Life Skills - Job Skills - Resume Writing - Special Education - GOOGLE

Many students lack the skills needed to write a proper resume. Even more are unaware of how much merit a solid resume holds in regards to the success of how well their job hunt will go. I created this DIGITAL download out of a necessity to help teach my students a very important life skill that often gets overlooked in classrooms. Even though this would work for any teenager, I use it in my special education classroom to get resistant writers to start the writing process on a more personal level.

This activity is specifically formatted to be used with Google Drive and is compatible with Google Classroom. Google Drive is an amazing resource that many educators are now using as an interface to support 1:1 digital instruction in the classroom. I pair it up with Google Classroom (a free website) that allows me to digitally send each student in my class a copy of the worksheets that they later submit to me for grading. With this lesson, students are able to type directly into the colored boxes on the digital worksheet. It is an amazing paper-free process and the kids LOVE working on these worksheets on the computer.

This resume activity is strongly centered around the resume process for STUDENTS. I included questions that are relevant to them (ex: classes taken at school). This makes the activity so much more functional! The whole activity is scaffolded to support students with creating their own individualized resume. 

At the end of the unit, I love to print a finalized copy of each student's resume. I have included THREE different formats students can choose for their resumes. The students add them to their portfolios and I send a digital copy home as well. Many parents and students have gone on to say how helpful this activity has been long after they have graduated from my classroom.

Purchase Includes DIGITAL Access To:

• One worksheet familiarizing students with basic vocational vocabulary (7 comprehension questions)
• Three pages of scaffolded worksheets that support students step by step in the resume writing process
• Three fully EDITABLE versions of a resume document that students can type in with their own personal information (in Google Slides)