Building Work Skills: Plan from the End & Integrate from the Start! Presenter:

1. Building Work Skills: Plan from the End & Integrate from the Start!Presenter: Lia Conklin: ELL Instructor/Team Leader, EL Civics Grant Coordinator & Designer, Ronald Hubbs Center,St. Paul, MN (lia.conklin@spps.org) EL Civics Grant materials available at: www.hubbs.spps.org/elcivics

2. Session Learning Goals Name: _______________________ Date: _____________________ Circle the picture that shows how you feel about each leaning goal.  = Hard,  = So-so,  = Easy

3. Match terms w/ defs. Section Product: Discuss one’s program in terms of career pathways model • Unit Product: • Design a unit plan that: • Aligns w/ a career pathways model. • Describes an authentic unit product. • Identifies work skills. • Outlines section & activity products. Sequence program steps Describe unit product • Work Skills • Analyze program in terms of career pathways • Identify real-life & work scenarios • Describe unit products • Identify work skills • Design a unit plan Building Work Skills: Product-Based Unit Plan Fill in lang. skills. Match terms w/ exs. Fill in Scenarios. Section Product: Complete theme chart w/ examples Fill in work skills. Describe a unit product. Housing section products Housing unit product Identify scenario Section Product: Navigate the product-based unit plan model. Section Product: Deconstruct unit product example: Housing Simulation Identify work skills Find online resources Housing activity products

4. Building Work Skills: Zooming out… • High stakes for our learners!! • Promote concept of career pathways from the lowest levels on up • Bridge ELL/ABE classes to occupational training • Integrate a variety of skill types into all instructional units. • Purposefully design units that focus on meaningful end products

5. Career Pathways Model: Terminology Instructions: Match the following terms with their definitions. Then fill out the chart below.

6. Career Pathways Model: Programming Instructions: Fill out the chart below.

7. Discussion: Zooming in… • What in your program is similar to this model? • What challenges are there/would there be in aligning with this career pathways model? • Given your challenges, what CAN your program do to best align w/ this model or build toward this in the future?

8. Integrate from the start… • How do you integrate work skills into your unit plans? • On average, how long do your units last? • With whom do you regularly collaborate? • What is your greatest strength when designing unit plans? • What would you like to improve when designing unit plans?

9. Unit Planning: Small Group Grid

10. Product-Based Unit Plan Description • A “product”describes what skills will be demonstrated and HOW they will be demonstrated. • Choose an authentic Unit Productthat promotes work skills. • Outline benchmarks that integrate a variety of skill types and are achievable w/in the Unit Product. • Segment Unit Product into Section Productsor instructional “chunks” that scaffold to Unit Product. • Break down Section Products into Activity Productsthat scaffold to Section Product.

11. Section Product: Unit Product: Work Skills Product-Based Unit Plan: Template Section Product: Section Product: Section Product:

12. Team Evaluation Instructions: Read each question. Circle your answer.

13. Futures are riding on us! Construct with care!