School Skills/Career Skills |
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This activity from Smart Choices provides a “School and
Career Skills” comparison chart for investigating the transfer of
abilities from school to the workplace. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
What skills have I learned in school that can transfer to a
career?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 9-12
Guidance
A. Self Knowledge
1
Topic: Understanding the influence of a positive
self-concept.
Standard: -Identify and appreciate personal interests, abilities, and skills.
-Demonstrate the ability to use peer feedback. -Demonstrate an understanding of
how individual characteristics relate to achieving personal, social,
educational, and career goals. -Demonstrate an understanding of environmental
influences on one’s behavior. -Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship
between personal behavior and self-concept.
2
Topic: Skills to
interact positively with others.
Standard: -Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills. -Demonstrate
interpersonal skills required for working with and for others. -Describe
appropriate employer and employee interactions in various situations.
-Demonstrate how to express feelings, reactions, and ideas in an appropriate
manner.
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
4
Topic: Understanding the relationship between educational achievement and
career planning.
Standard: -Demonstrate how to apply academic and vocational skills to
personal interests. -Describe the relationship of academic and vocational skills
to personal interests. -Describe how skills developed in academic and vocational
programs relate to career goals. -Describe how education relates to the
selection of college majors, further training, and/or entry into the job market.
-Demonstrate transferable skills that can apply to a variety of occupations and
changing occupational requirements. -Describe how learning skills are required
in the workplace.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration:
Have students complete the “School Skills/Career Skills”
activity sheet.
Attachments for Step 1
Title: School Skills/Career Skills FileName: School Skills.doc
Description: A checklist for school
skills needed in class or at the office.
Step: 2 Duration:
Discuss how skills learned in one situation are useful for
future goals. Ask students how particular skills are applicable to their chosen
career.
Materials and Equipment
“School Skills/Career Skills” activity sheet (on the following
page) Pen or pencil
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
1 hour
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students are assessed by completing the “School Skills/Career
Skills” activity sheet and demonstrating their understanding of these skills as
useful in multiple situations
Extension
This activity can be used in conjunction with the Career
Research activity. Once students understand through their research what
particular skills are needed for their chosen career, they can more directly
relate which school skills apply to their future plans. Consider having guest
speakers who can talk to students about how what they learned in school has
transferred to their own careers.
Remediation
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.
