Work Experience Practicum

Overview

Course description

This course is designed to provide students with learning difficulties or barriers to education and employment with on the job experience related to their career goals. Students are placed at supervised and supportive worksites in fields that match their interests and abilities. Students are expected to demonstrate and practice appropriate work habits and attitudes while gaining exposure to different work environments.

Course content

Topics to be explored include:

Safework practices
Positive work habits and attitudes
Employability/workplace and interpersonal skills
Goal-setting and self-evaluation of job performance

Learning activities

On-site practice and guidance
Seminar (small group discussion)

Means of assessment

This course uses the mastery grading system and will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations. Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:

Mid-point and final self-assessments
Demonstration of skills
Regular attendance and participation in class activities

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the successful student will be able to:

Complete various inventories/assessments related to education and employment, and develop and participate in personal, education and career planning
Identify and describe reasonable education / workplace accommodations/adjustments and support
Participate in verbal and non-verbal feedback
Demonstrate positive workplace values
Respond to different forms of feedback positively, considering the information to support positive changes.
Demonstrate organizational skills (e.g. use planning tools, follow schedules, maintain punctuality and attendance)
Participate in work site training orientation
Identity and evaluate safe and unsafe work sites
Complete a minimum of one work experience in an identified job, based on interests, skills and abilities when applicable
Set goals and participate in evaluations
Demonstrate appropriate interpersonal skills with supervisors, coworkers and customers
Develop strategies for getting along with others, co-workers, supervisors, customers and other stakeholders
Define conflict and demonstrate conflict resolution strategies
Demonstrate effective goal setting and time management skills

Textbook materials

Nil

Requisites

Prerequisites

Instructor permission

Corequisites

No corequisite courses

Equivalencies

No equivalency courses

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

September 2019 (Current)