physical development from birth to year one; (4) physical and motor development; (5) social development; (6) intellectual…

Twelve lesson plans on getting a job are presented in this performance-based curriculum unit for distributive education. This unit is self-contained and consists of the following components: introduction (provides overview of unit content and describes why mastery of the objectives is important); performance objectives; pre-assessment instrument…

Intended for use in one- or two-year vocational programs, this publication provides materials for integrating the Vocational Industrial Clubs of American (VICA) program of work into class and shop experiences. The publication is divided into two sections and six instructional units are included. Each unit of instruction consists of eight basic…

This instructor's guide and student activity packet (together with a slide/tape presentation not available here) comprise a module for the postsecondary office occupations education competency area of seeking employment. Modules for other competency areas are available separately. The purpose stated for the module is to help students become…

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 guide outlines a curriculum that was designed to help students develop competencies identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) as being necessary to succeed in marketing. Included in the guide are 19 assignments organized into 7 sections as follows: good health and good looks (staying healthy; staying clean…

This workbook contains seven units designed to help secondary-level vocational education students develop the employability skills necessary to find, keep, and advance in a job. Addressed in the individual units of the workbook are the following topics: assessing individual values, abilities, and interests; finding a job; developing basic…

This student booklet on job searches 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 learning module is one of a series that teaches the competencies of "Job Search Skills," part of the "Work Skills" package--a set of competency-based instructional materials written for low-level readers that prepares students with specific job search and job keeping skills. ("Work Skills" is part of the "Connections" package, which…

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 unit, one in a series of packets of teacher and student materials for cooperative occupational education (COE) designed for special needs students, is intended to introduce students to various methods of finding information about jobs that are available. Each unit will probably require more than a single period of instruction. Instructor…

This learning module is one of a series that teaches the competencies of "Job Search Skills," part of the "Work Skills" package--a set of competency-based instructional materials written for low-level readers that prepares students with specific job search and job keeping skills. ("Work Skills" is part of the "Connections' package, which…

This secondary unit of instruction on grooming for job interviews is one of sixteen Common Core Units in Business Education (CCUBE). The units were designed for implementing the sixteen common core competencies identified in the California Business Education Program Guide for Office and Distributive Education. Each competency-based unit is…

This secondary unit of instruction on applying for a job is one of sixteen Common Core Units in Business Education (CCUBE). The units were designed for implementing the sixteen common core competencies identified in the California Business Education Program Guide for Office and Distributive Education. Each competency-based unit is designed to…

This set of eight appendixes consists of the products that were developed during the Adult Cuban Immigrant Project. (The Adult Cuban Immigrant Project is a prevocational English-as-a-second-language program designed to help students learn English in the context of life-coping skills and job-searching skills.) Included in the individual appendixes…