Corporate training curriculum overview

1. Preparing to Teach the Course
It is suggested that you read through all of the materials in this manual and preview all
paper and multimedia supplemental materials prior to delivering the instruction. It would
also be helpful for you to consider the audience for this course in determining the pace
and level of interaction.
Topic Goals
Module 1 – Motivation: What Motivates Me and Why?
This module will help build a foundation for students to know and understand what
motivates them and why.
Module 2 – Framing and Internalizing My Values
By the end of this module, students will understand more about personal, work, and
people values to influence choices and decisions.
Module 3 – Learning to Learn
Students will understand and apply personal learning style in training and work
situations. They will also recognize and relate to others’ learning styles.

2. Module 4 – Expanding Cognitive Skills
In this module, students will learn how to apply cognitive skills when thinking about
starting a microenterprise venture.
Module 5 – Effective Communication: Listening, Speaking, Writing,
Interpreting
The goal of this module is to equip students with practical, effective communication
skills—listening, speaking, writing and interpretation.
Module 6 – Goal Orientation
This module will help students to develop and write a reasonable and attainable goal-
directed plan.
Module 7 – Prioritization: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
By the end of this module, students will understand and differentiate between essential
and non-essential tasks or functions to complete work and meet deadlines.
Module 8 – Organization Strategies
In this module, students will learn to recognize the importance of knowing and applying
organization strategies and techniques when starting and managing a business.
Module 9 – The Time Management Framework
The goal of this module is to help students understand the need to manage time
efficiently and balance work and personal needs.
Module 10 – Critical Thinking Skills
This module will prepare students to build and apply critical thinking skills. Students
will also obtain the ability to critically evaluate information outside of themselves and

3. have an accurate appreciation for specific circumstances or performance.
Module 11 – Strategies for Effective Problem Solving
Students will apply simple, effective problem solving approaches to situations.
Module 12 – Exploring Ethical Behavior

4. In this module, learners will comprehend the concept of professional ethics and apply
such standards as the Braillist's Pledge of Professional Ethics to a home-
based business practice as a braille transcriber.
Module 13 – Customer Service Standards
In this module, students will develop and cultivate knowledge of professionalism in
meeting customer needs and expectations.
Module 14 – Managing Me
By the end of this module, students will have acquired an understanding of self-
management skills, particularly related to the workplace when self-employed.
Module 15 – Career Planning and Portfolio Development
By the end of this last soft/life skills module, students will gain an understanding of
career planning, portfolio development, and display knowledge of how to apply for
jobs/positions in contractual agreements.
Objectives
Module 1 – Motivation: What Motivates Me and Why?
SS1.1: Understand the concept and recognize the importance of motivation.
SS1.2: Articulate a variety of factors that influence and promote motivation.
SS1.3: Identify specific factors that are highly likely to influence and promote
motivation individually for each student.
Module 2 - Framing and Internalizing My Values

5. SS2.1: Explore personal, work, and people values.
SS2.2: Identify specific value preferences and desires and take action based
on identified values.
SS2.3: Understand more about values and prioritizing things that are most important,
especially in a work environment.

6. Module 3 – Learning to Learn
SS3.1: Know their personal preferred learning and working styles.
SS3.2: Understand and articulate their strengths and attributes.
SS3.3: Identify compensation methods when non-preferred learning styles or limitations
are necessary in a learning or working situation.
Module 4 – Expanding Cognitive Skills
SS4.1: Understand and apply divergent and convergent thinking.
SS4.2: Use critical, creative and intuitive skills in self-analysis and
microenterprise venture choices.
SS4.3: Objectively discuss the positives and negatives of beginning a home-
based microenterprise business.
Module 5 - Effective Communication: Listening, Speaking, Writing,
Interpreting
SS5.1: Be an active listener, listening with comprehension and understanding.
SS5.2: Speak clearly with efficiency and success in delivering the message.
SS5.3: Assess general non-verbal behaviors and respond effectively.
SS5.4: Interpret written information and respond suitably.
SS5.5: Write so others understand.
Module 6 – Goal Orientation
SS6.1: Identify and define goal-orientation behaviors.

