Job Talk

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Basic Program Information Links:

Job Talk Brochure

Job Talk Interactive White Board (IWB) Program Links:

Who uses Job Talk?

Middle School and High School Special Education Students, or students that function at low levels of reading and math.
Adult Transition Age School Students that function at low levels of reading and math. Job Talk has an emphasis on Career and Transition.
Job Talk is often used as a Pre-Requisite, or Along-Side PAES

For ELL “Level One Classrooms” ELL - English Language Learners Working with Students whom English is a New Language

What is Job Talk?

Curriculum that Teaches Essential Adult Language Work and Life Related Words to individuals that function at very low levels of reading and math.
Taught with Multiple Hands-On Components

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Word Lists by Unit:

1.) Basic Unit - Word List

Job Talk IWB covers essential words from all five units

Job Talk Program Features:

A Unique Approach to Reading and Learning for Individuals or Group
Teaches Essentials and Communication Skills for Everyday Life
Teaches by Students Hearing and/or Seeing Key Words and Real Images within the Context of the Real World
Age appropriate – no Cartoons or Characters– All Images are Real Photographs
Many of the Students that will Benefit from Job Talk are not going to Read Books, let alone Text Books. They are, however, going to Encounter the Written and Spoken Word in Everyday Life, Employment and Leisure.

Job Talk IWB Word List (contains essential words from all JT units)

Unique high interest training techniques for helping students learn technical terms and identify technical items

Designed for low functioning individuals to identify the important items in their community and work

Introduces word comprehension for basic adult life words
Teaches students to identify key job words and phrases within written passages for understanding