This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
My students participate in hands-on employability skills training in the community in preparation for future employment. My students are hard-working special needs young adults who are focused on learning in hopes of gaining paid employment at the end of the school year.
Help me give my students incentives to motivate them and push them to excel everyday.
The students are able to receive gift cards when they complete transitional goals for post-secondary career, educational and living goals.
The gift cards that I am requesting for my project will be used as incentives when my students complete a transitional goal. Overall my students are transitioning from high school to the real world and they take small steps to grow their future selves. They are learning financial literacy, building a resume, budgeting, and interviewing skills that are all needed in the workforce. They do all this while volunteering in an actual community business. The topics above are part of my daily curriculum which takes place in an actual community business. Financial literacy is very important in teaching my young adult learners how to budget their money for when they achieve actual paid employment.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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