C2 Pipeline Enrichment Lesson Plans Overview Enrichment Title Skills to Pay the Bills Enrichment Students will understand the basics of soft skills to assist them to Objective become career and workforce ready.5% of regularly attending students will improve their reading & Objectives grade by half a letter grade Addressed • 48.5% of regularly attending students will improve their math grade by half a letter grade • 77% of regularly attending students will improve in teacher- rated homework completion and class participation • 85% of regularly participating students will report improvements in other school subjects Partner Alignment • School of Business, Honors College Academic Core Academic Subjects: Science Subjects Auxiliary Academic Subjects: Technology and Reading Standards to Michigan Career and Employability Skills Address APPLIED ACADEMIC SKILLS 1. All students will apply basic communication skills (e., reading, writing, speaking, and listening), apply scientific and social studies concepts, perform mathematical processes, and apply technology in work-related situations. All students will acquire, organize, interpret, and evaluate information from career awareness and exploration activities, career assessment, and work- based experiences to identify and to pursue their career goals. DEVELOPING AND PRESENTING INFORMATION 3.
All students will demonstrate the ability to combine ideas or information in new ways, make connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, and organize and present information in formats such as symbols, pictures, schematics, charts, and graphs. All students will make decisions and solve problems by specifying goals, identifying resources and constraints, generating alternatives, considering impacts, choosing appropriate alternatives, implementing plans of action, b and evaluating results. All students will display personal qualities such as responsibility, self- management, self-confidence, c ethical behavior, and respect for self and others. ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS The C2 Pipeline is a Wayne State University, College of Nursing Program Funded as a 21st CCLC program through the Michigan Department of Education C2 Pipeline Enrichment Lesson Plans Overview 6.
All students will identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources (such as time, money, material, and human resources) efficiently and effectively. All students will work cooperatively with people of diverse backgrounds and abilities, identify with the group’s goals and values, d learn to exercise leadership, teach others new skills, serve clients or customers, e and will contribute to a group process with ideas, suggestions, and efforts. All students will communicate ideas to support a position and negotiate to resolve divergent interests. All students will learn to understand, monitor, and improve complex systems, including social, technical, and mechanical systems, and work with and maintain f a variety of technologies.
USING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS 10. All students will integrate employability skills into behavior College & Career [X] Technology & Tools Readiness Skills [X] Argument & Reasoning Addressed [X] Communication & Collaboration [X] Problem Solving Personal Student will develop an understanding of why human beings must be Enrichment able to communicate effectively, work as a team, problem solve, and Categories understand how to be a professional. Life Skills These skills will be used in the student’s everyday life in order to assist Identify and them to be a career ready citizen. describe how these will be utilized Duration of 8 week Enrichment # of Students & 15 students: 1 staff Staff Involved Frequency of Meets 1 time per week Enrichment Week by Week Week 1: Communication Timeline • What’s your point? – understand the importance of being SUGGESTED specific ACTIVITIES • Flipping the switch – discuss different types of communication Week 2: Communication – continued If an activity is • Oh, Puh-leeeeeeze! – understanding non-verbal communication used that is not The C2 Pipeline is a Wayne State University, College of Nursing Program Funded as a 21st CCLC program through the Michigan Department of Education C2 Pipeline Enrichment Lesson Plans Overview listed, please turn • Listen Hear! – understand the importance of two-way in the lesson plan communication with the ARS to • I know what to do – understand the importance of the Site comprehending directions Coordinator who will forward it to Week 3: Enthusiasm and Attitude the C2 office.
• The power of PMA – understand Positive Mental Attitude • Hard Knocks – Bouncing back from failure • Attitude & Enthusiasm Gets You a Job – displaying enthusiasm at a job interview Week 4: Teamwork • No I in Team – Being a good team player • Good, Bad, and Reasonable – Dealing with different personalities • Teamwork on the Job – understand how teamwork is managed on the job Week 5: Networking • Intro to Networking – the process of networking and its relevance to career development process • Talk to People – overcome fear of networking • Small World – how to use current networks to broaden future networks Week 6: Problem Solving & Critical Thinking • Praise, Criticism, or Feedback – determine difference between them • Perception vs. Reality – reflect on and consider different perceptions • Workplace Ethics – learn steps necessary to make ethical decisions on the job Week 7: Professionalism • Today’s Workforce – bridge generational, cultural & other diversity gaps in the workplace • Professional Work Attitudes – how attitudes impact those around us Week 8: Professionalism – continued • Teamwork & Professionalism – understand how individual actions impact the actions and work of others • Professional Problem Solving – understand the skill of self- reflection as a part of career decision making The C2 Pipeline is a Wayne State University, College of Nursing Program Funded as a 21st CCLC program through the Michigan Department of Education C2 Pipeline Enrichment Lesson Plans Overview Expected End Students will develop professional attitudes and philosophies Result/Product Connection(s) to See specific School Improvement Plans and Building Collaboration Regular School Guides to observe how this enrichment connects to the regular school Day day in each site This enrichment is directly aligned to the MDE High School Science Content Expectations, the National Science Education Standards, and the Career and College Ready Standards. Adult Family • Students will share concepts learned in enrichments with family Member Literacy members. and Involvement • Educational Skills to Pay the Bills – Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success – The Research Department of Labor – Office of Disability Employment Policy Additional NA Resources Used The C2 Pipeline is a Wayne State University, College of Nursing Program Funded as a 21st CCLC program through the Michigan Department of Education C2 Pipeline Enrichment Lesson Plans Overview The C2 Pipeline is a Wayne State University, College of Nursing Program Funded as a 21st CCLC program through the Michigan Department of Education Skills to Pay the Bills Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success About the Cover Artist Brandon Pursley is a senior at Madison County (FL) High School, a member of the Madison County High School/High Tech program and one of over 100 young people who participated in the ODEP Soft Skills Pilot project (the preliminary “testing” environment for the creation of this publication).
