Workplace Essential Skills
Curriculum Areas: Guidance, Language Arts, Mathematics, Workplace Readiness
Grades: 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade, Adult
Show Length: 25 30-minute programs
Usage Rights: Rights thru January 1, 2012
Production Date: -
Distributor: KET Kentucky Educational Television http://www.ket.org
Availability: Broadcast
WVIZ/PBS Broadcast: Monday-Friday 5:30-6am
Internet Site(s): http://http://www.ket.org/enterprise/work/workplace.htm http://www.pbs.org/literacy
Teacher Guide: Free materials on PBS site.
CLOSED CAPTIONED: YES
http://www.pbs.org/literacy (free materials for students and teachers)
Ohio educators/workplace skills providers can purchase the set of DVDs for $25. Call 216-916-6352 for more information.
Designed for adults who are looking for a job or want to improve their skills in order to get or keep a better job, Workplace Essential Skills helps show high school students and unemployed or underemployed adults what to expect from the job application process, what skills and attributes employers look for, and how those skills are put to work in real on-the-job situations. Reading level grades 6-8. Rights thru January 1, 2012.
1. Planning to Work 8/28/09
2. Matching Skills and Jobs 8/31/09
3. Applying for Jobs 9/1/09
4. Resumes, Tests, and Choices 9/2/09
5. Interviewing 7/30/09, 9/3/09
6. Ready for Work 7/31/09, 9/4/09
7. Workplace Safety 8/3/09, 9/7/09
8. Learning at Work 8/4/09, 9/8/09
9. The Language of Work 8/5/09, 9/9/09
10. Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors 8/6/09, 9/10/09
11. Working Together 8/7/09, 9/11/09
12. Communicating with Customers 8/10/09, 9/14/09
13. A Process for Writing 8/11/09, 9/15/09
14. Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts 8/12/09, 9/16/09
15. Writing Memos and Letters 8/13/09, 9/17/09
16. Reading for a Purpose 8/14/09, 9/18/09
17. Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts 8/17/09, 9/21/09
18. Following Directions 8/18/09, 9/22/09
19. Reading Reports and Manuals 8/19/09, 9/23/09
20. Number Sense 8/20/09, 9/24/09
21. Solving Problems 8/21/09, 9/25/09
22. Fractions, Decimals, and Percents 8/24/09, 9/28/09
23. Measurements and Formulas 8/25/09, 9/29/09
24. Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data 8/26/09, 9/30/09
25. Orientation 8/27/09
