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Students will examine work positions and skills for
obtaining employment. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
How do I get a job? What skills are necessary for an
interview?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 5
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
6
Topic: Skills to
understand and use career information.
Standard:
Describe work of family members, school personnel, and
community workers. Identify occupations according to data, people, and things.
Identify work activities of interest to the student. Describe the relationship
of beliefs, attitudes, interests, and abilities to occupations. Describe jobs
that are present in the local community. Identify the working conditions of
occupations (e.g., , inside/outside, hazardous). Describe ways in which
self-employment differs from working for others. Describe how parents,
relatives, adult friends, and neighbors can provide career information.
7
Topic: Awareness
of the importance of personal responsibility and good work habits.
Standard: Describe the importance of
personal qualities (e.g., , dependability, promptness, getting along with
others) to getting and keeping jobs. Demonstrate positive ways of performing
work activities. Describe the importance of cooperation among workers to
accomplish a task. Demonstrate the ability to work with people who are different
from oneself (e.g., , race, age, gender).
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 5 min.
List all classroom jobs that students could perform. Discuss
with the class work that needs to be done in the classroom. Discuss traits or
characteristics needed to complete the work.
Step:
2 Duration: 10 min.
Have students decide what job they would like and ask them to
apply for the job. Ask students to complete the “Job Application” section of the
activity sheet.
Attachments for Step 2
Title: FileName: Job Application.doc
Description: Print and copy for
each student.
Step:
3 Duration: 15 min.
Have students divide into teams and assign each team a job or
task for which to interview applicants. Ask each team to interview all
applicants for the job they were assigned and select the student they believe
should have the job.
Step:
4 Duration: 15 min.
When students have completed the job interview and have been
accepted for the position, have them complete the “Work Contract” section of the
page. Have students discuss what they learned from this activity. How is this
similar and different from obtaining a job outside of school?
Materials and Equipment
“Job Application” and “Work Contract” activity
sheets
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
45 min.
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' participation in the activity will be
evaluated.
Extension
Ask a local personnel manager to come into your classroom and
conduct sample "interviews" with your kids.
Remediation
Ask students to write questions that they would ask if they
were looking for someone to work for them.
Accommodation
Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can
be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in
classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC
standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of
this lesson plan.
