The
Foundations Curriculum
Work Life Skills
Week 1:
Introduction/Time
Management
Week 2: Personal Hygiene
and Grooming
A. Tour of
campus
A. Personal care
B. Course
Guidelines
B. Clothing
C. Time Management
Week 3:
Being
Responsible
Week 4: Being Responsible
(continued)
A. Attendance and
Punctuality
A. Following Directions
B. Following Rules
Week 5:
Being Responsible/ Team
Building
Week 6:
Being responsible/ Team building (continued)
A.
Attitude
A. Organization and Concentration
B. Team
Building
B. Team Building
Week 7:
Accepting Directions/ Effective
Communication
Week 8: Review Week
A. Accepting
Directions
A. Time Management
B. Effective
Communication
B. Hygiene and Grooming
C.
Being Responsible
D.
Accepting Directions
E.
Team Building
F.
Effective Communication
Week 9:
Accepting Criticism/ Anger
Management
Week 10: Functional Money
Skills
A. Accepting
Criticism
A. Identification
B. Anger
Management
B. Making Change
Week 11:
Socializing at the Workplace/ Emotional
Health
Week 12: Traveling to Work
A.
Socializing
A. Managing travel time
B. Relationships at
work
B. Getting Up and
C. Emotional
Health
Getting Ready
C. Traveling Time
D. Starting work
Week 13:
Staying
Healthy
Week 14: Staying Healthy
(continued)
A. Healthy Eating and
Diet
A. Illness
B.
Exercising
B. Sleep
Week 15:
Staying Healthy
(continued)
Week 16: Review
A. Drugs and
Alcohol
A. Accepting Criticism
B.
Anger Management
C.
Functional Money skills
D. Socializing at the workplace
E.
Emotional Health
F.
Traveling to work.
G.
Staying Healthy
Week 17:
Work Policies and Employee
Rules
Week 18: Work Ethics
A. Employee
Policies
A. Moral Ethics vs. Work Ethics
B. Employee
Rules
Week 19:
Workplace
Harassment
Week 20: Self
Preservation
A. Defining
harassment
A. Defining Self-Preservation
B. Protected
Classes
B. Avoidance Techniques
C. Sexual
Harassment
C. De-escalation Techniques
D. Avoiding Harassment
D. Safety Tips and ideas
Week 21:
Cultural Diversity at
Work
Week 22:
Effective Communication
A. The value of a diverse
workplace.
A. Barriers to Communicating
B. Managing Cultural differences.
Effectively
C.
Stereotyping
B. Preventing Miscommunications
Week 23:
Effective Communication
(continued)
Week 24: Lesson Reviews
A. Upward
Communication A.
Work Policies and Employee Rules
B. The Four A’s of
Communication
B. Work Ethics
C. Workplace Harassment
D. Self Preservation Skills
E. Cultural Diversity
F. Effective Communication
Week 25:
Confidence
Building
Week 26: Anger Management
A. Personal Confidence
B. The three fears of Poor Confidence.
C. Creating your Self Confidence
Week 27:
Assertiveness
Training Week
28: Problem Solving
A. Assertive vs.
Anger
A. What is problem solving?
B.
Passive/Assertive/Aggressive
B. Thinking Skills for Problem Solving
C. The Right to be
assertive
C. Problem Solving Steps
D. Group Problem solving Activities
Week 29:
Listening
Skills Week
30: Review
A. The active process of
listening. A.
Confidence Building
B. Anger Management
C.
Assertiveness Training
D. Problem Solving
E.
Listening Skills
Week 31:
Job Readiness
Skills
Week 32: Job
Readiness Skills (Cont.)
A. What Job do I
want? A.
Creating a Career Portfolio
B. Job Searching…Where do I
look?
B. What are References?
C.
Networking
C. Resume Writing
Week 33:
Job Readiness Skills
(Cont.)
Week 34:
Interviewing Skills
A. Gathering
Applications A.
Appearances
B. Cover
Letters B.
Demeanor/Attitudes
C. Letters of
Application C.
Frequently Asked Questions and
Possible Answers
D.
Do Your Research
E.
What Questions Should You Ask?
F.
Composing a Thank You Letter
Week 35:
Assessments
Week 36: Assessments
A. Performance, observational, and
traditional
A. Performance, observational, and traditional
Vocational Explorations
Personal Interests
Hospitality
Office/Retail
Industrial
Maintenance
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