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Course, Subject

Home & Careers, Career Development and Occupational Studies

Author

Kathie DeKalb, Fort Plain High School

Duration

1-1.5 days

Description

Objective:
Student groups create and illustrate the perfect place to work.

Activity:

• As a group, you create and illustrate the “perfect” place to work.
• You may decide to manufacture a product, provide a service, manage information, etc.
• You may decide to help people in need, build bridges, sell “great ideas,” etc.
• You may decide to do a combination of things (products and services) in order for each member of your group to be happy at work.
• You decide which job each of you will take within this business. You need to include a leader or manager of the business (someone who is in charge). What things will each of you be responsible for to make the workplace or business successful?
• You may also decide what kind of work environment you want; factors to consider include physical appearance, setting, work schedule, relationships among yourselves (supervisors, middle management), etc.
• As in many workplaces, you are short-staffed. There is more work than your team can handle! You may get more staff, but there is no guarantee. How would you divide your current workload if you lost a member of your team to another workplace? How would you recruit new members to your workplace?

Materials/Resources

• Large pieces of construction paper
• Markers
• Crayons

Source

DeKalb, Kathie. “Mind Your Own Business.” In Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Resource Guide with Core Curriculum. New York State Department of Education, 223.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

CDOS.C.1.1.A Students complete the development of a career plan that would permit eventual entry into a career option of their choosing.

CDOS.C.1.1.B Students apply decision-making skills in the selection of a career option of strong personal interest.

CDOS.C.1.1.C Students analyze skills and abilities required in a career option and relate them to their own skills and abilities.

CDOS.C.2.1.A Students demonstrate the integration and application of academic and occupational skills in their school learning, work, and personal lives.

CDOS.C.2.1.B Students use academic knowledge and skills in an occupational context, and demonstrate the application of these skills by using a variety of communication techniques (e.g., sign language, pictures, videos, reports, and technology).

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