Getting Real: Transform Your Classroom into a 21st Century Workplace! - An introduction to the Educational Workroom -

1. The Educational Workroom Getting Real: Transform Your Classroom into a 21st Century Workplace! An introduction to the Educational Workroom by Laura Joy Perales

2. The Educational Workroom: a classroom design that mimics the 21st Century work environment It sounds like: course  company classroom  workroom student  employee teacher  manager class  department class time  work class work  task homework  workout Curriculum: individual and collaborative tasks engage students in real-life, applicable, concepts, content, and skills.

3. Educational Workroom: Benefits Students gain familiarity applying/interviewing for jobs. Students experience the working world here and now. Students develop critical thinking skills for the future. Community building occurs when students belong to a group. Yearlong, on-the-job training transfers to real-life application.

5. dreams up a company concept for a course

6. converts the existing syllabus into an employee handbook

7. complete employee training

8. Become employees of the companyVisit a 10th grade English educational workroom in Nashville, TN

10. multiple classes form departments within the company, compete for honors (Employee/Department of the Quarter)

11. challenged to come up with department names, employees begin to listen, share the floor, and make compromiseshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/gillpoole/172782286/

12. Guidelines for Effective Use Correlate employee orientation with procedures for procuring a job in the real world Treat students as employees in all endeavors, filtered through the expectations of a real job Offer applications for management positions to grant students more responsibility Encourage competition in individual performance & teamwork by setting individual/department goals

13. See It Before You Try It! Experience the virtual workshop Making School Actually Apply to RealLife The workshop includes: documents/forms you can use and modify for your own educational workroom guidance for implementation divided into high, middle, & elementary levels videos of employee interviews and orientation in-depth guiding PowerPoint with specific examples, support, and explanations Or view a real model!