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CIMC's Life Skills Series

Our Life Skills series doesn't just prepare your students for work... it prepares them for life. For more information about the Life Skills series, contact Craig Maile.

Financial Literacy Skills

Life Skills: Financial Literacy Skills addresses all 14 content areas listed in Oklahoma's recently passed Passport to Financial Literacy legislation. This legislation requires instruction in financial literacy for all students, beginning with those who start 7th grade in the 2008-09 school year.

Unit titles include:

  • Managing Money
  • Understanding Banking
  • Using Credit Wisely
  • Understanding Taxes and Insurance
  • Understanding Investing and Home Ownership
  • Understanding Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft

Financial Literacy Skills covers the following pathways in the Finance career cluster:

  • Financial and Investment Planning

We are offering unit 1, "Managing Money," as a free sample to download.

"Managing Money," Student Workbook (PDF file, 3.46 MB)

 

Personal Management Skills

Life Skills: Personal Management Skills replaces Managing Personal Matters. This new curriculum is appropriate for many different areas, including FACS programs, Agricultural Education programs, Skills Center/corrections programs, and adult basic education programs. Additional resources, including PowerPont presentations, can be downloaded from our website. Units include:

  • Managing Personal Records
  • Managing Your Appearance and Health
  • Planning for the Future
  • Preparing for Natural Disasters
  • Safeguarding Your Personal Safety

 

Vehicle Ownership Skills

Life Skills: Vehicle Ownership Skills assists students in all aspects of vehicle ownership. Units include:

  • