Jenny und ich haben unseren Social Skills-Kurs für das nächste Semester neu konzipiert. Nachdem Sie mit den Schülern darüber gesprochen haben, was sie lernen möchten, Ein mit überwältigender Mehrheit genanntes Thema war die Karriereerkundung. Wir werden weiterhin der Grundstruktur folgen, die auf der Website und im E2E-Buch beschrieben ist, Planen Sie jedoch, jeden Blocktag Zeit einzuplanen (when we’ve got a 90 minute period) just to talk about job skills and careers.
As much as I love to write my own materials, I’m not interested in reinventing the wheel! As I looked around for good ideas, I stumbled upon this site from the Oklahoma Career Readiness Council. It includes a number of quality, relevant lessons pertaining to workplace preparedness.
If you’re already following the E2E class structure (get an overview here), here’s an update of how Jenny and I are tweaking it for next semester to meet the needs of our current group:
Mondays–Executive Function Day (from the E2E book or a new lesson)
- Goals and Gratitude Journals
- Lesson about executive function
- Time to look at online grade book to note missing assignments, organize papers, clean out backpacks and lockers, get copies of needed work, plan for Seminar passes, usw.
Tuesdays–Targeted Lesson (from the E2E book or a new lesson)
- Goals and Gratitude Journals
- Lesson about a topic needed by the group
Block Days–Career Readiness
- Goals and Gratitude Journals
- Lesson pertaining to career exploration and/or social skills needed for maintaining employment
Fridays–Game and Craft Day
- Goals and Gratitude Journals
- Time to play non-electronic games together and/or work on crafts together
