Today, we are learning about the EEOC and things that protect people from discrimination in the workplace.  We will be looking at some of the various protections people have in the hiring and firing process in the workplace.

After defining discrimination, we will look at the EEOC law and it's protections and look at case studies to define whether it was discrimination or not.  After that, the students will write about their reaction to these cases on the blog.

KTC Students Read Through The CA-7 Work Permit

KTC Students Read Through The CA-7 Work Permit

Today, we will be talking about CA-7 Work Permits and why we have them.  Students will be looking at these work permits, trying to understand that they explain the hours they work, the amount they can do, and the design of the document.


After reading through this informational text, they will also make a connection to history.  We hope that after reading through this document and looking at pictures of child labor in the past, they will be able to respond online to how they felt while talking about this subject and the negative impacts of child labor in the world and what they could do to stop child labor.


Students: 

After looking through the CA-7 Work Permit, "The Depressing Stories Behind 20 Vintage Child Labor Pictures" and/or reading "10 Countries with the Worst Child Labor Statistics," please respond to 2 of these questions:

1. How did you feel for the children in these pictures after reading/seeing these pictures and articles?

2. If you were to think of a job that would be dangerous for children, what would it be and why?

3. In your opinion, why do some countries use children as workers?


4. What could you do as a US citizen to stop child labor?

5. What was something you learned today that you didn't know before?

6. What was the most interesting piece of information that you learned about the CA-7 Work Permit that you didn't know before?


Resources to View: 

10 Countries with the Worst Child Labor Statistics:  http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-worst-child-labor-risks-2012-1#heres-a-map-of-child-labor-risk-across-the-world-12

Depressing Stories Behind 20 Vintage Child Labor Pictures: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30248/depressing-stories-behind-20-vintage-child-labor-pictures

Video Link--"India's Hidden Shame" http://www.bbc.com/news/business-25947984

Preparing for the End of the School Year: KTC Students Receive their Professional Documents Folder and their USB Drives for Work Documents

This week at the Kent Transition Center, the students received USB Drives and pocket folios so they could take their work documents with them when they leave KTC.  These drives have been given out every year so that the students still have their resumes, thank you letters, and cover letters with them as well as any other document they have completed in their time here.


The students were taught how to download documents from their Google Drive, save them to their USB drives, and how to eject them properly.  They were then to print out two copies of their resume and put it in the folder so that they would be prepared to drop them off to business if they saw a job they were interested in.  Lastly, the students were given a document that can be folded and inserted into their wallet that they could put all of the information on so they could complete a resume at a moment's notice.  Thanks to my old "lab partner", Sharon Jett, for making these--we still are using them today!


Our goal is to have our students not only complete these assignments but also to show them the value of being prepared, organized, and that what we have taught them can be used outside of our walls.  If there are any LEA's, counselors, or SPED teachers reading this, please make sure that your students update their qualifications, please help them look over their resumes to make changes, update their work histories, or even update their references; they all have a drive unless they were absent or if they lost it.  Thank you!