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Do Now:

Directions: Take your best guess as to if each statement is true or false.

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Key Takeaway

Understanding how to navigate the workplace will help me self-advocate and have a positive experience at work.

How might the work environment differ from the school environment?

Self-Advocacy

What does “self-advocacy” mean to you?

How have you engaged in self-advocacy?

If you work, how have you self-advocated for yourself at work?

Workplace Scenarios

You are working a part-time job, but you would like to move to full-time status. You found out your manager is looking to promote a worker to full-time status. A few of your coworkers are interested in applying. How would you approach your manager and self-advocate for yourself?

You just started a new job. Your coworkers seem to be very close to one another; they have a group chat in which they trade shifts and support each other with workplace issues. You feel a bit left out. How do you self-advocate and build support at work?

You hold a part-time cashier position as you attend school. Your manager is pressuring you to take on additional shifts because your co-workers keep calling out. You don’t want to fall behind with your school work. How do you approach the situation with your manager?

Workplace Debrief

You are working a part-time job, but you would like to move to full-time status. You found out your manager is looking to promote a worker to full-time status. A few of your coworkers are interested in applying. How would you approach your manager and self-advocate for yourself?

You just started a new job. Your coworkers seem to be very close to one another; they have a group chat in which they trade shifts and support each other with workplace issues. You feel a bit left out. How do you self-advocate and build support at work?

You hold a part-time cashier position as you attend school. Your manager is pressuring you to take on additional shifts because your co-workers keep calling out. You don’t want to fall behind with your school work. How do you approach the situation with your manager?

Mentor Connection

1. Share your high and low from this week with your mentor.

My high from this week was…

My low from this week was…

2. What is one new thing you learned today about navigating the workplace? Why did this piece of information stand out?

One new thing I learned today is…

It stood out to me because…

EXTEND: Check Your Emails

Check your email/school portals for post-secondary program updates.

Follow up with any asks!

Be sure to check the email you

used to apply!