Cuyahoga Valley Career Center

Transition to Work

Syllabus

What can you expect from this course?

Teacher: Patty Kempf 

440-746-8152

pkempf@cvccworks.com

Course Description: Transition to Work is a multi-year program designed to develop and enhance positive work behaviors and employability skills. As students demonstrate progress through the program they will experience simulated work, piecework, and nonpaid community based training sites.  Through these experiences students will develop skills, abilities, attitudes, work ethic, knowledge, and aptitudes in social and employability skills.

Instructional philosophy:  Students will engage in a variety of challenging real and simulated projects/experiences that will provide the opportunity to learn and enhance skills and behaviors that are necessary for transition to employment in the community, county DD enclaves and/or adult activity centers. 

Course Goals: 

• Attend school daily on time.
• Arrive with a willingness to learn, participate and be a contributing member of a team for productivity. 
• Demonstrate understanding of these basic positive work behaviors: 

Time management                   Safety                          Hygiene/grooming

Policy                                      Initiative                      Follow directions

Team member                          Flexibility                    Workspeed

Work quality                           Responsibility             Independent

Accepting criticism                 Leisure                                    Stamina

Respect                                   Communication           Staying on task          

Handling conflicts                  Pleasant greetings                  

Following a work schedule     Honesty/trust

Positive Attitude                     Prep/Neat/Clean up work area

Working under pressure

• Demonstrate safety in lifting, hot/cold water, knife handling (if needed for food prep), pedestrian safety, dishwasher use.

• Transition to Work AM:
  • Attend school daily on time arriving to the program area independently. If not attending, student is expected to call self off “work” as would be done in a paying job.
  • Wear uniform each day.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of entry level jobs, job searches, application, resumes, interviewing, pay, and taxes.
  • Learn and perform a simple work routine.
  • Work independently for up to 15 minutes.
  • Communicate needs verbally or through pictures, or voice output devices.
• Transition to Work PM:
  • Attend school according to schedule.
  • Wear uniform each day.
  • Learn and perform a simple work routine.
  • Work independently for up to 5 minutes.
  • Communicate needs verbally or through pictures, or voice output devices.

Major Projects: 

Students enrolled in Transition to Work AM will:

·         experience up to three different training sites during the course of the academic year.  These are scheduled three days per week through the end of May. 

·         complete a 2500 piece mailer and a 2500 count collating project  for the recruitment department.

·         experience riding the RTA.

·         use the work related words and positive behaviors discussed, observed, and reinforced while in the building and in the community.

Students enrolled in Transition to Work PM will:

• be responsible for the ongoing paper recycling project underway at CVCC, through emails, schedules, and paper pickups.
• be responsible for maintaining paper supply in the administrative offices, maintaining full racks of program brochures, and completing mailings.
• cut, count, and package Box  Top and Campbell Soup labels for area PTA’s.
• package crayon/menu’s for Rockne’s
• complete shredding of paper
• use pictures, words, output speech devices, or other means to effectively communicate their wants/needs, and job task choices.  
• experience up to three different training sites during the course of the academic year. These are scheduled two to three days a week. 
• work on assembly type warehouse jobs for a local business.  

Assessment Plan:

All assignments are designed to teach and guide students towards meeting the standards of this course and/or objectives on the students IEP.

Distribution of grades: 

·         Grades for morning students are determined by the average of related, lab, and responsibility grades given each week.

·         Grades for afternoon students are determined by lab grades.

Grades will be assigned in accordance with the CVCC grade guidelines as found in the CVCC student handbook (A=90, B=80 C=70, D=60).

Safety Precautions:

·        Transition to Work AM:  sign a safety form prior to each training experience that has been read, discussed, and practiced if appropriate.  Areas addressed for safety are lifting, pedestrian and public transportation, hot/cold water use, knife use (food prep), dishwasher use.  No running, horseplay, or practical jokes.  No use of tools/equipment unless instructed and proven mastery. 

·        Transition to Work PM  have individual instruction as necessary for safety issues.

Materials required for Transition to Work AM:    There is a CVCC uniform policy.  Maroon polo style shirts will be purchased and worn everyday for students in Transition to Work.  Students will also wear tan, black, or navy blue docker style pants.  Jeans of any kind or color, shorts, sweats, or athletic apparel are not permissible.  Shoes must have a rubber sole, with a low heel, closed toe shoe or tennis shoe.  Sandals and flip flops are not permissible.

Important: 

Good hygiene is enforced:      clean and brushed hair

                                                hair pulled back from face

clean face

clean  hands, and nails

deodorant used

teeth brushed