LEARNING FOR LIFE LESSON PLANS,
WORKSHOPS, AND SCANS SKILLS
Classroom-Based Elementary Program
for Kindergarten Through Sixth Grade
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SCANS SKILLS
Five Workplace Competencies—Effective workers can productively use:
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LEARNING FOR LIFE LESSON PLANS
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- Resources:
They know how to allocate time, money, materials, space, and staff.
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- Choices
- Decision Making
- Making Good Decisions
- Meeting Deadlines
- Setting Goals
- Money Management
- Being a Good Worker
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- Interpersonal:
They can work on teams, teach others, serve customers, lead, negotiate, and work well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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- Ethnic Heritage
- Race, Religion, and Culture
- Respecting Differences
- World Cultures
- Getting Along With Others
- Community
- Service
- Empathy
- Youth Protection
- Understanding People With
- Special Needs
- Sticking to What's Right
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- Information:
They can acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate, and use computers to process information.
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- Prepared for Today
- Developing Good Listening Skills
- Communication
- Places and Maps
- Violence Prevention
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- Systems:
They understand social, organizational, and technological systems; they can monitor and correct performance; and they can design or improve systems.
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- Gangs
- Overcoming Poor Decisions
- Law and Government
- Pet Care
- What Is Freedom?
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- Technology:
They can select equipment and tools, apply technology to specific tasks, and maintain and troubleshoot equipment.
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- Weather
- Hobbies/Recycling
- Consumerism
- Conservation
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SCANS SKILLS
Three Foundation Skills—Competent workers in the high-performance workplace need:
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LEARNING FOR LIFE LESSON PLANS
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- Basic Skills:
Reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking, and listening.
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- Basic Art
- Classic Literature
- Communication
- Math
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- Thinking Skills:
The ability to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions, and solve problems.
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- Never Give Up
- Coping With Stress
- Accepting Consequences
- Exhibiting Responsible Citizenship
- Transportation
- Emergency Preparedness
- Fire Safety
- Never Lose Sight
- Safety
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- Personal Qualities:
Individual responsibility, self-esteem, self-management, sociability, and integrity.
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- Being Responsible
- Choosing What's Right for Me
- Code of Ethics
- People Who Cheat
- Trust Me, I Won't Let You Down
- When People Steal From Me
- Anger/Conflict Management
- Health
- Importance of Family
- Something Special About Me
- Standing Up for Me
- Personal Habits for a Lifetime
- Self-Awareness
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