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KNOTT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK FOR Lifeskills GRADE 9-10

Duration: Unit __ Employability Skills _ (_4__ Weeks) MAP ___3.1-3.4______Big Idea: Employability skills will focus on student’s competencies with their work habits and academic/technical skills that will impact an individual’s success in school and workplace. School-to-work transition skills will help students develop interpersonal skills and positive work habits.

Academic Expectations

2.36 Students use strategies for choosing and preparing for a career. 2.37 Students demonstrate skills and work habits that lead to success in future schooling and work. 2.38 Students demonstrate skills such as interviewing, writing resumes, and completing applications that are needed to be accepted into college or other postsecondary training or to get a job. 3.6 Students demonstrate the ability to make decisions based on ethical values. 4.1 Students effectively use interpersonal skills. 4.2 Students use productive team membership skills.

Program of Studies: Understandings Essential Vocabulary Grade __ Enduring Knowledge – Understandings Resume Initiative Teamwork References  VS-H-ES-U-1 Work ethic Workplace culture Students will understand that interpersonal skills impact individual’s career choice and success in the workplace.  VS-H-ES-U-2 Students will understand that employability skills are important to achieve success in the workplace.

 VS-H-ES-U-3 Students will understand that academic and technical skills prepare them for obtaining, maintaining, advancing and changing employment.

1  VS-H-ES-U-4 Students will understand that team skills are essential in achieving success in the workplace.

Program of Studies: Core Content for Essential Suggested Activities Assessment Skills and Concepts Assessment Questions/ How will we teach this How will DOK Learning content? students be  VS-H-ES-S-1 Targets assessed  Students will analyze how 1. Preview, read, formatively interpersonal skills impact PL-HS-4.2.1 1. What discuss, and review and individual’s career choice and Students will identify individual types of chapters from text. summatively to success in the workplace by: work habits/ethics (e.g., informat 2. Do questions and find out what a) identifying effective group individual/team responsibilities, willingness to learn, integrity, ion terms from chapters they already interaction strategies (e.g., should 3. Do study guides know, and communicating effectively, respect, confidentiality, self- conflict resolution, discipline, problem-solving, be in a 4. Have quiz what they’ve compromise) to develop team punctuality, communication resume? 5. Roll play job learned? skills (e.g., goal-setting, skills) and explain their 2. What is interview questioning, dividing work) importance in the workplace. the DOK 2 b) analyzing and evaluating the purpose role of each participant’s of contribution in a team setting PL-HS-4.2.1 c) evaluating the importance of Students will identify individual giving working cooperatively with work habits/ethics (e.g., referenc people of diverse backgrounds individual/team responsibilities, es to a and abilities to achieve willingness to learn, integrity, perspect success in the workplace respect, confidentiality, self- ive d) designing a plan for working discipline, problem-solving, cooperatively with others by punctuality, communication employe contributing ideas, suggestions skills) and explain their r? and efforts to complete a task importance in the workplace. 3. What e)explaining how effective verbal DOK 2 does and nonverbal communication skills networki

2 impacts work-related situations See PL-HS-4.1.3 ng  VS-H-ES-S-2 involve?  Students will evaluate 4. What is how employability skills are PL-HS-4.2.2 the important to achieve success in Students will describe team purpose the workplace by: skills (e.g., setting goals, of a a) demonstrating leadership skills listening, following cover by participating in co/extra- directions, questioning, letter? curricular activities, home, school and community communicating, problem- 5. Why is b) analyzing the leadership solving, dividing work, it a good qualities of a successful conflict resolution, idea to person and explain how the mediation) and evaluate the research qualities described are role of team skills in today’s a essential to successful employment in any career workplace. compan (e.g., self-directed, effective at DOK 3 y before time management, problem- you go solving skills, positive attitude) for an c) evaluating personal attitudes intervie and work habits that support career retention and w there? advancement 6. What d) describing consequences for are some actions when disobeying rules behavior and routines at the workplace s that e) explaining the role of authority in school and the workplace would f) explaining the importance of give a developing good work positive ethics/habits (e.g., initiative, impressi time management, respect, on at an self-discipline, problem- intervie solving) that support career w? 7. How can

3 retention and advancement one tell whether VS-8-ES-S-3 an Students will explain how employability employe skills are important to achieve success in the workplace by: e has a a) using available resources strong for locating job openings work b) using established criteria ethic? to evaluate a completed 8. How do job application employe es show that they  VS-H-ES-S-3 have  Students will examine initiative how academic and technical ? skills prepare them for obtaining, 9. What maintaining, advancing and does the changing employment by: workpla a) using technology to ce research job/careers in the culture community b) explaining how success in tell you an academic course of study about could contribute to the the place achievement and success in where employment (e.g., Physical you Education/Personal Trainer, Arts and Humanities/Musician) work? c) explaining how success in 10. What an technical course of study are role could contribute to the conflicts achievement and success in and employment (e.g. Information what

4 Technology/Programmer, negative Communications/Broadcast effects Technician) can they d) demonstrating the have on relationship between a academic achievement and person’s how it effects success in the life? workplace by creating or 11. How evaluating an Individual does Learning Plan balance (ILP)Exploration/Advertisin help you g Manager) manage role conflicts ? 12. How does setting personal boundari es help you manage multiple roles? 13. How do flextime and job sharing benefit employe