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.
A comprehensive introduction to the essential forms every new employee must complete, covering the I-9, W-4, and direct deposit authorization. Students will learn the purpose of each form and how to accurately provide their information to ensure legal compliance and correct pay.
A comprehensive lesson for transition-age students to master reading daily, weekly, and monthly work schedules through realistic workplace scenarios.
Analyzing how location affects the value of money by comparing cost-of-living data between Denver, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California.
Navigating the administrative side of employment, including benefit comparisons and the essential tax forms required for new hires.
Understanding the fundamentals of how income is earned, how paychecks are calculated, and the specific math behind a $15.16 hourly wage.
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.
Master the transition from student to professional. This lesson covers workplace etiquette and the application process through engaging puzzles and reflective self-assessments.
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 high school speech therapy lesson focused on executive functioning skills, specifically calendar management, conflict resolution, and social communication when declining invitations.
Moving from reactive to proactive, students design workplace norms and pledges that foster a culture of mutual support and accountability.
A hands-on workshop where students rotate through roles to practice applying the 4 Ds in realistic workplace scenarios, from breakrooms to boardrooms.
Focus on Delegate and Delay strategies, teaching students how to involve authorities safely and how to provide post-incident support to targets of harassment.
Introduction to the first two 'Ds' of intervention: Direct and Distract. Students practice de-escalation techniques and scripting to interrupt harassment without necessarily escalating conflict.
Students investigate why people often fail to act when they witness wrongdoing, exploring social psychology concepts like diffusion of responsibility and barriers to intervention in workplace hierarchies.
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.
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.
A comprehensive transition-to-adulthood curriculum covering financial literacy, career planning, health navigation, and civic engagement. Students build a personal 'mission log' portfolio to prepare for independent life.
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.
An interactive board game experience covering essential life skills including financial literacy, time management, communication, and career readiness.
In this final project-based lesson, students synthesize their knowledge to create a comprehensive Workplace Rights Resource Guide for teen workers.
Students investigate the process of filing a formal charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) when internal reporting fails to resolve an issue.
Students study whistleblower protection laws and analyze real-world case studies to understand what constitutes illegal retaliation in the workplace.
This lesson explores the standard chain of command for reporting workplace issues and the role of Human Resources in both large corporations and small businesses.
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 learn the critical skill of documenting harassment incidents, including dates, times, witnesses, and direct quotes, through a skill-building workshop approach.
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.
