How can you or your employers tell whether a young person is competent in interacting with co-workers or proficient? And what's the difference? Take a look at the MA WBLP Foundation Skills Rubric Scoring Worksheet to get some ideas for assessing youth in employability foundation skills.  This tool was developed with help from peers in education and workforce development.…

June 8: Pick of the Week

Check out this OSHA page that gives you tools and tips for keeping youth safe on the job this summer. The site offers information and advice specific to summer job settings such as landscraping, restaurants, and parks and recreation.

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/youth/summerjobs/index.html

Here's a great powerpoint showing how to access and use the online version of the MA Work-Based Learning Plan in summer jobs programs. (There is also one for the paper version.)

http://skillslibrary.com/wbl/resources.htm