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Essential Employability Skills

Essential Employability Skills. communications, personal, interpersonal, thinking, mathematics, and computer applications skills. Learning Skills…. Application Repetition. Top Down Perspective. What we see is determined largely by what we look for … Unpacking our curricula

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Essential Employability Skills

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  1. Essential Employability Skills communications, personal, interpersonal, thinking, mathematics, and computer applications skills

  2. Learning Skills… • Application • Repetition

  3. Top Down Perspective • What we see is determined largely by what we look for … • Unpacking our curricula • Can’t assume knowledge of EE skills

  4. Traditional View

  5. Generic/Employability Skillsaretransferable skills that provide the foundation for a student’sacademic, vocational, and personal success

  6. The EES Workbook • Pre-determined In-Class Activities • Charting Skills Development • Painless Assessment • Hidden Attendance

  7. free writing brainstorming mind-mapping journal entries reading responses questions formulation conversation prompts/responses rough drafts vocabulary lists + definitions workplace scenarios assignment outlines thesis statements research assignments teamwork exercises structured note taking peer assessment role playing problem solving summaries online resources critique description of a process Possible Learning Activities

  8. AssessmentA Sample Marking Template • Format: Format includes awareness of correct format for the context of the assignment. • Content: Content (as required by the assignment) includes clear thesis or focus, adequate development, good use of details and examples, correct use of illustrations. • Organization: Organization means ideas are presented in logical order in individual sections and in the overall piece of writing. • Style: Style includes word choice and tone. :

  9. Other Benefits • Allows for a “dress rehearsal” before the main event • Low-stakes = low intimidation • Clarifies needed skills for the student • Re-enforces important class content

  10. Road to Success

  11. Further Resources http://records.viu.ca/www/wac/wac.htm http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ http://www.engl.niu.edu/wac/

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