Passport to Employment - a rapid reintegration approach

Primary Features:

Job search skills enhancement

Seek and Find employment

Personal Awareness Training

Mentoring

Consistency

Accountability

SENIORS

Rookie Seniors

VeteranSeniors

Ages 50 to 69 Ages 70 +

Who/What is a Senior?

The Passport Age Range is

54 - 65

Souris

Murray River

Cavendish

Summerside

Tignish

MontagueCharlottetown

O’Leary

Alberton

Kensington

Provincial Program Core Consistency

We Cover the Island Like the Dew

Location

16 -18 courses held per year

180 participants Cost $ 4500.00per participant

Provincial Program Core Consistency

Facilitator Training

All Facilitators receive group and individual professional development

Facilitator selection is based on:

- ability to relate to mature workers

- understanding of adult learning principles and practices

- view mature workers as resources to themselves and others

- sensitivity to the age and stage of life of mature workers

- readiness to learn

- readiness to “let go”

- readiness to work as a member of a provincial team

- teaching experiences (not necessarily classroom)

- understand the concepts of wellness, productivity and life-long learning

- readiness to collaborate with all resources of government, community and business

Job search skills enhancement

- Computer

- Cover letter

- Resume

- Interview

- Job Portfolio

Seek and Find Employment During course

- individual support

- business

connections

- job interviews Follow-up

- participant tracking

- mentoring

Personal Awareness Training

- understanding self & others

- using transferable skills

- the ages and stages of life

- applying prior knowledge and experiences

- confidence building

Peer mentoringPeer mentoring through fellowparticipants:- knowledge- skills- job experiences- support- understanding

Provincial Program Core Consistency

Program Content

Wellness

Life Long Learning

Productivity

Therefore, Passport is Built On

Understanding Self and Others is really important at this stage of life

Holistic LearningProvincial Program Core Consistency

Provincial Program Core ConsistencyDATA- Participant, Program, Business

Provincial Program Core Consistency

Skills AssessmentPassport Computer Skills Assessment

Name Date Location Page 1

Instructions: Put an X on the line of the skill that is being learned. The top line is completed before you start training. The second line is completed mid course. The third line is completed at the end of the Passport program

Search theInternet

Skill Minimal Some Adequate Very good Excellent Level 1 2 3 4 5

Start of Training

Mid Course

End of Course

Passport Resume Skills Assessment

Name Date Location Page 1

Can eliminaterepetition

Skill Minimal Some Adequate Very good Excellent Level

1 2 3 4 5 Start of Training

Mid Course

End of Course

Instructions: Put an X on the line of the skill that is being learned. The top line is completed before you start training. The second line is completed mid course. The third line is completed at the end of the Passport program

EXAMPLES

PRODUCTIVITY

WELLNESSLIFE LONG

LEARNING

Holistic Learning

Based on

Provincial Program Core Consistency

Types of Passport Courses

Pre-course awareness (2 days)

Non sector (general) program (5 weeks)

Sector partnerships (6 weeks) (general + sector skills)

Entrepreneurial Skills (6 weeks)

Participants receive a weekly allowance stipend to attend Passport to Employment

During the Passport course participants receive:

- individual support

- business connections

- job interviews

- informational interviews

Seeking and Finding Employment

After the Passport courseParticipants receive:

- participant tracking

- employment awareness

- mentor support

What is the primary Goal of Passport to Employment?

So, what is a “Social Network System”?

Here are a few social networking sites:

A way to communicate with people using the internet

Passport to Employment usesa network system called:

as our “Employment Networking System”

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All Videos

All Photos

Passport Classes

DiscussionForums

Job Search

Featured Photos

Navigational Bar

EmploymentNetworking System

Passport to Employment Pre-course

Relationship building

Awareness of Passport course content

Benchmarking skills

Course expectations

Make decisions

WHY hold apre-course:

Participants:

Get to know their Passport educators

Get to know fellow participants

Anxiety is lessened

Participate in course related activities

Engage in Group discussions

WHAT takes place:

When : November 8 – 9, 2010Where: Park Royal ChurchHours 9:00 – 3:00 (aprox.)Cost: NIL