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Transitions Home Did You Know? Soft Skills Curriculum History DEMO
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| Transitions: Life Skills for Personal Success is a comprehensive curriculum, delivered in the classroom or online, that facilitates the teaching of the critical soft skills necessary for obtaining employment and building a lasting career. The program gives extra leverage to your school or agency's curriculum by helping students apply to their studies the same skills that will make them successful in the workplace. The curriculum is designed to teach soft skills to Jr. high School through university students and to adults anywhere that people are being trained to enter the workforce. The curriculum is comprised of five modules : |
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Self-Improvement Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Communication Skills
Career Preparation Skills
On the Job Skills
 Self Improvement Module Rationale
Interpersonal Module Rationale
Communication Module Rationale
Career Preparation Module Rationale
On the Job Module Rationale
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Online training module for the CD version (mp3 format) - Teachers, administrators, and staff can access these trainings to learn how to get started using Transitions. In addition, the trainings include instructions and best practices on using the various parts of the lessons, including pre-quizzes, vocabulary lists, role play scenarios, video vignettes and assessments. Instructions are specifically for the CD version of Transitions. Please allow a few minutes for the file to download.
Online training module for the Web version (mp3 format) - Instructions are specifically for the Web version of Transitions. Please allow a few minutes for the file to download.
There are 12 lessons per module averaging 2 hours of instruction per lesson. Each lesson includes: |
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pre-quizzes and student self-assessments |
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anecdotes and quotes |
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engaging video vignettes |
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small and whole group exercises |
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role play activities |
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situational judgment questions |
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student self assesments |
The lessons are sequential and increase in complexity providing valued guidance and supplementary resources for instructors. Exercises within the lessons vary from 5 to 50 minutes in length. The volume and variety of material available allows teachers and instructors to select those activities that best fit their time constraints, interests, and areas of instruction.
Every lesson in Transitions is aligned to State and National Career Development Standards, SCANS Skills, Bloom's Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligences, and Equipped for the Future Standards.
The Elements of Key Skills is an online manual of modules, lessons and the key skills that they emphasize. Please take the time to look through the manual.
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For more information on Transitions, contact Jim Buchler at jbuchler@ptcsi.com
or call 888.279.6203 or 815.553.0300 |
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