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What is a Simulated Workplace?
Company Protocol
W.O.R.K.P.L.A.C.E Skills
Student Opportunities
What is a Simulated Workplace?
This career-focused program provides students with the opportunity to master the skill sets and attributes necessary for gainful employment with a goal "to chance the culture of CTE and create high quality business and industry learning environments"
It provides...
-an educational environment that emulates the future workplace that answers the often heard question, "Why do I have to learn this?"
-the student a opportunity to be accountable for his learning, collect evidence of content mastery, and to earn recognition for his/her achievements.
-a formal and purposeful relationship between education and business/industry.
Company Protocol
Simulated Workplace Companies will...
-Have an initial net worth of $1,000,000
-Use time clocks or some other form of attendance recording process
-Conduct random drug testing of all employees
-Use an application process required for student enrollment/hiring
-Submit Quarterly & Annual reports
-Established work teams within the business with students rotating across teams
Develop a Policies and Procedures Manual
-Celebrate the Company's performance at the end of the year
-Utilize a portfolio system for students to document learning, credentials earned, projects completed, etc.
-Be evaluated by outside business and industry partners
-Be rates similar to a Health Department rating
W.O.R.K.P.L.A.C.E Skills
Writing
the capability to produce well written documents and reports; which can be easily interpreted by all company stakeholders
Originality
the capability to be innovative; empowering creative thinking can change the world once more
Resilience
the capability to adapt to changes effortlessly
Knowledgeable of group dynamics
the capability to cultivate solutions utilizing group member thoughts, regardless of personal feelings or opinions
Persuasion
the capability to communicate concepts efficiently and effectively
Leadership
the capability to lead by examples; the go getters of the organization
Applied math and statistics
the capability to analyze and interpret results quickly and accurately
Collaboration
the capability to work within a team setting
Encasing and solving open-ended problems
the capability to use one's ingenuity to analyze and generate solutions swiftly and accurately
Self-improvement
the capability to keep up with global changes and demands by taking the initiative to improve knowledge skills and experiences
Student Opportunities
Students will...
-apply for jobs within the company
-become employees and earn money for the company
-become more accountable for their impact on the company's success
-be assessed by instructors as well as business/industry teams
All above information along with additional info. was and may be found on WVDE"s state site
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