This document provides an outline for a day of instruction in a Construction Foundation Course. The day includes lessons on job search skills, finding job leads, interview skills, and a mock interview assignment. Students are given class time to work on answering interview preparation questions and practicing their introduction and handshake. They also role play introductions with a partner playing the receptionist. After class, students work in teams to prepare for an assignment and quiz.

1. LEARN – DAY 6
Construction Foundation Course

2. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
First and Second Hours (7:30 – 9:30) - 1
• Check-in: Shake hands. Remind students: binders, seating.
Start class.
• Review the day: Review the day’s activities from the list on the
board or chart paper.
• Binder check: This can be done at any time during the day.

3. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
First and Second Hours (7:30 – 9:30) - 2
120 minutes
• The topics included in Job Search I are identifying personal attributes,
clarifying employer expectations, finding job leads, and making telephone
inquiries. You probably have materials for this content. However, in the
almost 3 hours allotted, you might consider using the following approaches
designed to make the information highly engaging:
- Giving a mini-lecture (no more than 15 minutes) for which you make an
AO on the nature and necessity of job search skills;
- Providing a personality inventory for identifying personal attributes;
- Showing a video on employer expectations with students taking notes on
an AO and engaging in a brief summarizing discussion after;
- Using Pair-Share to practice making telephone inquiries, using prepared
scenarios and a rubric to judge the quality of student efforts (a sample of
the scenarios and the rubric is included in Part II – Chapter 5
Resources; and
Job Search Skills 1

4. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 1
60 minutes
• Have Work Teams explore different options for finding job leads, and
using Tellers and Travelers to report out the results.
• Tellers and Travelers is a strategy used to report out individual Work Team
research findings, planning designs, or approaches to a problem. Unpack this
strategy in the ―Try‖ section found within this lesson or link to to the Tellers
and Travelers Strategy to learn more.
.
• Stretch Break
Job Search Skills 1, continued.

5. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 2
Oral Presentation and Interviewing Skills
55 minutes
• In this section, feel free to use your own material, ensuring that it
emphasizes
1. Just a few key skills. Students can’t focus on every nuance of
interviewing or oral presentation. Take the rubric in Part II – Chapter
5 Resources and apply only the skills you’re teaching/reinforcing at
this point. As you move through the Foundation Course, you can add
the rest of the rubric items incrementally.
2. The need to practice. Be sure students understand that everyone
rehearses before going into an interview or making an oral
presentation. Emphasize the value of practicing with a Pair-Share
partner who is using the rubric to assess your performance. The skills
of both students will improve.

6. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 3
• See the sample rubrics in Part II – Chapter 5 Resources for oral
presentations and for interviewing.
• Interview assignment overview (CSS e). If you already have an
assignment for a mock interview, feel free to use it here. If not,
you can use the one provided herein or blend the best of both.
• Make copies of the assignment which reads:
Oral Presentation and Interviewing Skills, continued.

7. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 4
• You just opened your email, and you see this:
• Congratulations! Construction Solutions completed their review of
applications, and you have been chosen to move to the next stage in the
hiring process: the interview.
• Your interview is for our opening(s) in the checked area:
- Plumber
- Painter
- HVAC Installer
- Electrician
- Cement Mason
- Carpenter
- Bricklayer
- Plasterer
- Glazier
- Tile Setter
Interview Assignment
•Your appointment is for 9:15 a.m. on
Thursday, October 15. Please plan to
arrive at least 15 minutes early to view a
short video about our company.
•Thank you for your interest in
Construction Solutions.

8. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 5
• Whew! Just 3 days to get ready for your interview. To maximize your
chances of getting the job, you need to prepare! Here’s your checklist:
Interview Assignment, continued.

9. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 6
• Pass out the assignment and read it aloud, using the competent
readers in the class. Have the students highlight the jobs listed on
the email for which you provide CTT at the center. Then ask the
students to choose one only of the highlighted jobs—the one they
think they might be most interested in—and check that box. Then
explain the schedule:
- Day 6, students have the rest of today to answer the first 4
questions;
- Day 7, students will have 1 hour to work on questions 5-10;
- Day 8, students will write the thank-you letter and practice for the
interview;
- Day 9, students will continue to practice and then do the interview.
Interview Assignment, continued.

10. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 7
• Today, for the first question, explain the interview protocols around dress, jewelry,
hats, piercing, tattoos, fingernails, etc. and then have students decide what to
wear and how they will deal with the protocols presented in Pair-Share mode.
Then explain personal hygiene issues, such as hair style and length, deodorant
and scents, make-up, bathing, etc. Have students discuss as whole group and
provide time for individuals to write their responses.
• ―When is the latest time I can leave to be there on time?‖ is an applied math
question. Put the bus schedule below on the board:
Interview Assignment, continued.

11. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 8
• Have students work with Pair-Share partners to determine when they
should leave. Give about 3 minutes to work before you call on a pair for
their answer. Have students explain how they got the right answer.
[Answer: The applicant needs to be at the CS office by 9:00 to see the
video, so s/he must arrive at the CSstop at 8:47 which means catching
the 2a bus at 8:14. To walk one block, you might allow 3 minutes, so
leaving at 8:11 is probably the latest possible time.]
• Explain the first impression acronym, SHE (Smile, Handshake, Eye
contact.) Demonstrate an introduction with strong SHE. Have students
practice in Pair-Share partners, with partners providing feedback.
Interview Assignment, continued.

12. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
Third and Fourth Hours (9:40 – 11:30) - 9
• Then ask students to form two lines of equal length. The North (or West)
line is the receptionist; the South (or East) line is the applicant. The
applicant introduces him/herself to the receptionist with strong SHE.
The receptionist says, ―Glad to meet you, Mr. (or Ms.) Last Name. Please
have a seat.‖ Then the applicant line moves up one, so they are
introducing themselves to a new receptionist. Half way through, the
North (or West) line becomes the applicant, and the South (or East) line
assumes the role of the receptionist.
• 5 min: Reflection.
• Out the door:Model Notes,Reflection, binders on the shelf, shake hands.
Interview Assignment, continued.

13. Week Two: Day 6 (Monday)
AFTER HOURS
• Work Team assignment (approximately 1 hour). Teams will carry
out their work plan for the CSS assignment. They also will review
for the Week 2 quiz tomorrow.
• Open Computer Lab

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