Beginning
Project Discovery Career Development

THE PROJECT DISCOVERY CAREER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM is a hands-on comprehensive curriculum which provides middle through high school special needs students the skills necessary for entrance into the general curricula, workforce and independent life. Designed with the diverse needs of special education students in mind, this system consists of three components — Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced.

Students learn hundreds of real world job skills in many diverse career cluster areas as well as the academic skills needed to perform those tasks. Students also gain important life skills and employability skills. Students exit the program with a better understanding of the job world and the careers that interest them and that they have abilities for. The curricula is ideal for addressing transition services and IDEA requirements.

Highlights

  • Academic integration
  • Relevant instruction – real tools & tasks
  • Knowledge/Performance-based assessment
  • Work performance benchmarks
  • Comprehensive curriculum
  • Customizable lesson plans
  • On-site training
  • Certificate of accomplishment
  • Ready-made IEP documentation
  • Engaging and motivating

The Beginning System is designed for those students with critical needs working well below grade level. Ideal for a teacher-assisted approach whereby students watch the teacher perform the activities and then perform them with assistance.

Ideal For:

  • Significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning.
  • Students on a K-5th grade reading level (with supports for a 2nd-4th grade level).
  • Audio components for slow and non-readers and auditory learners.
  • CDC Students
  • Emotionally Disturbed
  • Developmental Delays
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Mental Retardation
  • Multiple Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Traumatic Brain Injuries

Job Skill Tasks and Academics:

Students experience basic academic skills in an applied, hands-on concept. Examples include:

  • Students practice basic math with coins as they learn to make change in the Grocery Clerking kit.
  • Students read simple instructions and gain basic entry level job vocabulary.
  • Students show understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions as they learn to clean desktops and windows in the Cleaning Maintenance kit or use utensils to set a table in the Table Service kit.
instructor's notes

Instructor's Notes contain manipulative and cognitive skill requirements/skills to be attained; math, language, and reasoning skill levels; ten day lesson implementation plan; Pre/Post Tests; Work Performance Benchmarks; reproducible Student Worksheets; and Job Qualifications Profiles.

community/parent involvement

Community/Parent Involvement Involve parents and the community in the classroom with hands-on activities!

electricity kit

Materials and Tools needed to perform the kit activities, such as 4-cycle engine, rebar box, barometer, sphygmomanometer, screen printing kit, soldering board, wall section, food models, galvanized pipe, wallpaper kit, videos, and software programs.

Grocery Clerking Kit internet sites

Internet Sites Unique Internet sites provided to research careers.

Student Instructions

Student Instructions lead step-by-step through the activities.

special education editions

Special Education Editions for Special Needs Students are available for all kits - They contain "First Look" Books that break the concepts and terms down to a 2nd-4th grade reading level and audio support.

training

Training Nationally-certified trainers will come to your site to provide in-service training on system implementation.

Project Discovery Beginning Level

  1. Let's Discover Banking
    1. PD20000
  2. Let's Discover Construction
    1. PD11000
  3. Let's Discover Creative Arts
    1. PD14000
  4. Let's Discover Engineering Technology
    1. PD19000
  5. Let's Discover Mechanics, Installers, Repairers
    1. PD18000
  6. Let's Discover Medical Careers
    1. PD10000
  7. Let's Discover Nature's Resources
    1. PD12000
  8. Let's Discover Public Services
    1. PD16000
  9. Let's Discover Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality
    1. PD15000
  10. Let's Discover The World of Business
    1. PD13000
  11. Let's Discover Human Services
    1. PD17000
  12. Cleaning Maintenance
    1. PD0800
  13. Greenhouse Work
    1. PD1700
  14. Hair Care and Styling
    1. PD1900
  15. Table Service
    1. PD4000
  16. Grocery Clerking
    1. PD1800
  17. Filing
    1. PD1400
  18. Mail Handling
    1. PD2100
  19. Child Care
    1. PD4500