Welcome to Implementation and Coordination of Work Based Learning Programs - Course 2

For those of you who like to get a jump on some of the assignments before the class begins, you may work on the material below.

General Course Guidelines/instructions

MATERIALS ALERT                    

• You may want to take advantage of the free financial literacy training taking place around the state this summer.  The New York Credit Union Foundation offers free training and materials. 

• I will be incorporating Above and Beyond assignments in our online course using these materials.  Order your teacher's manual and cd from NEFE now from  http://hsfpp.nefe.org/home/   Click on Sample our Materials.   If you think you would like to use these materials with your students, I strongly suggest you order the materials immediately.  It will take a few weeks for your shipment to arrive.

• Games2Careers  - we will be doing a good amount of work related to career planning.  You may want to purchase and read my new book, Games2Careers, during the summer months.  Go to www.games2careers.com for more information.

As you remember from the previous course, all our correspondence will be reported on a memorandum form.  If you are new to our group, you will want to take a few minutes and create your new stationery for the course.   Create your stationery using this template:  Memo Template  Returning class members, please make sure your memo is in this format.  A digital picture is greatly appreciated.

#1B Open a Google Account

We will  discussing the aspects of placing students into WBL positions.  Before you do that, you will want to conduct several basic career planning self assessment activities with your students.  The Games2Careers book is used in this module.

One of our first assignments will be for you to use these instruments in your own self-assessment.  Please complete the attach assessment activities and make note of your results on the Career DNA Profile.  

Self-Assessment:

1. DNA Self Assessment Part 1 Interests, PDT
2. DNA Self Assessment Part 2 Personality
3. DNA Self Assessment Part 3 Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences
4. DNA Self Assessment Part 4 Career Clusters and Interest survey.
5. DNA Self Assessment Part 5 Aptitudes and skills
6. DNA Self Assessment Part 6 Work Environment

DNA Application:

7.  2 and 4 year college majors
8.  Holland Code to High School courses and clubs
9.  Holland Code to Internship choices
10.  Crystal Ball and World of Work Map

In our first course you learned a good deal about the role of the WBL coordinator and the skills needed to do a quality job for your school. 

I have found that the resume is a great document to use in summarizing all your knowledge and abilities.  As we proceed through this second course you will see how this all fits into the big picture or resume.  In fact, your final exam will be to complete this resume.   If you have not taken the first  course, complete as much as you can. 

Tasks:   

1. Open the attached file and update/change ONLY the data which appears in red. 

2. Change the red font to black after updating the material.

3. Do not change the format.

4. Do not change the fonts.

5. Update your name, address, phone, email, etc.

6. Update your education, work experience, references, etc.

SELL YOUR KNOWLEDGE:  Create one sentence for the 8 areas in the chart.  These sentences should start with an action verb.  Do not start with the word "I."   For example:  "Able to network at business functions in order to develop employment opportunities for students."  or "Capable of creating"  marketing media for program's brochures and flyers."

You may need to carry your "Work-Based Knowledge" over to the second page.  Put your heading into the "header" section of the page. 

Before saving and submitting your resume, change all the text to black.

SPELL CHECK!

Note:  It is acceptable for adults, 25 and older, to have a two-page resume.

You will be asked to identify a movie which has a scene in it depicting some event that our students would  experience while enrolled in our programs.   For example, a job interview scene, a scene showing the individual being fired, an ethical or moral dilemma, etc. 

Each student will be asked to identify a movie and describe the application and significance of the scenes.

#5  Presentation to Board of Education 

• Instructions
• Tell a story

#6  Marketing Brochure to students and parents.

In the previous course you designed a brochure which you could use in marketing your program and advisory board to employers.

You will now be asked to design the brochure specifically for the student and parent audience.  Your brochure should answer the questions:

• Who - is the program for?

• What - what is the program.

• Why - should you participate?

• Where - does the training take place?

• When - does the training take place?

• Stress the benefits for the student not to the employer.

• You may also include information about credits, instruction, procedures, etc.

• Use eye catching graphics.

• Make sure the front cover states that this is a brochure for students and parents. 

• Do not use more than 2 different fonts.

• Headings should be in 14 - 18 pt.

• Text should be either 10 or 12 pt.

• Include your contact information:  name, phone, email, website, school address.

•  You may use the design you created in course one - the employer brochure.

Samples:  #1      #2       #3       #4

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