Career & Vocational Readiness (CVR)
CVR provides school to work experience designed for students who have the goal to obtain skills necessary in the workplace. Using the web based Digitability program as a resource, students learn the latest digital literacy skills needed for our current tech driven workforce.
In the progression of the CVR courses, students are also exposed to and engage in a variety of simulated work tasks that may occur in a number of real world employment opportunities, preparing them for post-secondary, integrated or extended (sheltered) employment environments. The goal is to help students achieve independent employment at their highest level possible.
Retail Work: e.g. customer service, stock/inventory responsibilities, sales clerk duties, etc.
JP Stevens:
Hawk Mart-students are taught and help to operate the school store. Tasks here include apparel printing, cashier, inventory and general maintenance of the store.
JP Stevens: Building Supply Room-students manage the building supplies for staff. Tasks here include taking inventory, stocking shelves, taking and delivering teacher supply orders.
Edison High School:
Eagle Enterprise-Students work hard to design and create a variety of products for events, holidays, etc. "If you can imagine it, you can create it!"
Bianca’s Closet-students help to sort, size, organize and market donated dresses. This program provides students with free dresses during the prom season.
Office Work:
Data entry
Mailroom
Copying
Collating
Filing,
Creating labels, etc.
Food Services: Each high school and 3 out 4 middle schools run small scale coffee shop days on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, bi-monthly). Click on this link for a video highlight of the EHS Java Lounge
Students learn and help implement each step of the process:
planning (grocery list, pricing, etc.)
shopping for needed items at local markets (Costco, Sam’s club, ShopRite)
processing and packaging of food items
set up/display
marketing
sales/cashier
Sheltered Workshop Preparation :
Students are taught and practice pre-vocational skills using “red bin” activities including, sorting, assembly, and packaging such as simple nuts and bolts assembly, brush and comb sort and assembly, etc. Such activities teach basic work skills from reach and grasp to attending over time. Skills and basic work knowledge behaviors may include:
Attend to the task in front of you
Perform the sort, assembly or packaging according to instructions
Ask for help when needed
Work steadily until task is completed