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4. The Student as a Worker

q Worker Reflective Essay (minimum 500 words) Use the following prompts to describe your work ethic and your track record as a worker:

What do you have to offer to an employer? What are your career goals? What are your strengths as a worker? What are the challenges that you will have to overcome to be a good worker?

q Employment Skills: An updated list of employment skills in various areas such as language skills, technical skills, certifications, computer program skills, job specific skills (stocking, cashiering), specific trainings and experiences, etc.

q Letters of recommendation: You should have at least 2 letters. These letters can be from a community member, from a teacher who can speak about your abilities and/or from an employer, mentor, pastor or an activity leader, but not a family member. Make sure you make your requests several weeks in advance.

q Career Exploration: Show evidence of career exploration completed in the last four years. Include documents from job shadows, completed aptitude and interest surveys, career searches, occupational outlooks, career fair participation notes, interviews, etc.

q Career Preparation: Include evidence in your participation of job shadows, actual or practice job interviews, and paid work experiences.

q Informative Interviews: You should have evidence of your participation in job shadowing. This information is in your backup folder through the Digitools class. If you do not have this write a short narrative about the experience you did your freshman year.

q School attendance –A copy of your official attendance report is needed. Write a brief narrative that explains how your attendance affected your ability to learn and the influence it may have on you as an employee. Requests for attendance summary reports must be given to the attendance office at least two weeks in advance.

	Exemplary History of and commitment to productive work. Recognizes and demonstrates work ethic, desirable skills and traits. All documentation supplied and substantiates narrative.	Acceptable Recognizes importance of skills and traits; goals are emerging; history and future plans demonstrate compatibility. Documentation complete. Shows emerging work and career traits	Not acceptable Demonstrates minimal awareness, little planning or preparation for work or career. Documentation incomplete or incoherent.
Reflection	Comments:
Knows desirable traits of worker, states goals, identifies areas for improvement
Conventions, fluency, Mechanics, spelling, word choice
Letters of Recommendation Two letters which substantiate desirable traits	Comments:
Supporting Documents Exploration, interviews, attendance records included	Comments: