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i'm erin brewer and i teach
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multi-occupations at boces current tech
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center
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topics or units that we cover in
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multi-act include
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setting goals professionalism safety at
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work
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balancing work and personal life filling
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out forms and the job hunt
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we also try to cover a little bit of
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sewing if possible
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surviving the first 90 days of a new job
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in a video series
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and mental wellness some skills that we
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focus on
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in the building include clerical such as
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making copies
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stuffing envelopes answering the phone
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organizing records and shredding
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and we also do some cleaning duties
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throughout the building including
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sanitizing cafeteria duty which would be
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cleaning up the cafeteria after
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breakfast and lunch
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sweeping and learning how to properly
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wash windows
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multi occupations is a work based
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learning program
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and we do things like job skills we do
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professionalism we talk about
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safety in the workplace and the big
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component of this program
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is we do internships throughout the year
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at different sites our internship sites
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provide many opportunities for students
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to learn
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and practice 21st century skills for
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success in the workplace
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all of them include attendance and time
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management
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ability to follow instructions
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communication skills
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and initiative working at the root farm
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we focus
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on acceptance of responsibility having a
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positive attitude
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and on the job not on the phone which
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all carry through to the next
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internships
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at the root farm we have done things
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such as harvesting fruits and vegetables
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bottling and labeling their honey
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picking apples and learning how to make
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cider
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and just overall helping with the daily
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duties around the barn including
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planting
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and cleaning at working at uno and texas
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roadhouse the 21st century skill we tend
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to focus on is acceptance of supervision
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we do things like folding the pizza
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boxes
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filling salt shakers and organizing the
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sugar packets and doing a lot of
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cleaning and sanitizing in a texas
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roadhouse we do a lot of portioning
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and some food prep at the hampton inn
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we focus our 21st century skill on
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personal appearance
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because that's the first time we're
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working around the public we do
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lots of sanitizing sorting and folding
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towels
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we also pair with housekeepers to learn
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how to do
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various daily tasks as well as
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organizing the dining area
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at feed our vets we focus on helping our
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community we do things like sorting food
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dusting and stocking the shelves and
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storing food on pallets when the food is
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not needed to be put out on the shelves
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yet
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at jk it's a culmination of all the 21st
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century skills that we've learned
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working with the public and accepting
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responsibility
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being on the job and not on our phones
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things like that
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we do things like dusting down in the
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display area
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and washing windows and mirror displays
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we organize things
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up in the offices we have shredded we
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organize and file invoices
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and prep work orders at willcore
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the 21st century skill that we focus the
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most on is teamwork because we are
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all working together as a team doing
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things like counting
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sorting repackaging learning how to
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properly open and close
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boxes labeling and loading pallets
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properly as well
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and at the utica public library it's
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again a culmination of the 21st
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century skills that we've we've talked
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about throughout the year
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we do a lot of prepping for their summer
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reading program we do
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counting out flyers and prepping the
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bags we clean the cafe and take
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inventory
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we do a lot of dusting and organizing on
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the shelves
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learning how to discard books and put
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away books and dvds
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and we also work on the display cases
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and bulletin boards
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for the summer time
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so for more information please visit the
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cte website
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and the program guide feel free to call
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or email with any questions
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