Welcome Brett Taylor Training Specialist Tony Kroll Transition

Welcome • Brett Taylor, Training Specialist • Tony Kroll, Transition Specialist, Horry AE • Tonya Hall, Transition Specialist, Dorchester AE

What are Soft Skills? • Tony Kroll • Handout 1 - Transferable Skills • Handout 2 - 17 Foundational Skills

Activity • Welcome class • Let’s watch a video about this week’s soft skill- Teamwork • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s. MFh 9 QYFh 2 I

• Is teamwork easy?

• Is teamwork easy? • ALWAYS? ? ?

• Is teamwork easy? • ALWAYS? ? ? • What can make teamwork difficult?

• Select a leader for your table or group of 3 to 4.

• The group that creates the tallest freestanding tower using marshmallows and spaghetti will win the contest. • The team leader can only supervise and cannot touch the materials. • You have 15 minutes.

Timer- 15 minutes

• Did the winners all have a solid, wide foundation? • The core of a winning team must have a solid foundation too. • Did your team work together? • What worked well? Were there any difficulties? • What roles did the team members play? • Was it a plus or minus that the leader was not able to physically participate?

• The winners all had a solid, wide foundation. • The core of a winning team must have a solid foundation too. • Did your team work together? • What worked well? Were there any difficulties? • What roles did the team members play? • Was it a plus or minus that the leader was not able to physically participate?

• The activity we just did was from Skills to Pay Bills • Teamwork- Activity 13 Handout 3

Skills To Pay Bills Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success From- US Department of Labor

Skills to Pay Bills • Free • PDF with 30 lesson plans with activities covering 6 soft skills • (see sample packet on your table with 5 lessons) Skills to Pay Bills uses modular, hands-on, engaging activities that focus on six key skill areas: • communication • enthusiasm and attitude • teamwork • networking • problem solving and critical thinking • Professionalism • Videos introducing each of the 6 soft skills

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Focus- Teaching “Soft Skills” • "Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success, " is a curriculum developed by ODEP focused on teaching "soft" or workforce readiness skills to youth, including youth with disabilities. “Soft skills cannot be taught in a vacuum… They must be: introduced, developed, refined, practiced and reinforced. ”

Targeted • Created for youth development professionals as an introduction to workplace interpersonal and professional skills, • the curriculum is targeted for youth ages 14 to 21 in both in-school and out-of-school environments. • Will it be applicable to Adult Ed students?

6 Key Soft Skills to Pay Bills uses modular, hands-on, engaging activities that focus on six key skill areas: • communication • enthusiasm and attitude • teamwork • networking • problem solving and critical thinking • professionalism

There are 5 activities in the pdf 6 Key Soft Skills for each of the 6 soft skills. Skills to Pay Bills uses modular, hands-on, engaging activities that focus on six key skill areas: • communication • enthusiasm and attitude • teamwork • networking • problem solving and critical thinking • professionalism

Activity Layout Each exercise consists of an activity designed to get young people: thinking about, practicing, and discussing soft skills important for career and personal success.

There are 7 Short Videos… • This short video introduces and summarizes the skills to be taught. • https: //youtu. be/Ow. PAr. MTI 9 i 8

6 Short 2 minute videos on: • communication • enthusiasm and attitude • teamwork • networking • problem solving and critical thinking • professionalism • https: //www. dol. gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/Soft. Skillsvideos. htm

Career. Ready 101 • How do you use it?

Career. Ready 101 - Support Center • How do you use it?

Career. Ready 101 - Support Center • How do you use it? Handout 4

Career. Ready 101 - Support Center • How do you use it?

Walk on the Work Side Game • from the Learn. Do. Earn Almost Real Experience www. Learn. Do. Earn. org • Linda Rushing and Kristy Austin wrote a grant to purchase the Walk on the Work Side Game. The grant was approved and the game is being implemented to help prepare Rock Hill Adult Education’s adult learners for successful transition into the workforce and/or postsecondary education or training while growing their wisdom and sense of judgment in making life decisions.

Walk on the Work Side Game • from the Learn. Do. Earn Almost Real Experience www. Learn. Do. Earn. org • Through game play, reflections, and class discussion, students demonstrate their ability to make decisions that employers would consider appropriate and acceptable involving a variety of workplace situations. Students also demonstrate how to give and receive constructive feedback during the peer evaluation process.