During a Soft Skills Pilot site visit, the writers of this curriculum had the great fortune to meet Brandon and talk with him about his dreams for the future. Brandon mentioned he was an artist, specializing in portraits, and showed our team some of his artwork. When Brandon was asked if he would have any interest in designing a cover design for these materials, he jumped at the chance. Brandon has a true passion for art, and wishes to build and enhance his talent by attending art school upon graduation.
Although he hasn’t had any formal training other than his art classes in high school, he is well known by his peers and throughout the community as a very talented artist. He devotes all of his spare time drawing portraits of friends, relatives, children, and other subjects. Each portrait’s eyes have a way of speaking to you, revealing the person’s personality while captivating the full attention of the viewer. Because of his dedication to art Brandon is always in the process of beginning a new portrait or just completing one.
It was our team’s great fortune to meet Brandon during the Soft Skills pilot project. In Their Own Words Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success is a true collaboration between government and the youth it serves. In fact, the original manuscript is much different, in both form and content, than it appears today. More than 100 young people provided honest (and sometimes brutal) feedback to the design and content of this publication.
Page 139 recounts a number of comments offered during the piloting of these materials. 3 Skills to Pay the Bills Acknowledgements The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) would like to thank all of the individuals, organizations, and agencies who contributed to the creation of this project. Without your commitment, this soft skills curriculum would not have been possible. To Day Al-Mohamed, Rhonda Basha, Rachel Dorman, Nehemiah Green, Michael Huberman, Laura Ibanez, Jennifer Kemp, Kristen Schiavone, Maria Town, and Taryn Williams, thank you for your long hours and dedication to this project - from the initial concept all the way to the final design and dissemination.
To Lucy Baney, Lee Bruno, Dr. Christine Casey, Christina Morfeld, and Leslie Walker-Hirsch for recognizing the potential impact of this project and taking the first steps towards turning an idea into something tangible. Thank you to Katherine DiGiovanni, Lisa Stern, and Carolyn Veneri for your creativity and passion. You designed and built a tool that will help young people find good jobs and careers (and have some fun along the way).
Thank you to Patricia Bravo, Scott Emerick, Sylvia Thomas, Sangeeta Tyagi, and Monica Zeno-Martin of YouthBuild USA for allowing YBUSA programs the opportunity to preview and offer feedback to these materials. Special thanks is warranted for the generous assistance of the seven youth programs and youth program facilitators who took a chance and pilot-tested these materials with their youth participants. Without your spirit and willingness to take on the hard work of helping to test out this curriculum, it would not reflect the breadth and depth it does today. Thank you to: • FSW, Inc.
WorkSkills, Bridgeport, CT: Pam McRae, Program Coordinator; Rita Renzoni, Instructor • High School/High Tech (HS/HT), FL: Sally Ash, Assistant Director of the Able Trust's FL HS/HT & DMD. Madison County (FL) HS/HT: Mary Coody, Program Director, with Mike Radel, Assistant Program Director, and Jean James, Program Assistant. The Alachua County HS/HT Program of North Central Florida CIL: Amy Tharpe, Program Director, with Stephanie Weeks and Mellissa Merrill, HS/HT Project Coordinators • KentuckianaWorks Youth Center, Louisville, KY: Lorena Lasky, Project Director; Dallas Thornton, Career Planner; Virginia Dever, Career Planner; Fanta Hamlin, Career Planner; Emilia Manuola, Lead Instructor • Massachusetts Migrant Education Program (MMEP), Wilmington and Boston, MA: Emily Hoffman, Regional Director; Mellisa Brandt, Instructor; Karen Hart, Instructor; Jeuris Taveras, Community Liaison • Project SEARCH, Washington, DC: Lisa Haynes, Instructor, U. Department of Health and Human Services; John Eldridge, Job Coach; Dierdre Williams, Program Manager; Carolyn Price, Job Coach; Linda Mahler, Instructor, U.
Department of Education 4 Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success • Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program (RAMP), Denver, CO: Jamie Youngblood, Program Coordinator; Erin Ellis, Mentor • WorkSource/YouthSource, Renton, WA: Jennifer Hill, Youth Program Manager; Kiana Davis, Instructor; Victoria West, Instructor Finally, and most importantly, ODEP is especially grateful to the dedicated group of more than 100 young adults who were willing to share their valuable insights for this curriculum. You are ALL outstanding and we wish you the best in your future career.