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The second based school based employment strategy is to integrate employment and
academic skills. Examples include: (magnet schools for specific industries, specialty
classes that integrate employment skills with required classes for graduation21st
Century Writing)
What is the third school based employment strategy?
The third school based employment strategy is using a functional curriculum. An
example of this is the LCCE curriculum, the MERIT program at HHS, all CI classrooms.
What is the fourth school based employment strategy?
The fourth school based strategy is conduct ongoing transition assessments. Many
schools conduct and initial transition assessment (an example is the ESTR) but there
should be ongoing process for helping students to determine their employment
interests and abilitiesinterest inventories, interviews, situational assessments (at CTC
feedback forms are used after a student tours and observes programs they are
interested in).
What is the fifth school based employment strategy?
The fifth school based employment strategy is involving students in Career-Technical
Education (CTE). This option may fit well with the students course of study which
includes obtaining vocational training while in high school. Today, CTE focuses on the
Secretarys Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS).
What are the 5 SCANS competencies that effective workers can use productively?
The five SCANS competencies include: resources, interpersonal skills, information,
systems, and technology.
What are the SCANS foundation skills?
Basic skills in (reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics as well as speaking and
listening.)
Thinking skills include (thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing
things in the minds eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning).
Personal qualities include (individual responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement and integrity).
What is the sixth school based employment strategy?
The sixth school based employment strategy is using on-campus training opportunities.
Examples of this strategy might be on campus jobs. (paper recycling, squishee sales,
copy center, shredding center, message delivery, and cafeteria workers). Other on
campus training opportunities might be a school based enterprise. Examples might be
performing work at school for a local company: (folding pizza boxes, papermaking, card
making, and making buttons).
If all of these school based employment strategies are utilized the current employment rate for
young people with disabilities between the age of 18 and 29 should improve.
The first consideration in establishing community based training sites is locating training
sites. This may include a job market screening. An agency that might assist with this is
(Disability Network Lakeshore or Michigan Rehabilitation Services.)
Another consideration is funding. One method of dealing with this issue is to obtain
free materials examples include (applications, employee handbooks, newspapers).
What are two more considerations that should be made in establishing community based
training sites?
The last four considerations all have to do with laws and safety. Liability, safety,
insurance and fair labor standards act considerations are all details that must be
attended to before placing students in work sites in the community. The training
available for this is called (Risk Management and is available at a State Conference
once a year or through the local intermediate school district).
What instructional strategies can be used in providing employment preparation to students in
inclusive educational placements?
The instructional strategies that can be used for students in inclusive educational
placements are conduct an environmental analysis, conduct a job analysis, develop job
task analysis, and choose appropriate instructional strategies.
What self-instruction strategies can be used in inclusive educational placements?
Work incentivse available through social security include Plan for Achieving SelfSupport (PASS) and impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE).
What promising practices address common employment preparation challenges?