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“What Am I Going to Do When I Grow Up?”

“What Am I Going to Do When I Grow Up?”. Ruth Allison, Administrative Consultant for Transition Services, IVRS Jan Davis, Area Supervisor, IVRS. From “Facing the Giants”. From “Facing the Giants”. Are Students Ready to Work?.

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“What Am I Going to Do When I Grow Up?”

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  1. “What Am I Going to Do When I Grow Up?”

  2. Ruth Allison, Administrative Consultant for Transition Services, IVRS • Jan Davis, Area Supervisor, IVRS

  3. From “Facing the Giants” From “Facing the Giants”

  4. Are Students Ready to Work? Surveyed Employers indicated these Sill Areas are Key to Job Success • Critical Thinking /Problem Solving – 70% Deficient • Oral Communication • Written Communication-81% Deficient • Teamwork/Collaboration – 61% Adequate • Diversity – 62% Adequate • Information Technology Application – 63% Adequate • Leadership • Creative Innovation • Lifelong Learning/Self Direction • Professionalism/Work Ethic – 70% Deficient • Ethics/Social Responsibility

  5. Students With Disabilities • Here are the facts: Indicator 14 Graduation Rate

  6. “How’s Your Attitude” • Self Awareness • Impacts every decision you make • Shake it up! • Perception • Impacts decisions others make • Surprise others by going beyond expectations • Shared Perception • Impacts the decisions others make about you • Where inspiration occurs

  7. “Give Me Your Best” • Getting commitment • Addresses defeatist attitude

  8. “Don’t you Quit on Me” • Quitting generates a pattern • Lost Opportunities Based on Fear • Really means – “Don’t you Quit on Yourself”

  9. Did you have a teacher or person in your life that inspired you to reach for more than you THOUGHT you had? Who was that person? • Can you be that person for someone you touch today? What will you commit to?

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