Employment laws, safety protocols, and legal protections against workplace harassment and discrimination. Connects regulatory requirements to practical understandings of pay stubs, insurance benefits, and employee advocacy.
This lesson focuses on self-advocacy in the service industry, specifically regarding tipping policies and procedures. Students will learn how to identify different tipping systems and practice asking for clarification when they have questions about their earnings.
A comprehensive guide to understanding paychecks, including gross vs. net pay, tax deductions, and the anatomy of a pay stub. Students will learn how to read their earnings statements and manage their direct deposit information.
A collaborative workshop session where educators map out the developmental stages of a student's journey from elementary awareness to high school application and outcome access.
Master the transition from student to professional. This lesson covers workplace etiquette and the application process through engaging puzzles and reflective self-assessments.
An interactive board game experience covering essential life skills including financial literacy, time management, communication, and career readiness.
Essential skills for maintaining a household, including chores, laundry, and daily organization.
Practical application of money skills through budgeting, price comparison, and navigating a shopping environment.
Empowering students to speak up for their needs, understand their rights, and communicate effectively in various personal and community situations.
Navigating the community using public transportation, reading schedules, and practicing safety and social etiquette while traveling.
Essential knowledge for identifying hazards, handling tools safely, and maintaining a hygienic cooking environment through visual checklists and simulations.
Building essential social cues, conversational scripts, and self-advocacy skills for various community and professional settings.
A deep dive into identifying currency, understanding value, and managing basic transactions through visual supports and hands-on practice.
Essential templates, tracking sheets, and the overall framework for the Life Skills program to ensure consistent daily structure and progress monitoring.
A comprehensive workshop focusing on essential adulting skills through immersive role-play, task simulations, and practical financial planning. This lesson covers Independent Living, Employment Readiness, Self-Advocacy, and Financial Literacy.
A comprehensive guide to understanding, finding, and securing apprenticeships in trades, business, and high-growth industries. This lesson covers the definition, benefits, and practical steps to starting a career through an apprenticeship.
A comprehensive guide to essential adulting skills covering financial literacy, career development, health navigation, and civic responsibilities.
A comprehensive lesson designed to help homeless high school students navigate complex public benefit systems, understand their rights under McKinney-Vento, and manage the documentation required for stability and post-secondary success.
A preparatory lesson focused on mastering the foundational skills of workplace ethics, professional communication, and financial literacy before beginning the full-scale simulation.
A project-based simulation where students create a long-term career roadmap and manage a multi-stage life logbook, practicing workplace ethics and professional communication in real-world scenarios.
A comprehensive review lesson on understanding pay stubs, focusing on gross vs. net pay, taxes, and deductions for students with intellectual disabilities.
A final simulation where students test their organizational systems through high-pressure filing and retrieval tasks.
Students explore the ethical and legal requirements of storing sensitive information, including locking protocols and chain of custody.
Students assemble professional data tracking binders, focusing on structural integrity, divider systems, and daily maintenance routines.
Students learn to use color-coding to categorize data types, creating a system for instant visual identification and faster processing.
Students practice the fundamental rules of sorting: alphabetical (to the third letter), numerical, and chronological to build administrative speed and accuracy.
A culminating simulation where students act as professional consultants to reorganize a chaotic office space, applying all skills from the sequence.
Explores the bridge between physical items and digital tracking. Students learn to use QR codes and spreadsheets to maintain accurate inventory logs for physical materials.
Students analyze workspace ergonomics and efficiency using 'Spaghetti Diagrams' to minimize wasted movement. They design optimal workstation layouts for maximum productivity.
Focuses on alphabetical and numerical filing systems using mock sensitive records. Students learn about FERPA and the ethics of handling private information in a professional setting.
Students learn the basics of inventory control by sorting mixed supplies through macro and micro-sorting techniques. A warehouse simulation compares speed between organized and disorganized environments.
A synthesis project where students analyze two distinct job offer letters to create a Total Compensation Statement and recommend a choice.
Focusing on work-life balance, students calculate the monetary value of sick leave, vacation time, and parental leave policies.
Students investigate the power of employer 401(k) matching and vesting schedules, modeling long-term growth of retirement funds.
This lesson breaks down complex insurance terms like premium, deductible, copay, and out-of-pocket maximum through real-world simulations.
