The Office of Disability Employment Policy has developed a great soft skills curriculum for students ages 14 to 21. The curriculum is titled, "Skills to Pay the Bills: Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success." The structure of the program is comprised of modular, hands-on, engaging activities that focus on six key skill areas: communication, enthusiasm and attitude, teamwork, networking, problem solving and critical thinking, and professionalism. What I really love about this curriculum is that the directions and extension activities have been specifically designed and created using the universal design for learning framework. "Skills to Pay the Bills," takes into account that everyone learns differently, and allows students to demonstrate their learning through multiple modalities. The curriculum can be downloaded at: http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt
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