eCAP Lesson: Employability Skills

ECAP Lesson: Employability Skills

SK11S - Week of 9/7 - Day 1
Ms. Silverman

Open Ended

What was the most delicious food you ate this weekend?

Agenda

• Warm-up

• Brainstorm

• AZ CIS Workplace Employability Skills Assessment

• Reflection

• Homework

• Exit Ticket

Warm-up

• Finding Focus

• Seated and comfortable

• Wide awake position

Employability Skills

What are my strengths in a workplace?  Why is it important to know them?

Open Ended

What skills or qualities make someone a good employee?

Qualities of a Good Employee

• Complex Communication

• Collaboration (working together)

• Thinking and Innovation (being creative)

• Professionalism

• Initiative and Self Direction (motivating yourself)

Qualities of a Good Employee

• Intergenerational and Cross Cultural Competence (understanding people who are different)

• Organizational Culture (working within the rules)

• Legan and Ethical Practices (doing what's right)

• Financial Practices (managing money wisely)

Open Ended

Which of these skills do you think you are already pretty good at?

Communication

Working Together

Thinking Creatively

Professionalism

Self Motivation

Understanding people who are different than you

Working Within the Rules

Doing What's Right

Managing Money Wisely

Open Ended

Which of these skills do you think you might need to get better at?

Communication

Working Together

Thinking Creatively

Professionalism

Self Motivation

Understanding people who are different than you

Working Within the Rules

Doing What's Right

Managing Money Wisely

AZ CIS Assessment

• https://portal.azcis.intocareers.org/

• Log in with Clever if you can

• If you can't try logging in with your username and password

• If you can't remember that, message me...I'll find it for you.

• Type "DONE!" in the chat when you're logged in.

Click on the Assessments tab.

Click on Workplace Employability Skills.

Directions

• Choose High, Medium, or Low

• "High" means you're really good at the skill

• "Low" means you don't know much about the skill

Open Ended

What was a high score for you?

Open Ended

What was a low score for you?

Poll

What did you think about your results?

• They were really surprising.

• They were a little surprising.

• They were pretty much what I expected.

• What results?

Open Ended

What's one career you think you might be interested in?

Click here and find your chosen career.

Click here to see the Skills and Abilities for that career.

Poll

After reading through the skills and abilities listed for your career, do you think it's a good fit for you?

• Yes definitely!

• I might have to work on some of my skills.

• I don't think I will like this job now that I know what it involves.

• Not sure.

Homework

• Keep doing Daily Check Ins

• Complete any "Overdue Assignments"

• Watch Empathy video

Poll

EXIT TICKET: Reflect on your participation in today's class.

• I was pretty zoned out most of the time.

• I was usually paying attention, but I sometimes got distracted. I didn't answer many questions.

• I was really paying attention. Sometimes I felt confused or distracted, but I answered most questions.

• I was really paying attention, understood the questions, and answered them all.