Students are introduced to the concept of the 'hidden paycheck'—the monetary value of benefits provided by an employer beyond the base salary.
In this culminating project, students research predictions for the job market in 20 years and create a 'Help Wanted' ad for a future career that doesn't exist yet. They identify the essential 'soft skills' that remain difficult to automate.
Students investigate how the internet allows people to work together without being in the same room or country. Using a case study of a global product, they map out where different team members might live.
Explore the gig economy through a classroom marketplace activity, comparing steady salary roles with flexible freelancing. Learn about contractors, benefits, and the trade-offs of modern working styles.
Participate in an assembly line simulation to experience the shift from human craftsmanship to industrial efficiency and robotic automation.
Analyze historical shifts in work from the 1900s to today, identifying manual vs. cognitive tasks and the impact of major technological milestones.
In this culminating lesson, students act as compliance officers auditing a fictional company's hiring and management practices. They review employee handbooks and interview transcripts to identify violations of federal anti-discrimination laws. The final output is a written report recommending changes to bring the company into compliance.
Focusing specifically on the ADA, students examine the concept of 'reasonable accommodation' versus 'undue hardship.' They work in small groups to review requests for accommodations in a fictional workplace and determine if the requests must be granted under the law.
Students learn the legal distinction between intentional discrimination (disparate treatment) and neutral policies that have negative effects on protected groups (disparate impact). Using real-world case summaries, students analyze company policies to identify potential unintended liabilities.
This lesson provides a deep dive into Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), focusing on the historical evolution of workplace rights.
In this culminating lesson, students apply their knowledge to a complex, multi-faceted case study involving potential discrimination. They must draft a mock administrative response citing specific laws and protected classes.
Students review summaries of landmark Supreme Court cases that defined the boundaries of workplace discrimination. Groups present their findings on how these rulings impact current workplace policies.
Focusing specifically on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), students explore the concepts of 'reasonable accommodation' and age-based bias. They work through scenarios to determine what counts as a reasonable accommodation.
Students participate in a 'judicial review' simulation where they categorize complex scenarios as 'Personality Conflict,' 'Unprofessional,' or 'Illegal Harassment.' They must justify their categorization using criteria learned in the sequence.
This lesson details the specific characteristics protected under federal law, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability. Students categorize various scenarios to determine if they involve a protected class.
Students investigate the origins of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They map out the timeline of workplace rights in America to understand the historical context of modern protections.
Students examine how microaggressions contribute to a hostile work environment over time. The lesson emphasizes recognizing patterns of behavior that may not be explicit harassment in isolation but become toxic cumulatively.
Students explore how harassment manifests in remote work and digital spaces, including inappropriate texts, emails, and social media interactions. They develop a code of conduct for digital professional communication.
This lesson focuses on the legal standard that harassment is judged by its impact on the victim, not the intent of the harasser. Students review scenarios where 'jokes' constitute harassment.
Students distinguish between the two primary legal types of sexual harassment: 'this for that' (quid pro quo) and pervasive hostile environments. They analyze clear-cut examples of each to build a working definition.
Students explore the concept of 'protected classes' under federal law, identifying specific categories and reviewing EEOC guidelines through interactive scenarios.
A synthesis workshop where students use 'detective boards' to analyze complex workplace scenarios and propose solutions.
Investigating microaggressions and subtle behaviors that aggregate into a hostile work environment.
Students work in groups to draft a 'Code of Conduct' and a 'Reporting Guide' for a student-run business or organization, synthesizing all sequence concepts.
Examining how workplace harassment laws extend into digital spaces, including social media and off-the-clock communications.
Students engage in structured role-plays to practice the intervention strategies learned. They take turns acting as the target, the harasser, and the bystander.
A comprehensive training module on the professional standards for calling out of work, covering etiquette, timing, and communication methods.
This lesson empowers students to identify unfair treatment and provides a step-by-step framework for self-advocacy, including 'I' statements and formal complaint procedures.
A lesson focused on helping students identify potential risks in workplace settings and understand the short- and long-term consequences of their professional decisions.
A high school speech therapy lesson focused on executive functioning skills, specifically calendar management, conflict resolution, and social communication when declining invitations.
A comprehensive set of resources and instructional materials to support Denver metro high school students experiencing housing instability, focusing on immediate survival needs and legal rights under the McKinney-Vento Act.
