LEARNING FOR LIFE LESSON PLANS,
WORKSHOPS, AND SCANS SKILLS

Worksite-Based Exploring Program

SCANS SKILLS

Five Workplace Competencies—Effective workers can productively use:

LEARNING FOR LIFE EXPLORER ACTIVITY OR RESOURCE

  1. Resources: They know how to allocate time, money, materials, space, and staff.
  • Activity Chairs
  • Program Planning Conference
  • "Planning a Post Superactivity"*
  • Scholarship Applications
  • "Earning Money"*
  • Achievement Awards
  1. Interpersonal: They can work on teams, teach others, serve customers, lead, negotiate, and work well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
  • Post Elected Youth Officers
  • Activity Chairs
  • COPE Course
  • Cooperative Games
  • "Leading a Discussion"*
  • "Teaching a Skill"*
  • Character Education Activities
  1. Information: They can acquire and evaluate data, organize and maintain files, interpret and communicate, and use computers to process information.
  • Career Cluster Program Guides
  • Program Planning Conference
  • Career Opportunities Emphasis
  • "Brainstorming"*
  • "Planning a Post Superactivity"*
  • "Generating Publicity"*
  1. Systems: They understand social, organizational, and technological systems; they can monitor and correct performance; and they can design or improve systems.
  • Leadership Experience Emphasis
  • Post Leader Workshop
  • "Developing Service Projects"*
  • Character Education Activities
  • "Using Parliamentary Procedure"*
  • Achievement Awards
  1. Technology: They can select equipment and tools, apply technology to specific tasks, and maintain and troubleshoot equipment.
  • Exploring Post Program Guides
  • Achievement Awards

SCANS SKILLS

Three Foundation Skills—Competent workers in the high-performance workplace need:

LEARNING FOR LIFE EXPLORER ACTIVITY OR RESOURCE

  1. Basic Skills: Reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking, and listening.
  • Officer Election Process
  • Challenge Initiative Games
  • "Introducing a Speaker"*
  • "Making a Speech"*
  1. Thinking Skills: The ability to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions, and solve problems.
  • Program Planning Conference
  • Character Education Activities
  • "Developing Service Projects"*
  • Hands-on Career Activities
  • "Leading a Discussion"*
  • Achievement Awards
  1. Personal Qualities: Individual responsibility, self-esteem, self-management, sociability, and integrity.
  • Character Education Activities
  • "Introducing a Speaker"*
  • COPE Course
  • Life Skills Emphasis
  • Achievement Awards
* Found in the Explorer Leader Handbook, No. 34637A.

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