More than SEMI-prepared for work and life!

Students with special education services, particularly students with learning disabilities, need more opportunities to practice and to develop their soft skills (adaptability, active listening, communication, creative thinking, teamwork, and time management). Also, these students do not always have a clear idea of how their academic skills can translate to future jobs including careers in the semiconductor industry. With this series of activities, students will learn and practice soft skills using the Habits of Mind traits, in addition to learning about jobs in the semiconductor industry. The student teams will read short, but informative articles based on real-life, semiconductor-related workers. Correctly discovering the assigned semiconductor job involves examining the information and documenting their findings by filling out a job profile paragraph (cloze notes form). Also, teams must practice key soft skills in order to complete all of the required tasks that include building microchips, and matching their assigned semiconductor job to the related soft skills and photos.