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ESF Career Development Service for Students with Special Education Needs .
This video clip explains  a.Structured workplace learning programme at the Englsh Schools Foundation that gives students a chance to try out four or five jobs for three to four months each to find out which jobs they enjoy.  The students grow their independence and confidence during these training job experiences. Examples of job coaching and participation in a career exposition are shown and discussed as ways students can get exposure to different jobs and the job skills needed.

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Work Vocational Educational Program for Special Education Students

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Helping Young People with Special Needs Transition

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ESF Career Development Service for Students with Special Educational Needs video 2012

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ESF Career Development Service for Students with Special Educational Needs aims at providing vocational training opportunities for Year 12 and 13 Special Needs students in ESF schools. This plays an important role in providing work placement or work experience opportunties for students to actually access to work environment, to use and apply classroom based training and knowledge in real life job situations in regards to business, administration, retail, hospitality and catering etc.

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Career Clusters
Career Clusters

Carrie Career's guides you through the 16 career clusters. Each slide of the presentation gives students a quick overview of what you may do under that cluster and the jobs that match the cluster. The target audience would be anyone in elementary, middle, and high school.  Exposing students to the career clusters will provide them with an effective tool to developing their programs of study.

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Short introduction to each of the 16 career clusters.

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Career Exploration                           iQ: smartparent | Episode 506: Career Exploration & Virtual Job-Shadowing

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Career Exploration                           iQ: smartparent | Episode 506: Career Exploration & Virtual Job-Shadowing

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This half hour episode of IQ: Smart Parent was hosted by PBS Learning Media and it was packed with information to empower parents and students. The program was high interest, multi-media and the language was family-friendly and easy to understand. The host spoke directly to viewers (targeted towards parents and students). She explained that new technology makes it simple, yet different than ever before, to research careers and make decisions about one’s future in a digital age. There are multiple episodes and each episode has a printable viewing guide available. The viewing guide provides links to resources, bios for guests, and discussion questions.

https://d43fweuh3sg51.cloudfront.net/media/media_files/824db930-cd2d-47c3-8a25-cc5d58b28526/ac33ccd1-ab2a-4572-a88d-06925b57a5a9.pdf (Links to an external site.)

In this episode, the host spoke to multiple guests across three segments. First, a rep from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Dept. of Labor) talked about an occupational outlook handbook https://www.bls.gov/ooh/ (Links to an external site.) available to provide career information. The handbook details industries, wages, demands, etc. This guest also shared information about job trends projected over the next 10 years as well as education and training needed. She shared about a wide variety of careers accepting of educational backgrounds. All of this is very relevant info to our students and parents/families.

I appreciate that the episode and the viewing guide also featured the Dept of Labor’s O*NET Interest Profiler tool. This resource was also featured in our readings. This tool helps students explore hundreds of occupations. Job seekers can see what skills are needed to be successful in different jobs. It’s a great place to begin career research.

The episode also shared ideas for parents outlining key phrases to search online, so that parents can continue to support their children after viewing the episode.

Next, guests shared new trends in online mentoring services. A virtual mentor and a virtual mentee were present to share their experiences. The mentor’s role is to help mentees explore academic majors and later careers. They communicate online weekly.

And a final guest talked about career search tools available at your local public library. She spoke about challenges and benefits for teens researching careers. She also shared ideas for navigating obstacles and career possibilities with an open mind and connecting with supportive adults. “Many jobs that will exist in the future, don’t exist yet,” but teens can hone their soft skills and meet others with similar interests. Parents may not be aware that local libraries offer free resources for support with applications, cover letters, resumes, and more.

Although I hoped that the episode would address the Virtual Job Shadow https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/ (Links to an external site.) Career exploration website more explicitly, there may be another episode which does, since it is a very valuable tool. I am still pleased that our group discovered the IQ: Smart Parent episodes and can share them as a resource to benefit parents and students.

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iQ: smartparent | Episode 506: Career Exploration & Virtual Job-Shadowing | PBS LearningMedia

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About 80 percent of U.S. students end up changing their college major at least once. Now, new technology makes it easier for teens to explore occupations online - and even go on "virtual job shadows" - so they can make better decisions about careers.

