Work Olympics - Vocational Assessment

I am excited to share our “Work Olympics” with you!

This week was state testing week. But not for me! My special needs, functional level students do not participate in the regular standardized testing. So, our department has adapted a special vocational assessment day called the Work Olympics. It’s pretty awesome.

So first we grouped our students so that they would be doing activities appropriate to their ability level. Yellow = low, Orange = middle, and Green = high. And, as always in special education, different modifications are given to students so that they understand and are able to complete their tasks. Students all received a card with the activities listed and had to complete all of the activities on their card and then could check out some of the other ones. 

Wipe Table	Rolling Silverware	Sort Laundry	Fold Laundry	Haul Trash
Sticker Items	Sort Silverware	Dry Trays	Wrap Burgers	Size Clothing
			Place Setting	Sort Mail
Mock Interview	Stuff Folders	Application Letter	Chrono. Order	Alpha Order

After completing each station students received a sticker to mark off that they had completed that activity.

Students were timed at each station and the amount they completed in that time frame was recorded on the data sheets at each station. Below are the different stations and a few pictures that I took yesterday.

Yellow Group

Sorting silverware

Rolling Silverware

Sticker/Sort Items

Dry Trays

Wiping Tables

Sorting Laundry

Orange Group

Haul trash

Fold Laundry

Wrap Burgers

Sorting mail

Size Clothing

Place Setting

Green Group

Chronological order

Stuff Folders

Alphabetical Order of Files

Application

Mock Interview

See more details and the instructions we used for our vocational assessment on google drive!