7. SS6.2: Understand the elements required to set realistic, effective goals.
SS6.3: Create and implement a goal-based plan and implement.
SS6.4: Monitor and evaluate their goal-based progress, adjusting the goal plan as
needed.
Module 7 - Prioritization: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How

8. SS7.1: Comprehend the six major focus points of prioritizing jobs and work tasks using
the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” strategy.
SS7.2: Understand personal or individual styles or modes of work behavior relative
to prioritization.
SS7.3: Identify prioritization methods that might be workable when contracting/working
on a project.
Module 8 – Organization Strategies
SS8.1: Understand organization preferences and patterns.
SS8.2: Recognize methods of organization that support preferences and patterns
when organizing materials and information.
SS8.3: Implement a number of strategies and techniques for exploration that will
support a good business model.
Module 9 – The Time Management Framework
SS9.1: Recognize what good time management means and looks like.
SS9.2: Understand and use a time management assessment as a mechanism
for assessing personal time use.
SS9.3: Comprehend how to organize time using a time log.
SS9.4: Have a collection of time management strategies and techniques to try as they
build a successful home-based business.
Module 10 – Critical Thinking Skills
SS10.1: Define critical thinking skills and associated attributes and characteristics.
SS10.2: Observe or read about other critical thinkers, identifying key attributes and

9. characteristics.
SS10.3: Develop improved critical thinking skills through analysis, evaluation,
and insight of personal performance and situations.
Module 11 – Strategies for Effective Problem Solving
SS11.1: Recognize when a problem exists and identify possible causes.
SS11.2: Create and implement a plan or approach.

10. SS11.3: Evaluate the outcome and revise as needed.
Module 12 – Exploring Ethical Behavior
SS12.1: Understand the concept of ethical and unethical behaviors, practices
and attitudes.
SS12.2: Recognize when and how to maintain confidentiality and integrity on and off
the job.
SS12.3: Identify personal working standards and behaviors.
Module 13 – Customer Service Standards
SS13.1: Know the meaning and fundamentals of poor, good, and great customer
service.
SS13.2: Be familiar with the skills involved in developing
business/professional relationships with customers.
SS13.3: Understand and clarify expectations with customers/prospective
customers leading to effective decision making.
SS13.4: Describe and/or exhibit suitable personal image and presentation.
Module 14 – Managing Me
SS14.1: Understand the meaning and positive effects of self-management
especially when self-employed.
SS14.2: Identify work-based self-management skills.
SS14.3: Recognize what can get in the way of self-management.

11. SS14.4: Identify methods and techniques to monitor and self-evaluate self-management
skills.
Module 15 – Career Planning and Portfolio Development
SS15.1: Know the basics of career planning and portfolio development.
SS15.2: Understand the process of applying for jobs/positions.

12. SS15.3: Access and use available resources.
SS15.4: Learn tips for success to land the job or contract during exploration.
SS15.5: Develop great interviewing skills.
SS15.6: Comprehend the elements needed to keep the job or contract.

13. Instructional Strategies
The components of this training have been organized according to Dick and Carey’s
five major learning components (Dick, et.al, 2005) to provide a systematic, easy to
follow approach to instruction. Each component is preceded with an icon for ease of
use, as shown below. These components are:
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PREINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
These activities are designed to grab and maintain the learners’ attention throughout
the training, informing them of what they will learn, and assessing their prior
knowledge before proceeding with the training.
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CONTENT PRESENTATION AND LEARNER PARTICIPATION
These components include the core content of the module. They also allow for guided
and independent practice of concepts presented in the module, as well as
opportunities for feedback from the instructor and fellow course participants. These two
components are repeated for each instructional objective within a given module.
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ASSESSMENT
This component will provide entry behavior tests/activities, as well as pre and post-tests
(when included) for use throughout the course. As the instructor, you can use discretion
in determining the need for various assessments based on the content, lesson length,
flow of instruction, etc.
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FOLLOW-THROUGH ACTIVITIES

14. Throughout this manual, you will see references to job aids and other materials located
at the end of the module. These items are designed to help students retain and transfer
the information they will receive in the training sessions to the work environment.