Course ID:  90031B
SM
Course Name: Community Transportation
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): By recommendation only

What's Next: Making Connections, Professional Communications or any other elective to help with endorsement requirements or post secondary goals.

The purpose of this course is to introduce knowledge and skills to empower students to research and access public transportation options in their respective communities. Areas to be addressed include pedestrian and rider safety, navigating public transportation systems, use of technology, and general social skills, including self-advocacy, self-assertiveness, and transportation etiquette.This course provides necessary transportation information, resources, and opportunities that will benefit students in secondary and postsecondary environments as they follow their chosen education or career path.

Course ID:  900111
YR
Course Name: General Employability Skills
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): By recommendation only

What's Next: Making Connections, or any other elective supporting endorsement and/or post secondary goals.

General Employability Skills provides students with knowledge of the prerequisite skills for general employment as well as the means of obtaining those skills. Employability skills include fundamentals of maintenance of personal appearance and grooming. The course also includes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that allow employees to get along with their co-workers, make important work-related decisions, and become strong members of the work team.Discovering job possibilities that link skills, abilities, interests, values, needs, and work environment preferences is a part of the process of obtaining employability skills and is experiential learning that takes place over time.General Employability Skills is designed to guide students in obtaining the knowledge and the employability skills that are transferable among a variety of jobs and careers and are considered essential in any employment situation. Students will learn and apply basic knowledge of what is expected in the workplace.

Course ID:  90111B
SM
Course Name: Making Connections I
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): NONE

What's Next: Making Connections II

The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability or a related disorder such as social (pragmatic) communication disorder which causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The course also assist the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills and in turn increases that student’s postsecondary outcomes. Making Connections I assists students in developing an understanding of their disability and other related disorders.The course also assists the students in developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills and in turn increasing that student’s postsecondary outcome.

Course ID:  90121B
SM
Course Name: Making Connections II
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): Making Connections I recommended

What's Next: Making Connections III

The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability or related disorder such as social (pragmatic) communication disorder which causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The course also assists the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills and in turn increases that student’s postsecondary outcome. Making Connections II assists the students in developing an understanding of their disabilities and other related disorders.The course also assists the students in developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills and in turn increases that student’s postsecondary outcome.

Course ID:  90131B
SM
Course Name: Making Connections III
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): Making Connections I, II recommended

What's Next: Making Connections IV

The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability or related disorder such as social (pragmatic) communication disorder which causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The course also assists the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills and in turn increases that student’s postsecondary outcome. Making Connections III assists the students in understanding how their specific disability impacts their learning style.Students learn to employ their proper accommodations and modifications to be more successful. Additionally, they develop the skill to effectively self-advocate for the accommodations and modifications they require.

Course ID:  90141B
SM
Course Name: Making Connections IV
Credit: .5
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): Making Connections I, II, III recommended

What's Next: Any elective that supports endorsement and/or post secondary goals

The Making Connections course sequence serves students who have a disability or related disorder such as social (pragmatic) communication disorder which causes them to have difficulty with social skills. The course also assists the students with developing and generalizing appropriate and beneficial social skills and in turn increases that student’s postsecondary outcome. Making Connections IV assists students with developing skills to employ collaborative problem solving.

Course ID:  900211
YR
Course Name: Student to Industry Connection
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): By recommendation only; Successful completion of two career and technical education courses

What's Next: Any elective supporting endorsement area and/or post secondary goals

The Student to Industry Connection course provides students with the opportunity to develop professional relationships with experienced individuals within the student’s chosen program of study and to demonstrate necessary skills for an online virtual workplace. Students will learn acceptable virtual etiquette and professionalism for a teleworking environment.The central focus of this course is to prepare students to be 21st century career ready through interaction with a seasoned workplace mentor. The course may include a work-based learning component. Instruction will support students with marketable skills attainment. The course is recommended for students 16 years of age or older.