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- 1. TM COMPREHENSIVE STANDARDS BASEDCOLLEGE & CAREER READINESS CURRICULUMLife Skills for Personal Success • Communicate with peers and supervisors the confidencethat • Search fora job and prepare foraninterview in securing employment • Identify and develop professional skills forfuture success FOCUSGOALOBJECTIVE Teach the critical life 7 Areasof Concentration: and soft skills to help •Employability Skills • Workplace Behaviors studentsandyoung •Personal Maturity • Career Advancement adults transition to • Professional Conduct • Career Networking the workforce. • Workforce Readiness Help students develop Students Will Learn How to: theycan besuccessful • Act and behave ina workplace setting and starting a career. •Improve workplace performance 75 Soft Skills Including: • Leadership • Teamwork & Collaboration Emphasize the 75 • Time Management • Imagination & Creativity most important • Decision Making • Problem-Solving attributes, behaviors • Multitasking • Ethics & Cultural Sensitivity and values that •Listening& Processing • Controlling Emotions employers want in • Attendance & Attire • Creative Thinking new employees • Honesty & Integrity • Adaptability & Compromise • Customer Service • Self-Supervision & Initiative CURRICULUM 67 Lessons – 160+ Hours of Instruction • InterpersonalSkills • CommunicationSkills • Self-Improvement Skills • JobFindingSkills • On The Job Skills • SocialMedia & Internet Skills 2 Complete Semester Courses Transitions I: Choosing Your Career Path Transitions II: Achieving Workplace Success Note: SkillBott courses can be customized to meet your specific needs Aligned to 6 Career Readiness Standards SCANS–(USDept.ofLabor)Secretary’sCommissiononAchieving Necessary Skills 867Assessments & Assignments • 339 Assessments • 257Discussion Forums • 266 Assignments & Projects •5 Final Projects / Exams The SkillBott Explorer - A 260 question career self- assessment that helps identify a Career Pathway: • Career clusters that might be of interest • Current skills and abilities • Current values and need
- 2. TM Life Skills forPersonal Success — RolePlayingclasspreparation habits are the no. 1 area for• Teen participation in the total labor 6 years 2000: 52% to 34% 2011 Price Waterhouse Survey of US Business Callustodayforaquoteorademo:405-590-2000 DRIVERSUSERSDELIVERYLESSONSMETHODOLOGY Life Skills for Personal Success www.SkillBott.com mike@skillbott.com Teacher-Friendly Student Engaging • Designed teacherswho may not be familiar with the • Lessonsusemultiplemodalitiestoengagestudentstoexpress lessonmaterial their feelings, experiences, knowledge and ideas: • Common lesson structure allows for quick and easy — Group Exercises • Total lesson flexibility – lessons can be modified to suit any — DiscussionForums timeconstraints,skillneedor areasof interest • Over 375 videos, animations and avatars • At the core of employability skills is the social interaction of individuals in a work environment • The SkillBott curriculum utilizes group based experiential lessons rooted in practical, real life scenarios • SkillBott teaches interactive social skills the traditional way with extensive reading and multiple choice testing • SkillBott uses multiple modalities of learning and features varied activities appealing to all types of learners • The result: lessons are engaging,informative, instructive, interesting and entertaining Career Coach 1:1 Virtual Classroom Independent Study Work 1:1 with a SkillBott coach to Participate in a weekly virtual class with Work atyour own pace with self- identify career interests, assess skill other students to review lessons, identify directedlessons.Anadvisorwillgradeall development needs and build ajob skillstrengths,discussstrategiesandshare assignmentsandassessmentsandwill search plan. successes. provide feedback on work. Whether you’re starting a career, transitioning to a new career, re-entering the workforce or leaving a rehabilitation program, SkillBott will put you on the fastest pathway to career success. • Career & Tech Ed (CTE) • VoTechSchools • WorkforceDevelopment • Juvenile Courts (JDAI) • AtRisk Programs • Community Colleges • Career Centers • Job Corps • AlternativeEd Programs • HigherEd Universities • Education Collaboratives • Correctional Facilities • Summer Schools • Adult Education • YouthServices • Dept of Veteran Affairs Teenage Unemployment The Education Yield New Hire Failure Rate • 23.1% unemployment rate for teens • 1 in 4 high school students do not graduate • 46% of new hires failed within • 42.1% unemployment rate for • 3 in 10 students do not pursue a PSE degree 18 months on the job minorities • 1 in 3 students do not complete college in • 78% of business exec’s say work force is down byover a third since NECS – National Center for Education, May 2011 improvement NECS – National Center for Education, May 2011 Leaders