CLASSES TAUGHT BY MS. KAYS
9th Grade----Occupational Preparation 1 --Career awareness and Career
Exploration
9th Grade---Career Lab Hands on training in the
classroom preparing students for jobs. Students work on various projects for
the Buccaneer Treasure Chest that are sold at various times throughout the
year. All money goes back into the class to purchase more projects for the
future. The focus is on beginning to have the students learn work skills and
work ethics so they can be successful when they go to off campus internships
and competitive paid
jobs.
Skills that are worked on are : being on time, initiative, working well with
co-workers and supervisors, staying on task, correctly completing a required
job, completing jobs as required, following directions, doing as asked even
when it may be a job they don't like doing, accepting constructive
critisicism and correcting themselves. The student begins to earn the
required 300 on campus hours in this class.
10th Grade--Occupational Preparation 2A & 2B
2A---Academic requirements including ethics and
responsiblitites on the job. The focus is on getting students even more
prepared for a job/career. This is where the students have bookwork,
homework, classwork, and tests.
2B--- Hands on training in the classroom
preparing students for jobs. Students work on various projects for the
Buccaneer Treasure Chest that are sold at various times throughout the year.
All money goes back into the class to purchase more projects for the future.
The focus is on beginning to have the students learn work skills and work
ethics so they can be successful when they go to off campus internships and
competitive paid jobs. The students continue to work towards the required
300 on campus hours.
Skills that are emphasized on in all classes include:
attendance, being on time, initiative, working well with co-workers and
supervisors, staying on task, correctly completing a required job, completing
jobs as required, following directions, doing as asked even when it may be a
job they don't like doing, accepting constructive critisicism and correcting
themselves.
The students continue to earn the required 300 on campus hours in this class.
11th Grade----Occuptional Prepartion 3A & 3B-----Students are off campus at
job internships in the community 4 days a week, 3 hours per day. (Tue. --
Fri.)
The students have the academic part of this in the classroom on
Mondays. This is actual "on the job training".
All work responsibilities and work ethics they have learned in Career Lab and
Occuprep 2B are applied in real job settings for the students. This gives
the students the opportunity to gain experience and work skills they would
not be able to get in a classroom setting.
Students work towards earning the required for the 240
off campus internship hours.
OFF CAMPUS INTERNSHIP WORK SITES: HOME DEPOT---LOWE'S FOODS---MARSHALL'S---
TJ MAXX---D & E DODGE---HOLLIDAY INN EXPRESS.
12th Grade----Occupational Preparation 4--- At this point, students are
expected to have jobs at and will be meeting most of the goals of the class
off campus at their paid jobs.
In order to receive credit for this class they should have completed all
required hours, or currently working at competitive paid employment. The
students are working toward the 360 paid employment hours required by the
state.
ALL STUDENTS CURRENTLY WORKING AT A COMPETITIVE PAID JOB IN THE COMMUNITY
MUST SAVE THEIR PAYSTUBS AND TURN INTO ME FOR PROOF OF THE HOURS THEY HAVE
WORKED.
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