3rd Period Occupational Prep

Occupational Prep. II, III, and Vocational Experience

Instructor: Whitney Hux

Email: whux@wcpss.net

Instructional Assistant: Sally Abbondanzio

Email: sabbondanzio@wcpss.net


Office Hours (for online office): Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30 - 3:00


Instructor Communication Policy: My PLT will send weekly announcements by email briefly summarizing what was just completed and the learning goals for the upcoming week. These weekly emails will be posted to my teacher website which is available on the school directory.


Students and parents can reach me by email; I will respond within 24 hours Monday - Friday. I may not be able to respond on a weekend, but please leave a message and I will respond on Monday.

Students can also message me and Ms. Abbondanzio through Google Classroom. We must be logged into Google Classroom to see the messages. If a message comes through after hours, we may not see it until the following school day.

You may also reach me on the Remind app. Parents and students can send me a message, and I’ll promptly respond during office hours.

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Course Description:

This course is designed to allow students to develop skills generic to all career majors; resource management, communication, interpersonal relationships, technology, stamina, endurance, safety, mobility skills, motor skills, teamwork, sensory skills, problem solving, cultural diversity, information acquisition/management, and self-management. This course content is focused on providing students with a repertoire of basic skills that will serve as a foundation for future career application. Students will expand their school-based learning activities to include on-campus jobs and work-based learning activities. Job seeking skills also will be refined.

Student Learning Outcomes:

By the successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1.Utilize self-determination skills for participating in transition planning and making a successful adjustment to adult life.

2. Actively participate in career development activities (e.g. awareness, exploration, and planning) to determine a career goal.

3. Develop the job-seeking skills necessary to secure employment in the chosen career pathway.

4. Develop the work behaviors, habits, and skills in the area of personal management needed to obtain, maintain, and advance in chosen career pathway.

5. Develop the work behaviors, habits, and skills in the area of job performance needed to obtain, maintain, and advance in chosen career pathway.

6. Develop the interpersonal relationship skills needed for success in the workplace.

Are you ready to learn online?

Occupational Prep will be delivered in both synchronous learning and asynchronous learning as we work through the content. I will communicate with you weekly the times that we will have live instruction during the class period we are scheduled to meet.

Synchronous Learning: We will engage in a live Google Meet where, as a class or in groups, I will offer direct instruction, discussion, or exploration of content.

Asynchronous Learning: This is learning that is recorded or offered in a format other than face-to-face with the teacher.

Course Structure/Campus Requirements:

  • Until further notice, all of our instruction in will be done remotely via Google Meet.

  • When we transition to in-person instruction, I will communicate the structures that we will use for transition back to classroom instruction.

Technology Requirements and Support:

  1. A computer with a webcam and access to the internet.

  2. If you have issues with technology or need assistance, please visit Guides to Technology / Homepage or let me know and I can help get you support.

Synchronous Learning: We will engage in a live Google Meet where, as a class or in groups, I will offer direct instruction, discussion, or exploration of content.

Asynchronous Learning: This is learning that is recorded or offered in a format other than face-to-face with the teacher.

What I Expect of You:

Classroom Expectations: I expect my students to follow the rules, policies, and procedures of Wake County Public Schools and Wakefield High School at all times. Even with remote learning, we should all behave as if we were at school.

Student Expectations: In my classroom I have high expectations of my students both behaviorally and academically. I expect students to listen attentively to the teacher and to each other. Intolerance or disrespect of any kind will not be allowed.

Online Etiquette:

  • Mute your microphone if you aren’t talking.

  • Turn off video, unless requested to do otherwise.

  • Use your real name.

  • Be on time.

Course Policies:

Grading Scale: Weight of Assignments (Academic):

A = 90-100 35% -- Tests, projects

B = 80-89 30% -- Quizzes

C = 70-79 35% -- Classwork

D = 60-69 Final Exam: 20% of Final Grade

F = 0-59

Final Exam:

The state is still determining what the final exam will be for the 2020-2021 school year. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

Late Work:

All students receiving academic credit for a course have the opportunity to recover grades through completing alternative assignments to demonstrate mastery, turning in missing work, and/or completing retests. Students will earn a minimum of 70% of the grade they would have received if turned in on time. Work that is submitted on time and meets the minimal completion requirements will receive a score no less than 50%. Teachers do not have to accept late work after one week prior to the beginning of the exam period for the grading term (Midterms 1st and 3rd quarters/Finals 2nd and 4th quarters).

Missed tests and quizzes must be completed within one week of returning to school. Major assignments will be accepted late with 10 points deducted each day the assignment is late (excluding weekends).


WCPSS Honor Code:

WCPSS Honor Code Policy (4310) states: Academic honesty is essential to excellence in education and is directly related to the Board's educational objectives for students to promote integrity and self-discipline in students. As all schoolwork is a measure of student performance, academic honesty facilitates an accurate measurement of student learning.

Each student, parent, family and staff member has a responsibility to promote a culture that respects and fosters integrity and honesty. Academic integrity and honesty requires that all stakeholders share responsibility in the fulfillment of this policy.

In fulfilling these responsibilities:

● Students will collaborate with their peers to foster a culture of academic integrity; refrain from participating, either directly or indirectly, in any form of cheating or plagiarism; and adhere to the honor code;

● Parents and family will actively support the honor code by encouraging their child(ren) to foster and uphold a culture of academic integrity;

● Staff will establish and annually teach expectations regarding academic integrity and honesty; and promote the honor code.

Cheating and Plagiarism

Prohibited Behavior:

  1. Cheating: Cheating is an academic deception where a student intends in some way to receive or attempt to receive credit for work not originated by the student, to give or receive unauthorized assistance, or to give or receive an unfair advantage on any form of academic work.

  2. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is using passages, materials, words, ideas, and/or thoughts of someone or something else and representing them as one's own original work without properly crediting the source.

  3. Falsification or Deceit: Intentional acts of falsification or serious deceitful misconduct that threaten the health, safety, or welfare of others, or that cause a substantial detrimental impact on school operations or other individuals are prohibited.

Attendance

● Teachers have the option to take attendance visually in synchronous settings.

● Teachers also have the option to have students log into a Google form which will provide a time stamp each day when in live instruction or submit assignments for daily attendance to be taken.

● For students who have not logged into the Google form each day, schools will follow existing processes for students with 3 consecutive absences.

● Teachers will log attendance in PowerSchool. Attendance will be submitted daily.

● If students are unable to log in and/or submit a required assignment within the assigned time frame, and a staff member makes 3 attempts to reach the student, the student will then be counted absent. This will occur after the 3-day window.

● Teachers will not grade students based upon attendance in daily instruction. Work completion/submission can be included in the students’ work habits portion of the report card.


Overview of Competency Goals:

COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will develop self-determination skills for participating in transition planning and making a successful adjustment to adult life.

COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will actively participate in career development activities (e.g. awareness, exploration, and planning) to determine a career goal.

COMPETENCY GOAL 3: The learner will develop the job-seeking skills necessary to secure employment in the chosen career pathway.

COMPETENCY GOAL 4: The learner will develop the work behaviors, habits, and skills in the area of personal management needed to obtain, maintain, and advance in chosen career pathway.

COMPETENCY GOAL 5: The learner will develop the work behaviors, habits, and skills in the area of job performance needed to obtain, maintain, and advance in chosen career pathway.

COMPETENCY GOAL 6: The learner will develop the interpersonal relationship skills needed for success in the workplace.