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Work-based learning is becoming widely practiced in schools within the general curriculum and for students with disabilities. This program focuses on training and work experiences that takes place at actual job sites. According to Luecking’s “The Way to Work” “Any activity that puts youth in the workplaces of employers and that offers an opportunity to learn about careers and work behaviors can be considered work-based learning” (Luecking 2009). Examples of work-based learning can include: service learning, volunteer service, internships, paid employment, etc. This informational video prepares students for “exploring career goals, developing employability skills and good work habits, gaining an understanding of employer expectations, etc.,” (Luecking 2009).

References

Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: how to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes

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Georgia Work-Based Learning Recruiting Video

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According to Luecking’s “The Way to Work,” Start on Success (SOS) differs from Bridges because SOS is a paid internship for students with disabilities. Students with disabilities can increase their chances of post-school success by participating in internships, paid employment, and career classes. This video broadcasts a few students experience as interns with a local company. This opportunity can help the students become candidates once they complete their internship at the job site. “SOS reports that approximately 225 youth with physical, learning, emotional, and/or intellectual disabilities participate in its programs each year” (NOD 2007). “NOD does not maintain aggregate data on participant outcomes,  but the participating school systems consistently report both high rates of internship completion and higher rates of subsequent school completion than same-age peers receiving special education who do not participate (Charles Dey, personal communication,November 27, 2007). This video will show how students with disabilities can receive workplace experience before leaving high school and have a better access to career pathways.

References

Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: how to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes

National Organization on Disability. (2007). Start on Success. Retrieved November 3, 2019, from http://www.startonsuccess.org/

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My Reemployment Plan: Assessing Your Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Target audience middle and high school student.  Connection between your knowledge, skills and abilities and encourages students to reflect, analyze, and explore their interests. The three main topics of this clip are Knowledge as it relates to education and experience, Skills as it relates to technical skills (specific skills that relate to the occupation) and soft skills (learned in everyday life), and Ability (do you possess the means to perform that particular job).  The clip provides the viewer with three websites: careeronestop.org (careeronestop), myskillsmyfuture.org (mySkills myFuture), and onetonline.org (O*NET OnLine).  The O*NET website lets students access to the jobs identified in their skills profiler and provides them with job descriptions as they relate to knowledge, skills, and/or abilities the jobs demands.

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My Reemployment Plan: Assessing Your Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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According to Morningstar’s “Complete Guide to Transition Planning and Services,” there are 4 stages of Career Development:

1. Career awareness
2. Career exploration
3. Career preparation
4. Career assimilation

Within career preparation, students learn “work-related skills through on-the-job experiences and through planning for post secondary education and training,” (Morningstar 2018). Internships, job training, work-study programs, and career classes are a few experiences that students can take to promote career preparation. The following video demonstrates a path  of career preparation that Xander takes: paid employment. According to Luecking’s “The Way to Work,” Bridges...from School to Work is a program for students with disabilities that focuses on “1) career counseling and job search, 2) securing a paid position, and 3) post placement follow-up support and tracking of participants” (Luecking 2009). Xander’s experience helps promote his career goals since he not only secured a part-time job but is taking classes in his chosen career field. This brief but detailed video provides others with insight of the Bridges program, how it works, and how it benefits the participants.

References

Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: how to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes

Morningstar, M. (2018). Your complete guide to transition planning and services. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Simonsen, M. (n.d.).

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My Bridges Story - Xander the Usher - Atlanta, Georgia (with subtitles)

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This video explains how pre-ets work. It is provided through Vocational Rehab and is available to anyone with a disability, starting at age 14. It is a program that helps individuals to learn the skills needed to get, work at, and keep a job. It offers different levels of support depending on the needs of the individual.

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Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services

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The video Willing to Work is great because it is written and narrated by the individual with the intellectual disability. He walks us through the steps he went through to get the job of his dreams. It is a wonderful representation of what having the right supports and programs available can mean for someone with individuals with disabilities.

