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Eva Foxwell’s twenty years of business excellence has helped her create this curriculum guide that named her a Delaware Superstar Education Winner and a Teen Ink Magazine Educator of the Year.
 
377 pages of ready-to-use lesson plans, warm-ups, worksheets, group activities, role-plays, assignments, rubrics, and assessments at your fingertips.
 
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Introduction
How to Use this Curriculum Guide
Setting Up Your Classroom
Weekly Keyboarding and Binder Checks
Weekly Keyboarding: Teacher Overview
Weekly Keyboarding: Student Homework
Typing to the Top Monthly Contest
Binder Check: Teacher Overview
Binder Check: Student Homework
Unit A Active Listening
Unit A Overview
Assignment A: Active Listening Conference Presentation Summary
Assignment A Rubric: Summative Assessment
LESSON 1: Active Listening Definition
LESSON 2: Active Listening Whisper Game
LESSON 3: “The Wright Family” Active Listening Game
LESSON 4: “Blind for the Day” Listening Activity
Note Taking: The Cornell Notes System
LESSON 5: Microsoft Paint Listening Activity
LESSON 6: Line up in Birthday Order Class Activity
Assignment A.7: Partner Profile
Assignment A.7: Summative Assessment Rubric
LESSON 7: Writing Interview Questions
LESSON 8: Conducting Partner Interviews
LESSON 9: Writing Your Partner Profile Assignment
LESSON 10: Active Listening Conference Plan and Schedule
Unit B: Leadership
Unit B Overview
Assignment B: Conference Flyer
Assignment B Rubric: Summative Assessment
LESSON 11: Defining Leadership
LESSON 12: Six Leadership Styles
LESSON 13: Leadership Questionnaire and Self-Assessment
Study Skills and Test Preparation
LESSON 14: Leadership and Mentoring Activity
LESSON 15: Matching Leadership Definitions
LESSON 16: School Improvement Leadership Memo
Assignment B.16: School Improvement Memo
Assignment B.16 Summative Assessment
LESSON 17: Group Conference Flyer
Unit C: Time Management
Unit C Overview
Assignment C: Time Management Presentation Script
Assignment C Rubric: Summative Assessment
LESSON 18: What is Time Management?
LESSON 19: Desert Island Activity: A Time Management Test
LESSON 20: Weekly Planner Time Management
LESSON 21: Time Management Definition
LESSON 22: Time Management Quadrants
LESSON 23: To Do Lists
LESSON 24: Time Management Shadowing and Observation
LESSON 25: Conference Presentation Script
Unit D: Problem Solving
Unit D Overview
Assignment D: Conference Presentation PowerPoint Slide show
Assignment D Rubric: Summative Assessment
LESSON 26: Introduction to Problem Solving
LESSON 27: Problem Solving Step 1: Defining the Problem
LESSON 28: Problem Solving Step 2: Generate Alternative Solutions
LESSON 29: Problem Solving Step 3: Examine the Alternative Solutions
LESSON 30: Problem Solving Step 4: Implement a Solution
LESSON 31: Introduction to Creating a PowerPoint Slide Show
Unit E: Issue Campaign
Unit E Overview
Assignment E: Conference
Assignment E Rubric: Summative Assessment
LESSON 32: Planning a Conference: Seeing the Big Picture
LESSON 33: Group Organization and Task Delegation
LESSON 34: Business Soft Skills Conference Schedule
LESSON 35: Business Soft Skills Conference Flyer
LESSON 36: Business Soft Skills Conference Participation Certificates
LESSON 37: Business Soft Skills Conference Presentation Script
LESSON 38: Business Soft Skills Conference PowerPoint Slide Show
LESSON 39: Business Soft Skills Conference Final Planning
LESSON 40: Business Soft Skills Conference Reflections
Unit F: Final Exam
Unit F Overview
LESSON 41: Final Exam Review Paddle Board Game
LESSON 42: Business Soft Skills Final Exam
Final Exam Answer Key
Course Conclusion
 
Teaching Business Soft Skills is Eva Marie Foxwell's third book. This curriculum guide is for new and experienced instructors who want a structured yet flexible outline for teaching in Business and Technology. Eva Marie Foxwell's lessons are designed with a focus on giving teachers dynamic and interactive lessons, guided learning ideas, detailed assignments, formative and summative assessments, and a wealth of classroom material.
For students, this curriculum guide is designed to provide space to think, reflect, create, and
collaborate toward formal projects that engage real-world business expectations.
Teachers are encouraged to use these templates as strictly or loosely as they wish. There can be any level of deviation, customization, or combination that works best for your grade level, reading level, business resources, business community, administrative support, and collaborative possibilities at your school. It is therefore highly recommended that teachers read through this entire curriculum guide before the beginning of the year, in order to assess for themselves the best way to use the provided materials.