Workplace Readiness Skills

Service Learning

Career Exploration

Community and Service Learning

Essential Unit of Study

• Employability Skills

• FCCLA Exploration
• Service Learning
• Types of Organizations

• Careers in Human Service

• Service Learning
• Lab-Based service learning activities  

Skills

• Career Safe Certification (10 hours)
• interpersonal communication skills in business and industry settings
• explain and recognize the value of collaboration within the workplace
• examine the importance of time management to succeed in the workforce
• identify work ethics/professionalism in a job setting
• problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

• Identify Personal Leadership Characteristic
• Demonstrate interpersonal skill
• Conflict resolution
• Team work
• Leadership
• Negotiation

• Career Research
•  research family and community services such as agencies, organizations, and faith-based services
• career options available that focus on families and communities
• analyze demographics that may affect community needs
• analyze future trends in family and community services
• analyze the role socialization plays in human development and behavior

• service projects that benefit a community
• integrate student interests, abilities, and skills into community and service-learning projects
• plan, develop, implement, and evaluate community and service-learning activities that benefit individuals, families, or the community
• demonstrate safety practices when participating in community service and service-learning activities
• personal development through participation in community and service-learning activities
• appropriate grooming, appearance, and etiquette for community and service-learning activities
• ethical practices when participating in community service and service-learning activities
• public relations campaign promoting community and service-learning activities

TEKS

130.279

(1), (2), (c)(1)(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)

(c)(3)(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)

(c)(2)(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)

(c)(4)(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)(F)(G)(H)

Resources

Chick-fil-a Leadership Academy, Career Safe,  Texas Tech Curriculum, TEA Gateway, iCEV