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INTRODUCTION

matches their current level of preparation or a clinic coordinator to visit the class to talk with
higher level that they aspire to. Using the O*NET students about services and programs the clinic
Career Exploration Tools as a resource, students offers, types of jobs that exist there, and training
write a description of the job they select: what a requirements. Other suggested civics connection
person does in the job; the tools, equipment, and activities include attending a community health
technology used; the kind of person who would be event and searching a clinic’s website for
interested in the job; the skills, abilities, education, information about services and programs.
training, and experience that are required; the job • An Academic Lesson in each unit gives students
outlook; and even the average salary. experience with the kind of lengthy subject-matter
After students complete their research, they material they will encounter in mainstream classes
prepare and give a short presentation about the as they continue their education. Each lesson relates
job. If classroom resources permit, it is strongly to the health employment sector and focuses on a
recommended that students use presentation science and technology topic. Following the format
software to create a slide show for the class. The of academic course materials, the lessons include
website resources often include videos, which questions that check students’ understanding of
are useful and motivating for students to include lesson content and give them opportunities to share
in their presentations. (In addition to the federal opinions about the topic. The lessons also include
web resources, many states have their own career academic vocabulary practice and comprehension
exploration websites that can be used for this questions that develop close reading skills and
research task.) prepare students for standardized assessments.
• An On-the-Job Instructions reading in the Medical Free reproducibles that support the academic
Care unit (page 33) gives students practice lessons are available online at the CareeerView
reading a memo to employees of a home health ToolSite. These include vocabulary scaffolding
care agency. After the reading, students answer activities for previewing career and academic
comprehension questions that focus on the close vocabulary and Paired Academic Lesson (PAL)
reading anchor skills described in current adult activities that develop students’ speaking,
education standards. A vocabulary scaffolding listening, note-taking, paraphrasing, and
activity to support students’ comprehension of the summarizing skills. Since the academic lessons
memo is available online as a free reproducible at are very challenging, the ToolSite also provides
the CareerView ToolSite. simplified versions of the readings and activities.
As an additional activity, students use YouTube, • A Listening activity in each unit reinforces the
WikiHow, or another source to search online for workplace communication practice and prepares
a demonstration of how to treat a simple medical students for the types of listening items that
problem or do a first-aid procedure. They write appear in standardized tests. Students listen to
out the instructions and, if resources permit, conversations between co-workers, between
they prepare a media presentation. They might employees and supervisors, and between workers
make screenshots of the steps and include them and customers, and then they answer multiple-
in a slide show, or they might video-record their choice questions about these interactions. (Audio
demonstration on a smartphone and play the for the Listening activities is included in the
video. The goal is to give all students practice course’s listening app.)
presenting instructional procedures to the class.
• A Civics Connection Profile in the Health Services Tech Tasks
unit (page 57) features a person who works as The CareerView technology goal views students
the community health coordinator of a public not as consumers of digitally-delivered workbook-
health clinic. Comprehension questions develop style practice, but rather as users of technology and
students’ close reading skills. A vocabulary producers of digital content in the spirit of the WIOA
scaffolding activity to support students’ workforce education guidelines—to find, evaluate,
comprehension of the reading is available online as organize, create, and share information in a manner
a free reproducible at the CareerView ToolSite. This that prepares students for the world of work and
lesson also suggests inviting a community health continuing education. This is accomplished through
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