Core Communication Skills satisfies the graduation requirement of completing a 10th grade communications course. We work on communicating professionally and maturely through job seeking skills, career researching, and fine-tuning self expression via new media technology. Students also hone their reading strategies in anticipation of PSSAs and SATs next year.
Core Comm. also helps students satisfy a majority of their EASD- and Pennsylvania Department of Education-required graduation project. It includes the following major projects/activities.
- Mock interview portfolio: resume, cover letter, references, job application
- Mock interview
- Career shadow
- Career shadow portfolio
- Career shadow presentation
- Digital story
Information and assignment directions are posted daily on edmodo.com. Parents can follow along on their child’s class’s public page. Here are the links.
1A: http://www.edmodo.com/public/a1fall11cc/group_id/422495
2A: http://www.edmodo.com/public/a2fall11cc/group_id/422504
4A: http://www.edmodo.com/public/a4fall11cc/group_id/422516
1B: http://www.edmodo.com/public/b1fall11cc/group_id/422520
3B: http://www.edmodo.com/public/b3fall11cc/group_id/422537
4B: http://www.edmodo.com/public/b4fall11cc/group_id/422543
Parents can also log-in to edmodo using a parent code. I have these codes available, at parents’ request.
Here are the dates for the major activities this semester.
10/4 Mock Interview
10/10-10/14 “Shadow Week”
12/1 Career Shadow Project Presentation Day
Core Communication Skills satisfies the graduation requirement of completing a 10th grade communications course. We work on communicating professionally and maturely through job seeking skills, career researching, and fine-tuning self expression via new media technology.
Core Comm. also helps students satisfy a majority of their EASD- and Pennsylvania Department of Education-required graduation project.
Information and assignment directions are posted daily on edmodo.com. Parents can follow along on their child’s class’s public page. Here are the links.
1A: http://www.edmodo.com/public/ccspring1a/group_id/179375
2A: http://www.edmodo.com/public/ccspring2a/group_id/179377
3A: http://www.edmodo.com/public/ccspring3a/group_id/179379
1B: http://www.edmodo.com/public/ccspring1b/group_id/179376
3B: http://www.edmodo.com/public/ccspring3b/group_id/179381
4B: http://www.edmodo.com/public/ccspring4b/group_id/179383
Here are the dates for the major activities this semester.
3/1 Mock Interview
3/14-3/18 “Shadow Week”
5/6 Career Shadow Project Presentation Day
Syllabus … http://tinyurl.com/ccsyllabus
All Assignments and class activities posted on edmodo.com. Public versions of each class’s edmodo group are available for parents to view at …
The big assignments
- Mock Interview
- Interview is morning of 9/29
- Appropriate dress
- Complete portfolio by interview day
- Cover letter
- Resume and references
- Application
- Grad Project
- School project
- Career shadow
- Recommended shadow week is October 11-15.
- Students are responsible for contacting mentors and setting up shadows, NOT PARENTS nor TEACHERS.
- Parents and students sign placement agreement, including taking responsibility for transportation.
- Placement agreement form must be completed and submitted to EAHS office at least 24 hours prior to missing school day.
- Requires minimum four hours at job site shadowing.
- Student must complete shadow interview.
- Take pictures, if possible.
- Portfolio
- Shadow interview
- Observation overview (questionnaire)
- Career research form
- Thank You Letter
- Presentation
- PowerPoint-based presentation
- Includes information on career, shadow experience, required education/training, and student’s future plans.
- Minimum five minutes
- Two teachers adjudicate on December 7 during school-wide activities.
- Class project
- Mostly the same as school requirements
- Exceptions:
- Portfolio must be digital portfolio, using googledocs.
- Presentation must include iMovie digital story.
- Presentation must be delivered in class for a grade, also.
- Class project will satisfy school requirements.
Concerns, problems, questions? The sooner you bring them up, the more ways Mr. Adams can help.
Because of the snow day on February 26, our mock interview activity has been rescheduled for May 5.
We are moving on to the career research/grad project unit. The shadow week is the week that starts 3/15, and the presentations are scheduled for 4/30.
The portfolio assignment will not be graded until the conclusion of the mock interviews.
Please contact Mr. Adams with any questions.
Syllabus … http://tinyurl.com/ccsyllabus
The big assignments
- Mock Interview
- Interview is morning of 2/26
- Complete portfolio by interview day
- Cover letter
- Resume and references
- Application
- Grad Project
- School project
- Career shadow
- Recommended shadow week is March 15-19.
- Students are responsible for contacting mentors and setting up shadows, NOT PARENTS nor TEACHERS.
- Parents and students sign placement agreement, including taking responsibility for transportation.
- Placement agreement form must be completed and submitted to EAHS office at least 24 hours prior to missing school day.
- Requires minimum four hours at job site shadowing.
- Student must complete shadow interview.
- Take pictures, if possible.
- Portfolio
- Shadow interview
- Observation overview (questionnaire)
- Career research form
- Thank You Letter
- Presentation
- PowerPoint-based presentation
- Includes information on career, shadow experience, required education/training, and student’s future plans.
- Minimum five minutes
- Two teachers adjudicate on April 30 during school-wide activities.
- Class project
- Mostly the same as school requirements
- Exceptions:
- Portfolio must be digital portfolio, using googledocs.
- Presentation must include iMovie digital story.
- Presentation must be delivered in class for a grade, also.
- Class project will satisfy school requirements.
Concerns, problems, questions? The sooner you bring them up, the more ways Mr. Adams can help.
All Core Comm. parents are invited and encouraged to attend Parents’ Night, Thursday, February 11, at 6:30 p.m. I will be available in my classroom during parents’ night to answer questions.
Since the parents’ night schedule asks parents to follow their child’s A-day schedule, if Core Comm. is on your student’s B-day schedule (usually opposite Physical Education or a music class), I would ask that if you have any questions you please stop by during any of the “class periods” that night.
The two major activities we tackle during Core Comm. are the mock job interview and the grad project. Just like passing Core Comm., successful completion of the grad project is a graduation requirement at EAHS. Both activities require students to dress appropriately for professional activities (nicer than jeans, sneakers, and t-shirts). The grad project also requires each student to spend a day shadowing a professional in a career that interests him or her. The shadow experience is the basis for the presentation each student creates and performs for grad project completion.
The dates for these activities are as follows.
2/26 Mock Interview
3/15-3/19 Suggested week for career shadows
4/30 Grad Project Presentations
There is some information on my teacher website at http://adamswriting.com/teaching/core-communications about these activities, but the best way to learn more about these activities is to visit my classroom on parents’ night.
You may also be interested in the edmodo public page links that you’ll find on the above-linked page. This is how you can track your son or daughter’s class activities in Core Comm.
Finally, our course syllabus, including rules and expectations, is posted online at http://tinyurl.com/ccsyllabus.
Thanks for considering this invitation. I hope to see you on parents’ night.