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This video highlights a program brought on through a grant, that helps individuals with disabilities try different career pathways. This helps to make a good career fit for these individuals. It starts with interviews and testing to get an idea of what an individual is good at and what their interests are. This program allows individuals to get certification in a field, rather than a degree, they are trained on a specific task and it doesn't include classes in Math, Reading, and Writing, which are where individuals struggle most. Locally Metropolitan community college offers a program which is similar. It's nice because students can pay for it with Pell Grants, A+ scholarships, or FAFSA and when they complete the program they have a way to work in a competitive field making competitive wages.

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Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services

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Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities

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Work-Based Learning (2017) is a video clip that  gives us a snapshot of the job exploration from the perspective of the employee, school counselor, VR Specialist and Chief Education Officer at the museum.  A young lady works at a summer program in the local children’s museum to gain real life experience and explore the career choice of becoming a childcare provider. She finds that she enjoys spending time with kids and discovers that she has a lot of patience with them. She tells us that during her period  of employment at the museum she has learned how to communicate better with others and how to deal with different personalities.  The museum chief education officer and all the counselors involved agree this is a good program that benefits both the employee and the employer. This relates to our class material by giving us an inside look at how work-based learning can be beneficial in many ways. This is a great example of how students can learn about their career interests, the type of skills required to perform a job, the expectation of an employer, and be able to identify any needed supports (Luecking, 2009).

References

Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: how to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes

VR, N. (2017, September 22). Work-Based Learning. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5cXDfv-yY.

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4 Skills & 4 Steps to a Successful Career

Target audience middle and high school students. This clip focuses on 4 skills and steps that could lead to a successful career.  It encourages students to challenge themselves academically daily, to understand the necessary life skills needed to set a strong foundation for their future, and the importance of employability and technical skills to help find and keep jobs in the future.  The video also stresses the importance of completing self-awareness surveys and researching the identified careers that align with your interests and abilities.

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Curious Kids - Careers

The following clip is produced by WGCU Curious Kids (www.wgcucuriouskids.org).This clip is just under 30 minutes and focuses on exploring the interesting and unusual career options of people.  Curious Kids is best suited for the elementary and middle school aged students exposing them to a variety of career options.

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Employability Skills- All Eight Skills

Target audience middle and high school students. This clip gives students an overview of 8 general job skills that will help them gain employment and  demonstrates practical applications of each of them.

1. Communication

2. Teamwork

3. Problem solving

4. Initiative and enterprise

5. Planning and organizing

6. Self-Management

7. Learning

8. Technology

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The video clip titled How to Choose a Career (2016) gives information about what a person needs to consider when deciding on what type of career they would like to choose.  It reviews different job categories, gives ideas on how to identify your skills, and gives you an overview of different industries, sectors, and types of companies.  It presents questions to help a person discover their skill sets, personality type (and has a link to a personality test) and interests.  It then outlines things to consider while creating an action plan of how to reach your goals and advises you to have a backup plan.  The video clip wraps up by encouraging a person to ask family, friends, tutors, recruitment agencies, and/or school career centers for help and tells us to research company websites or attend job fairs for extra help. Finally, a link is shared that directs us to a website that will give us a look at the wide range of careers available and invites us to subscribe for free. This is an excellent resource!   This relates to the course material in the career exploration section of the video in module one titled: SPED 857 Career Development (Simonsen), again reinforcing that career choice should be based on the interests and strengths of the person. It also correlates similar questions to consider while learning about work environment and job demands as well as the training required to qualify for a job. (Morningstar, 2018) The end of the video clip then takes us to the next step of the career process by linking us to career preparation, also identified in our class material.

References
CareerVidz. (2016, March 2). Career Choices; How To Choose A Career. Retrieved October 31, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_shYPygBeuE.

Career-development-and-work-based-learning. Retrieved November 1, 2019, from https://kuconnect.ku.edu/courses/1885/pages/m1-presentation-career-development-and-work-based-learning?module_item_id=128798.
Morningstar, M. (2018). Your complete guide to transition planning and services. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. Simonsen, M. (n.d.).