Workbooks, Planners, and Guides

Print materials are included in training as an additional mode in which learners gain information, practice and enhance newly acquired skills. The print materials include workbook activities, personal planning, and learning resources. These are tangible documents that the learners maintain and use throughout training. They are also valuable resources for learners as they continue their education and/or gain employment. Print materials include a student workbook, a Personal Planner, and a Learning resource Guide.

Student Workbook

The workbook is a printed document that helps learners complete computer-based activities. For example, the virtual Human Resource Director asks the learner to fill out new employee paperwork (W2, I9, and so forth). Copies of this paperwork reside in the workbook. Learners use the workbook for taking notes, calculating, and for sketching solutions. The workbook is also used in three writing exercises that are evaluated by the instructor. These are "Writing Your Biography", "Completing an Accident Report", and the "Build Status Report Form".

 

Personal Planner

The personal planner is a printed document that provides learners the opportunities to plan and identify resources. It is an important instrument for self-assessment, providing the self-knowledge and awareness of one's own needs to negotiate the transition to permanent employment. Activities help the learner define a support network, learn to handle stress, raise self-confidence, and plan for ongoing learning. The personal planner provides information on topics useful after leaving the program including information about money management, paychecks, benefits, childcare, and transportation. Learners are encouraged to use the personal planner to bring life experiences into the classroom and transfer classroom experiences into their home and work environments. Activities include "Building a Supportive Community", "Career Planning and Life-long Learning" and "Time Management" exercises.

 

Learning Resource Guide

The learning resource is a printed document that provides specific just-in-time remediation organized around EnterTech performance objectives. The learning resource is used for remediation, practice and retraining. Instructors may guide a learner to the learning resource when the learner has difficulty mastering a specific performance objective. The learning resource allows learners to practice or relearn skills, including basic arithmetic. The learning resource provides another medium, besides the computer-based environment, to enable the learner to achieve proficiency. Homework exercises can be assigned to specific learners as needed. The learning resource provides four types of information:

• You've Done This Before introduces the skill and describes how the learner uses it in everyday life
• How It Works at Work shows the learner how to apply this skill to situations at work
• Try It! presents exercises to help the learner apply the skill to different work situations
• Remember recaps important information about the skill.

The purpose of the learning resource is to make sure that every learner successfully masters the performance objectives. No learner should fail in this curriculum. The learning resource maximizes the success of every learner.