Major Concepts/Content: The emphasis of this Focus course will be to provide the student with vocational skills required to enable the student to function as independently as possible. Course goals will address the following areas (as appropriate): world of work, prevocational, experienced-based activities, job experience and placement and work-related behaviors. 

Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be provided in and out of the classroom with emphasis in transferring the skills to the school, home and community. 

Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated through informal and formal assessments.  Multiple authentic assessments will be used as students perform, produce and otherwise demonstrate skills in the context of real life settings in and out of the classroom.

Last Revised: July 21, 2005