Getting That Job!

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Getting That Job!

• Judy Smith
• Central Valley High School

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A Little About Me!

• My name is Judy Smith and I am a business teacher
  at Central Valley High School.
• My web site is HTTP//www.ctaponline.org/home/cour
  ses/ctap295/index.cfm
• My e-mail is jsmith_at_cvhs.gsd.k12.ca.us
• This is a computer technology class completing a
  job skills unit (Standard 1.3 Career Preparation)

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CTAP 295 Class Expectations

• How to publish web site based lesson plan.
• To trouble shoot with a variety of people.
• Create a lesson to use in my class.
• To learn how to use Netscape Composer.
• To use an FTP program.
• To enhance my skills in PowerPoint Excel

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Class Learning Outcomes

• I learned the following in this class
• Netscape Composer
• Linking pages within the web site, documents and
  with a PowerPoint presentation
• Use of two different FTP software applications
• Additional PowerPoint skills
• Excel Charts/Editing Charts

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Computer Technology Class Successes

• Increased level of interest in topics
• Students navigating between document and web
  sites.
• Increased awareness of future need for quality
  employment documents
• Appreciation of current use of employment
  documents

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Computer Technology Class Successes

• Meets all state standards
• Students increased word processing skills and
  Internet search techniques

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Areas for Improvement

• Students lack of commitment in proofreading,
  editing, and revising their drafts an many times
  as needed.
• Cover letterlack of students understanding that
  they must write the letter addressing the
  employers needs not their own
• Students visiting sites not related to project

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Student Data
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Revisions to Lesson Plan

• Pre and Post Test needed revision on some
  questions
• Will review basic grammar, spelling and sentence
  structure before beginning letter composition.
• Need to find additional ways to get more of the
  students to understand the relevance of having
  good employment documents

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CTAP 295 Class Summary

• My lesson plan was enhanced by adding additional
  research for employment documents from the
  Internet. As a teacher, I realize that I can let
  my personal preferences in regards to resumes and
  cover letters dictate what my students final
  documents will become. I think it helps to be
  able to do Internet research to see what

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CTAP 295 Class Summary

• others are expecting or advising people looking
  for jobs to put in their documents.
• I also found that rereading the standards helped
  me focus on specifics for the lesson.
• The down side of doing Internet research is the
  time it take for students to find and absorb the
  necessary information.

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My Job Skill Lesson Plan

• Getting A Job