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Resources: Workplace Readiness Training

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This part of the website has been updated to reflect the Notice of Interpretation in the Federal Register.

Curriculum

  1. Explore-Work.com
    WINTAC has worked with Employment Resources, Inc. (ERI), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Wisconsin-Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (SVRI) to design a series of web-based modules specific to the five required WIOA Pre-Employment Transition Services activities for use with students with disabilities. 
  2. T-Folio - T-Folio is a free online transition portfolio tool for high school-age youth with disabilities. The curriculum provides facilitators with lesson plans and tips to help youth build self-determination and job-readiness skills through a series of interactive exercises. T-Folio curriculum aligns with Individual Education Program (IEP) transition planning, DVR Pre-Employment Transition Service categories, and the CCTS Transition Services Flowchart.
  3. Pathways to the Future (West Virginia) - This includes sample lesson plans and detailed curricula for students with disabilities that schools,VR, or other partners could use in delivering any of the five required Pre-ETS services. We advise that you thoroughly review these to see what activities you would approve your vendors using.
  4. TransitionTN Curriculum Database - TransitionTN has developed a searchable database of curriculum that includes options for providing the five required pre-employment transition services. You can search by Pre-ETS category, payment type (Free to subscription) and accessibility for hearing and vision impairments.
  5. GCFLearnFree.org program GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 7,000 lessons, more than 1,000 videos, and more than 50 interactive links and games, completely free. We advise that you thoroughly review these to see what activities you would approve your vendors using.

  6. AFB Transition To Work Program Activity Guide
    The Transition to Work: Program Activity Guide was created for Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP) Providers, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agencies, and Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVI's) working to improve employment outcomes for teens and young adults who are blind or visually impaired. This program activity guide has 19 lessons meant to address WIOA requirements. The activities included in this guide are for service providers to utilize to provide instruction and services to youth who are blind or visually impaired in three of the five required areas: job exploration, work-based learning, and workplace readiness training. The activities can be printed, access electronically, and even e-mailed. The activities are also available as electronic braille files (BRF) in the Unified English Braille (UEB) Code ready to be embossed. The BRF files are available for download at the bottom of each lesson. Right-click and "save as" to download a file to a computer.
  7. Find a Job - Career planning toolkit for teachers and career advisors
  8. Putting It All Together: The Career Development Checklist
  9. Utah State Office of Education, “Critical Workplace Skills” Curriculum
  10. Habits of Work - Soft skills curriculum you can use by itself or with extended learning opportunities, internships and other work-related learning experiences.
    Utah State Office of Education, “Adult Roles and Responsibilities”:

Other Activities

  1. Skills to Pay the Bills

  2. Life Skills

    Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a free tool that takes a look at the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long-term goals. It aims to set youth on their way toward developing healthy, productive lives. Examples of the life skills CLS helps youth self-evaluate include:

    • Maintaining healthy relationships
    • Work and study habits
    • Planning and goal-setting
    • Using community resources
    • Daily living activities
    • Budgeting and paying bills
    • Computer literacy
    • Their permanent connections to caring adults
  3. Essential Skills to Getting A Job...What Young People with Disabilities need to Know  No Cost
    The office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of Labor, provides a summarized list of skills needed to get a job and includes a resource listing of curriculum and materials that can be used by workforce preparation staff.
  4. National Deaf Center - Pre-ETS Guide
  5. CCER VR Orientation & Mobility Community Resources for COVID-19
  6. Blind Abilities - The free Blind Abilities app is the quickest way to reach your High School students, College bound students, and those seeking information about blindness. All the podcasts and blogs are created by fellow blind/visually impaired people who have or are breaking down the obstacles and sharing their experiences. Categories of podcasts address college-careers and STEM, job insights, tech abilities, technology, independent living and more. Podcasts could be used as part of an activity for the five required pre-ets activities. This was originally created with funding through Pre-ETS from MN-SSB.
  7. Minnesota's Pre-ETS Toolkit with Resources - A Resource for Providing Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) for Minnesota Students with Disabilities.
  8. North Carolina Blind Pre-ETS

  9. Money Smart for Young Adults
  10. National Endowment for Financial Education Homepage. The Jump$tart Coalition
  11. Clearinghouse of Free Resources contains links to a number of financial literacy tools, including:

    • Bank It - Bank It is an online financial literacy program that is designed to help parents and teens understand, talk about, and manage their money. Through use of both a website and guidance on how to conduct live, local workshops, Bank It covers 12 key financial topics, including budgeting, setting goals, investing, charitable giving, earning income, credit and debt, and insurance.
    •  Check It Out! - This lesson is about checking accounts for middle and high school students. The list includes the following materials: teacher or guest speaker notes, blank checks and check register handouts, reconciliation sheets, and a True or False quiz. This resource supports Michigan Educational Standards and Benchmarks.
  12. TheMint.org - This website provides resources and tips for kids, teen, parents, and teachers on handling finances. Resources for teachers include lessons on budgeting, credit, financial decision making, and the stock market.
  13. Financial Literacy for Teens - This resource from Investopedia teaches financial literacy topics such as budgeting and money management to teens. There are also links to similar resources for tweens and younger children.
  14. Financial Literacy for Everyone - This resource from Practical Money Skills provides lesson plans and resources for PreK-College, including students with disabilities.
  15. Workplace Readiness Training Checklist

Other

  1. Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center

  2. Minnesota Employment Resource Guide:  Successfully Preparing Students with Disabilities for Competitive Integrated Employment
  3. Job Accommodation Network (JAN): A free online workplace accommodation toolkit.
  4. Soft Skills: The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability (NCWD) provides resources describing soft skills and guidance on how to develop these skills.
  5. DB101’s Work, Benefits, Youth: Browse DB101's youth section to learn more about school, work, health care, and saving for the future. Try out the School and Work Estimator.
  6. Disability Hub MN: A free statewide resource network that helps you solve problems, navigate the system and plan for your future.
  7. Essential Skills to Getting A Job...What Young People with Disabilities need to Know: The office of Disability Employment Policy, US Department of Labor, provides a summarized list of skills needed to get a job and includes a resource listing of curriculum and materials that can be used by workforce preparation staff.
  8. Preparing for Adulthood: Taking Charge of My Own Health Care: PACER Center’s Youth Advisory Board on mental health discuss topics related to transitioning from pediatric health care to adult heath care. This 4-part series includes topics on coordinating health care, how medical providers and teachers can help youth take charge of their own health care, preparing for medical appointments, and guardianship.
  9. Casey Life Skills (CLS) is a free tool that assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long-term goals. It aims to set youth on their way toward developing healthy, productive lives. Examples of the life skills CLS helps youth self-evaluate include:

    •  Maintaining healthy relationships, and their permanent connections to caring adults
    • Work and study habits, Planning and goal-setting
    • Using community resources
    • Daily living activities, Budgeting and paying bills
    • Computer literacy
  10. Workplace Readiness Training Continuum and Guiding Questions highlights some of the top workplace readiness skills that have been mentioned by employers to be successful in employment or a post-secondary education/training program; and some of the guiding questions to ask students in each of these areas.
  11. Workplace Readiness Skills Checklist is a list of workplace readiness skills to consider when determining student needs, as well as measuring student progress in the Pre-ETS required activity of workplace readiness training, to include social skills and independent living.

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