1. Carolle Artiles M.A. Transition Teacher Marla Mittskus M.A. Transition Teacher

2. Active listening activity 1.What District are you from? 2.What is your role in your district? 3.What do you think is the most important part of transition?

3. Districts should offer pathways to provide students with a career focus Transition classes in high school WorkAbility (work experience) Career Technical Education ROP Adult Education Community College Department of Rehabilitation

4. In order to answer this question, it is important to know the skills employers are looking for in applicants. In 2013, Forbes magazine published an article entitled “The 10 Skills Employers Most Want in 20-Something Employees.”

5. Ability to work in a team Ability to make decisions and problem solve Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization Ability to obtain and process information

6. Ability to analyze quantitative data Technical knowledge related to the job Proficiency with computer software programs Ability to create and/or edit written reports Ability to sell and influence others The article states that the first two bullets are most important to employer

7. Articulation with local community college Employment Skills Career/Life Skills Adult Transition Program Career Pathways

8. Banking/Budgeting Credit Card Smarts Strengths/Values Career Planning/Goal Setting Job Interview Preparation Appropriate Grooming Proper Telephone Etiquette Use of Social Media Cooperation/Collaborati on at work Communication Skills Attitude Counts Honest/Loyalty to your Job Self-Advocacy/Social Skills Setting Priorities

9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAW KxpCv1Fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAW KxpCv1Fw

25. What are priorities? Does everybody have the same priorities and why or why not? Is anybody’s priorities more important than the next person’s priorities and why or why not? When you are in the workplace, who’s priorities are the important ones?

26. What does the word perception mean? Does everybody have the same perception? Is there a right or wrong perception? When you are in the workplace, who’s perception is the right one? Can your own perception get you in trouble in the workplace, and why or why not?

34. Eeyore on self-esteem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bD5Sys AMk

37. 1.What do you like to do in your free time? 2.How many brothers and sisters do you have? 3.What kind of work does your father/mother do? 4.Do you have any special interests? 5.What do you like to do when you are with your friends? 6.Do you have any pets, what kind? 7.What are your two favorite movies and why?

38. Cont. 8.What are your two favorite TV programs and why? 9.What school subject do you like best and why? 10.What would you like to do when you graduate high school? 11.What famous person do you most want to be like and why? 12.Who do you think is the greatest man or woman in the world today and why?

39. Learn something new everyday Do whatever it takes to make you feel sure of yourself Be around people who give you a feeling of importance Put out of your life anybody who puts you down Do something everyday that you do extremely well Concentrate on the things you like about yourself Change things about yourself that bother you

40. The person you are is made up of many traits, interests, skills, likes, dislikes, beliefs, and attitudes. Answer the following questions as thoroughly as you can to create a portrait of yourself and your personality: 1.Describe your physical appearance 2.What do you like best about the way you look? 3.What do you like least? 4.Are you right handed or left handed? 5.Would you describe yourself as a very emotional person, or are you more reserved and detached? 6.What kinds of things make you feel happy?

41. 7.What sorts of things make you feel sad? 8.What subjects are among your favorites in school? 9.Which subjects do you enjoy the least? 10.What are your mental strengths? For example, are you good at absorbing new information, explaining new ideas, solving problems or noticing small details? 11.Do you have very strong religious beliefs? How do your beliefs affect your everyday life? 12.Describe the members of your family.

42. 13.How do you think their physical, mental, and emotional traits may affect your development as a person? 14.How do you go about setting short-term and long-term goals for yourself? 15.Do you feel confident about your own abilities to reach these goals and why? 16.Do you feel that you can be honest about both your strengths and your weaknesses and what are some of them? 17.Can you accept both praise and criticism from other people? 18.Do you learn from your mistakes or do you find yourself making the same mistakes over and over again?

43. 19.List the many different roles you play in your life(son/daughter, student, friend, niece/nephew, etc.) 20.Do you generally feel happy about your relationships with other people and why or why not? 21.How would you describe your overall self- concept? Are you happy with who you are? 22.List some positive steps that you could take to improve yourself and your self concept.

44. Renaissance Man Freedom Writers Cool Runnings Sister Act II Stand and Deliver Forrest Gump Simon Birch Remember the Titans Radio

47. http://www.experienceworks.org/site/Pag eServer?pagename=Practice_Online_appli cation http://www.experienceworks.org/site/Pag eServer?pagename=Practice_Online_appli cation www.experienceworks.org/site/PageServe r?pagename=Practice_Online_application www.experienceworks.org/site/PageServe r?pagename=Practice_Online_application

48. Carolle_artiles@upland.k12.ca.us Marla_mittskus@upland.k12.ca.us