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Job Olympics

Job Olympics. Valerie Bradford Teddi Gore Texarkana I.S.D. What is this….?. Job Olympics provides students…. Motivation to learn job skills Motivation to improve social skills Opportunities to form new friendships Experience with actual employers

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Job Olympics

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  1. Job Olympics Valerie Bradford Teddi Gore Texarkana I.S.D.

  2. What is this….?

  3. Job Olympics provides students… • Motivation to learn job skills • Motivation to improve social skills • Opportunities to form new friendships • Experience with actual employers • Evaluations of personal employability skills • Opportunities to build self-confidence • Opportunities to demonstrate job responsibilities

  4. Job Olympics Provides Teachers… • Goals and objectives for life survival skills • Motivational incentives to use with students • Hands on evaluations of individual student’s strengths and weakness.

  5. Job Olympics Provides a Businesses… • Illustrations of student’s positive job skills • Development of positive relationships with teenagers • Illustrations of benefits of working with students • An opportunity to cooperatively facilitate the learning of employability skills • Positive working relationship with schools

  6. Job Olympics • Levels • adaptive level – severe • level 1- Moderate MR • level 2 – LD and ED

  7. Judges • Business owners • Parents • Student Council or Ready Set Teach Programs

  8. An overview of the day • Morning – Events • Lunch • Afternoon – Self advocacy training

  9. Events

  10. Events… • Bed making Car detailing • Folding towels Auto Check • Stocking Shelves Shredding • Folding Pizza Boxes Pet Care • Job Interview Food Prep • Job Resume Nurses Aid Sim. • Setting /Busing tables Kids Meals • Child Care Sacking Groceries • Phone Skills Recycling • Vacuuming Flower Arranging

  11. Keys to Success

  12. Let everyone take part! • All levels of ADL • LD • ED

  13. Location?

  14. Make the time work.

  15. Make every student pick 5 events!

  16. Why not invite Alumni?

  17. Success • Adults • Administrators • Press- releases are signed before anyone leaves the school. • Partnership with other schools

  18. Contact • Valerie Bradford • Texas High School • 4001 Summerhill RD • Texarkana, TX 75501 • (903) 794-3891 x 2042 • bradfordv@txkisd.net

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