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S.T.A.R.S. Overview and Syllabus
S.T.A.R.S. is an acronym for Skills, Training, Attitude & Readiness for Success.
The purpose of this program is to provide participants with the skills needed to
help them choose a career and hopefully ready themselves to enter that field.
Our intention is to provide information on a variety of topics, encompassing many
behaviors found in successful adults. Work is a very important part of daily life,
but it is one small part of the whole. This program intends to speak to many areas
of a student's life, thereby increasing the likelihood of job success.
The S.T.A.R.S. Certification Program will be offered one time per month, and last
10 days, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Seven core subjects will be covered every
other day for two hours each. These seven modules are: Lifeskills, Decision Making,
Budgeting, Resume, Interviewing, Job Search, and Retention. Additional elective
modules will be offered in week two, in order to meet the needs of the individual
student. The elective modules include: Computer Training, Career Exploration,
Back to School, Individual Job Search, Parenting, Stretching Your Food Dollar, and
Supportive Services. The electives will be taught by S.T.A.R.S. instructors,
OSU Extension, and other FCJFS employees.
Participants are asked to report to class early, so that we may begin on time.
Rules will be established by the instructors and participants together during the
first day. Breaks will be scheduled throughout the day as needed. In order to
receive a S.T.A.R.S. Certificate of Completion, each student must report for class
each day, or provide good cause and arrange to make-up for the time missed. Those who
miss a day in the middle of the program will be required to stop the program at that time,
and begin another assignment (if required) until he/she can begin S.T.A.R.S. again in
the next month. It is not until a student completes all modules that he or she would
receive a certificate.
At the conclusion of the program, students who successfully complete all modules will
receive a S.T.A.R.S. certificate. Students who complete the program will have a
"stamp of approval" from FCJFS. The S.T.A.R.S. Instructors will work with FCJFS Job
Developers to help those "graduates" of the program to find jobs. To the graduate this
will mean more intensive job search assistance, possibly to include recommendations from
S.T.A.R.S. Instructors.
For more information on the STARTS program call:
(740) 653-1701 |
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