Team Roles for Workplace Success

Team Roles for
Workplace Success

STUDENT:

‚ Take your job seriously. Show up on time, appropriately dressed (as directed by your supervisor) and ready to work.
‚ Ask for help when you need it.
‚ Be courteous, friendly, respectful, and a team player.
‚ Remember that this is a work site – use office equipment for work-related tasks only, follow your employer’s rules about personal telephone calls and visits, and stay on task so you can complete your work in a timely manner.
‚ Be responsible. Keep your absences to a minimum and call your employer right away if you have to miss work because you are sick.
‚ Ask for more work when you’ve finished your current tasks.
‚ Communicate with your employer about any support needs you might have and suggest strategies to meet those needs.
‚ Learn as much as you can about the workplace and your job.
‚ Work hard. Remember that this experience or job can be a stepping-stone to other jobs.

FAMILY:

‚ Facilitate your son or daughter to be to work on time each day, properly dressed and ready to go.
‚ Remember that she/he is at a job – keep personal calls and visits to a minimum.
‚ Emphasize the importance of being reliable and following a work schedule - sometimes that means making difficult choices between fun activities and meeting employment obligations.
‚ Teach, model, and reinforce good work habits.
‚ Help your son or daughter communicate with the employer about any support needs he/she might have and suggest strategies to meet those needs.
‚ Recognize that a work experience position is a real job. It provides résumé material, valuable experience, connections, skills training, and even wages in some cases. Help your son or daughter take all work opportunities seriously.

TEACHER/JOB DEVELOPER/JOB COACH:

‚ Communicate expectations for job performance, behavior, and social interactions. Explain consequences for not meeting workplace expectations.
‚ Orient the student to the workplace and the employer to her/his role as mentor and supervisor.
‚ Help the student communicate with the employer about any support needs he/she might have and suggest strategies to meet those needs.
‚ Help the employer understand and capitalize on the student’s learning style.
‚ Allow the student employee to perform his/her job as independently as possible. Fade job coaching according to a reasonable and well-planned schedule.

EMPLOYER:

‚ Clearly communicate expectations for job performance, behavior, and social interactions. Model these expectations.
‚ Explain consequences for not meeting workplace expectations.
‚ Capitalize on employee learning styles.
‚ Teach the necessary skills to perform the job successfully.
‚ Provide the employee with regular feedback about his/her performance.

By signing below, we affirm we have read the expectations listed above, had an opportunity to discuss them and ask questions, and we are committing to abide by the expectations to the best of our abilities.

Student Employee

Parent/Guardian/Family Member

Teacher/Job Developer/Job Coach

Employer

	Team Roles for Workplace Success STUDENT: ‚ Take your job seriously. Show up on time, appropriately dressed (as directed by your supervisor) and ready to work. ‚ Ask for help when you need it. ‚ Be courteous, friendly, respectful, and a team player. ‚ Remember that this is a work site – use office equipment for work-related tasks only, follow your employer’s rules about personal telephone calls and visits, and stay on task so you can complete your work in a timely manner. ‚ Be responsible. Keep your absences to a minimum and call your employer right away if you have to miss work because you are sick. ‚ Ask for more work when you’ve finished your current tasks. ‚ Communicate with your employer about any support needs you might have and suggest strategies to meet those needs. ‚ Learn as much as you can about the workplace and your job. ‚ Work hard. Remember that this experience or job can be a stepping-stone to other jobs. FAMILY: ‚ Facilitate your son or daughter to be to work on time each day, properly dressed and ready to go. ‚ Remember that she/he is at a job – keep personal calls and visits to a minimum. ‚ Emphasize the importance of being reliable and following a work schedule - sometimes that means making difficult choices between fun activities and meeting employment obligations. ‚ Teach, model, and reinforce good work habits. ‚ Help your son or daughter communicate with the employer about any support needs he/she might have and suggest strategies to meet those needs. ‚ Recognize that a work experience position is a real job. It provides résumé material, valuable experience, connections, skills training, and even wages in some cases. Help your son or daughter take all work opportunities seriously. TEACHER/JOB DEVELOPER/JOB COACH: ‚ Communicate expectations for job performance, behavior, and social interactions. Explain consequences for not meeting workplace expectations. ‚ Orient the student to the workplace and the employer to her/his role as mentor and supervisor. ‚ Help the student communicate with the employer about any support needs he/she might have and suggest strategies to meet those needs. ‚ Help the employer understand and capitalize on the student’s learning style. ‚ Allow the student employee to perform his/her job as independently as possible. Fade job coaching according to a reasonable and well-planned schedule. EMPLOYER: ‚ Clearly communicate expectations for job performance, behavior, and social interactions. Model these expectations. ‚ Explain consequences for not meeting workplace expectations. ‚ Capitalize on employee learning styles. ‚ Teach the necessary skills to perform the job successfully. ‚ Provide the employee with regular feedback about his/her performance. By signing below, we affirm we have read the expectations listed above, had an opportunity to discuss them and ask questions, and we are committing to abide by the expectations to the best of our abilities. Student Employee Parent/Guardian/Family Member Teacher/Job Developer/Job Coach Employer

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