Teaching Workplace Readiness skills is a challenge for all teachers. Even with state mandates for performance, these skills are not easily taught.
Teachers are masters in the content areas.
In this workshop, Bill Pinchuk focuses on the changes in the workplace and workforce that require high school graduates to be more savvy and ready to enter the workforce. It includes instructional strategies, discussion topics and exercises, that when integrated into the regular cross content curriculum by teachers, provides a venue for classroom discussion and activities. These activities focus the student s attention on being prepared to enter the workplace. It includes a multimedia presentation, problem solving exercises, and hands-on computer to explore the Internet.