Walk on the Work Side Game • The game creates a simulated environment through an interactive table game in which participants react to workplace issues that require honing a worker’s situational judgment, experience 360 degree reviews, and learn how different types of personalities can be assets to employers. The game requires participants to work in teams, discuss issues, reach a consensus, and make decisions. Through this experience students gain these employability skills in preparation for the workforce. These activities also help students understand exactly what needs to be done to build the behavioral foundations necessary for success in work and/or postsecondary education or training.

Walk on the Work Side Game • A few examples of skills used or developed by students during the game are: • • Teamwork skills Team Leader skills Brainstorming Creativity skills Problem solving skills Synthesizing Social skills Critical thinking skills

Tonya Hall’s Soft Skills Preferred Resources • Work. Skills : Situational Judgement and Active Listening (Steck Vaughn) • We also have a curriculum that we developed and are revamping at the moment and will present to the local Metro Chamber and Commerce is called Work. Core.

Tonya Hall’s Soft Skills Preferred Resources • Building a Strong Vocabulary for Work Readiness • Mc. Graw Hill : Tools for Workplace Success • Career Pathways Effective Employee • Career Pathways Document Literacy • Career Pathways Employee Essentials • Tools for the Workplace

• Soft Skills for Workbook- pdf Lesson guide you can print out worksheets for students to use. http: //www. nwtliteracy. ca/resources/adultlit/career_life_work/soft_ skills_for_workbook. pdf • Job Success Strategies Manual- pdf Includes ethics activities, Dealing with Change, Stress, and Time Management http: //www. nwtliteracy. ca/resources/adultlit/career_life_work/job_s uccess_manual. pdf • More from NWT Literacy Council- http: //www. nwtliteracy. ca/Youth%20 and%20 Adult%20 Literacy%20% 28 Resources%29

Free Webinars- Pace. Learning. com • Last week • Include student self assessment on soft skills • Focus on a few soft skills at a time

GCFLearn. Free. org • www. gcflearnfree. org/jobsuccess/

More… Most already know this, but… Search Google…try “being on time” youtube, or lesson…

• 3 Minute TV Interview Explaining ‘Soft Skills’ - https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=m. ANe. Bjv_az. A • 2 Minute Video re ‘Soft Skills’- https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=y. Kz. QYQNt. Yts Marshmallow Test • FL DOE 3 Lesson Plans http: //www. fldoe. org/academics/collegecareer-planning/educators-toolkit/workplace-skills. stml

S. P. E. C. I. A. L. (from Adam Dovico) • https: //www. edutopia. org/discussion/special-introductions-teachingsoft-skills-our-students • Over my time as a teacher and professional development presenter, I have been in the people business—both young and old. I have worked on developing the skill—as I will argue it is—of making positive first impressions, more specifically when meeting someone new. Taking my experiences - plus the research and thoughts of business, psychologist, and education publications (Pitts 2015; Clark 2011; Goman 2011) - I have derived an “action” list for the first seven seconds you meet someone, and designated it as S. P. E. C. I. A. L.

• S – Shake hands: Not too hard (you might break a hand), not too soft (no one wants a floppy fish), and certainly do not shake the fingers. Instead, interlock the webs between the thumb and index finger and clasp. • P – Posture: Stand up straight, shoulders back, chest out. People believe that a person standing tall is more confident and aware (Fast 1970). • E – Eye contact: Look into the eyes of the person you are meeting the entire time you approach and shake hands (this takes practice). • C – Charm: Smile, raise an eyebrow, use a head nod. These are small actions that express interest and charisma. • I – Introduce yourself: People like to know your name, a simple “Hi, I’m [your name]” is a great icebreaker. • A – Ask a question: “How are you? ”, “What brings you here? ”, “Don’t you hate this snow? ” are crucial to beginning a conversation and show interest in your unknown companion. • L – Lean in & Listen: Do not lean in too much. Personal space may be invaded and the first six things you did will wash away. A slight lean in from a couple feet away shows interest and helps you listen to the speaker and respond appropriately.

• Learning Network- https: //learning. blogs. nytimes. com/2011/02/01/all-in-a-days-workdeveloping-soft-skills-for-job-success/? _r=0 • 9 High School Lesson Plans- http: //character. org/lessons/lessonplans/#hs

Thank you! • Brett Steven Taylor Training Specialist, RAETAC Region 4 • Office- 803 -981 -1379 Cell- 803 -230 -1069 (OK to text or call) BTaylor@RHMail. org • Tony Kroll GCDFI • HCS Adult Ed • Tonya Hall, Transition Specialist, Dorchester AE