Week 1-2

August 31-September 9

Enrollment Period

 

Week 3

Thursday, September 15

Course information and policies

1. Expectations

2. Student Training Plan

3. Employee Evaluation form

4. Pay Verification form
   
    

Week 4

Thursday, September 22

Job and Career Goals

1. COMPLETE+ TURN IN:
   Student Information Sheet
    

2. Job and Career Goals

PRINT, STAPLE, AND TURN IN:

1. Self Assessment Results (20 occupations with a chart)
2. Occupation Information (2 pages)
3. Answers to 10 questions about the career
    

Week 5

Wednesday, September 28

The Career Planning Process -

1. Powerpoint Presentation
    

2. The Career Planning Process - take the quiz
   (download quiz)
    

3. Reading and Interpreting Your Pay Stub and Taxes
   complete the worksheet       
   (download the worksheet)
    

Turn in:

Career Planning Quiz

Reading Pay Stubs worksheet

 

Week 6

Thursday, October 6

Labor Laws

1. Powerpoint presentation

2. Working Teens-Know Your Rights: complete the worksheet

other sites for information:

	•Youth At Work
	•Department of Industrial Relations
	•Department of Fair Employment and Housing
	•Young Workers.Org
	•Child Labor Coalition
	•U.S. Dept. of Labor-OSHA
	•Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Week 7

Thursday, October 13

Sexual Harassment

1. Powerpoint presentation: What is sexual harassment?

2. Challenge Questions

3. Sexual Harassment information, questions

4. Sexual Harassment Quiz, worksheet
    

Sexual Harassment Prevention

Week 8

Thursday, October 20

Dealing with Workplace Conflict

1. Conflict Resolution

2. Worksheet for Conflict Resolution website
    

Week 9

Thursday, October 27

Workplace Ethics

1. Are You a Good Employee - online quiz

2. Making Sense of Ethics website 
   worksheet

3. Workplace Ethics practice test
    

Week 10

Thursday, November 3

Review of Employer Evaluations
print the worksheet for these websites
 

1. Employability Skills

2. Keeping Your Job

3. How to Get Fired

End of 1^st quarter

 

Week 11

Thursday, November 10

Formatting a résumé
 

1. What is a Rèsumè?
2. Resume Quiz
3. List your accomplishments on your resume
4. Action Verbs for your Accomplishments
5. List your computer skills
6. Monster.Com resume center - anatomy of a resume
7. Sample resumes for different careers
8. MSN Careers Resume Guide
9. Resume worksheet online
10. résumé worksheets  page 1 , page 2
11. use the information from your worksheets to create a résumé from a Microsoft Word template
    
    Turn In : Resume Worksheet
     

Week 12

Thursday, November 17

Résumé

Use your worksheet and this template to type your resume
 

1. Download this résumé template
   think before you click,
   then: right click here save target as
    
2. this is how it should look: résumé sample

Turn in: typed résumé
 

Week 13

Thanksgiving Break– no class

Week 14

Thursday, December 1

Time Management

At school, it's just you who suffers if you don't manage your time well. At work, other people suffer as well--your coworkers, customers, and the company.

1.  Time Management Principles
2. Goals of Time Management
   
   
   worksheet - right-click, save target as
    

Week 15

Thursday, December 8

Setting a budget

1. Log-in to your blog
   (click the "article" link to enter a new topic and type a paragraph about your last week at work, especially about one of the topics in this class, such as: workplace conflict, ethics, harassment, safety, etc.
    
2. What is Budgeting?
3. Powerpoint presentation about budgeting
4. Download this budget spreadsheet- right-click, save target as

Week 16

Thursday, December 15

Consumer Credit

1. Log-in to your blog add a new article about your past week at work.
    
2. A Primer on Check and ATM Cards
   (questions 1 and 2)
    
3. Practical Money Skills for Life - Credit Cards (questions 3-10)
    

Worksheet

Winter Break
Dec. 19-Jan.2
 

no class

Week 17

Thursday, January 5

Saving and Investing
 

1. Log-in to your blog add a new article about your past week at work.
2. Saving and Investing - powerpoint presentation
3. Setting Your Financial Goals - worksheet
4. Calculating Interest - worksheet

12-A (PDF) -- Pay Yourself First (A Little Can Add Up) 12-B (PDF) -- Types of Savings Accounts 12-C (PDF) -- Money-Market Deposit Accounts 12-D (PDF) -- Certificates of Deposit (CDs) 12-E (PDF) -- How Simple and Compound Interest are Calculated 12-F (PDF) -- Choosing a Savings Account 12-G (PDF) -- Truth in Savings Act 12-H (PDF) -- The Rule of 72

Week 18

Thursday, January 12

Checking Accounts

1. Checking Accounts - Why get a checking account?
2. Banking Services (11 pages)
3. Banking Statements - Do you know your statements?
4. Banking Services Quiz
    

worksheets

6-1 -- Choosing a Checking Account 6-2 -- Keeping a Running Balance in a Check Register  6-3 -- Reading and Interpreting a Bank Statement 6-4 -- Reconciling an Account

Week 19

Thursday, January 19

Review of Employer Evaluations

1. Printout your blog
2. Evaluations
3. Career Plan
   
    

January 25-27 Finals, No class