SESSION	KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Session One: It’s My Life Students are introduced to the 16 Success Skills. Working in groups, they evaluate sample resumes to determine which job candidate they would hire.	Identify personal work-readiness skills. Complete a personal skills assessment. Explore connections between their personal assessment and their dreams, values, goals, and skills.
Session Two: Listen Up Working with partners, students participate in a role-playing activity designed to develop effective speaking and listening skills. Using verbal and nonverbal cues, they learn how to build rapport with others.	Explore strategies of effective formal and informal workplace communication. Identify nonverbal communication uses and implications. Complete an informal self-assessment.
Session Three: Stay Connected By analyzing case studies and completing a puzzle activity, students recognize the need for teamwork and cooperation in the workplace.	Identify the role of cooperation, integrity, and respect in effective teamwork. Evaluate strategies for working effectively with others to achieve a mutual goal. Complete an informal self-assessment.
Session Four: Think Win/Win Working in teams, students develop solutions to potential workplace conflicts. They consider win/win, win/lose, and lose/lose responses to conflict.	Evaluate and apply effective speaking and listening skills to resolve conflict. Identify and implement win/win solutions to conflict. Complete an informal self-assessment.
Session Five: Work Smart Working in groups, students participate in a game show in which they practice their decision-making skills by solving common workplace problems.	Identify and apply strategies necessary for effective problem-solving in real-life contexts. Complete an informal self-assessment.
Session Six: The Marketing Spin   Working in groups, the students practice the Success Skill Reflect and Evaluate. They identify the connection between advertising a product and promoting themselves.	Analyze and assess product advertising. Present selected products based on advertising information. Assess and evaluate personal information and prepare a resume.
Session Seven: It’s My Future   During this final session, students participate in mock employment interviews. They review the 16 Success Skills presented throughout the course of the program.	Identify effective interviewing skills. Evaluate peers and provide feedback. Reflect on the JA Success Skills experience.