Lesson 4: Introduction to Workplace Readiness Skills
This lesson focuses on identifying and understanding the importance of the 21st Century Workplace Readiness Skills. Students will define workplace readiness skills, understand their importance in the workplace, and identify ways to improve their workplace readiness skills.
Objectives
- Define workplace readiness skills.
- Identify why these skills are important.
- Identify ways to improve workplace readiness skills.
Materials
- Instructor Presentation: Lesson 4 Introduction to Workplace Readiness Skills (Powerpoint)
- Student Workbook: Workplace Readiness Skills Workbook Lesson 4 (Powerpoint)
- Knowledge Check: Lesson 4 Pre-Check and Post-Check (PDF)
- Workplace Readiness Skills
Expanding Your Knowledge
These optional activities and resources can reinforce lesson objectives in the home, engage families, or supplement classroom instruction.
Learning From Experience
Have students share Page 5 (My Workplace Readiness Skills) of their WRS Lesson 4 Workbook with a family member. Instruct students to ask their family member to place an X beside the skill they agree with the rating. Encourage students to discuss any areas of disagreement and explore ways to resolve them.
Workplace Readiness Skills Rubric
This assessment tool from the VCU Center on Transition Innovations is used to determine a student's strengths and areas of instructional need for each workplace readiness skill.
Model Transition Program-Job Readiness Curriculum
The MTP Job Readiness Curriculum consists of 6 modules based on a workplace readiness theme. Initially designed for 11th- and 12th-grade students with disabilities who are transitioning from high school to the workplace or postsecondary education, this program can be modified based on students' needs and interests.
Additional Resources
These additional resources support the content in the Pre-ETS Toolkit and provide even more ways to help students plan for the future.
Essential Skills to Getting a Job: What Young People with Disabilities Need to Know
This publication from the Office of Disability Employment Policy identifies skills that persons with disabilities need to be successful in the workforce.
Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
This video series was developed by the Office of Disability Employment Policy and provides content that focuses on teaching workplace readiness skills to youth, including those with disabilities.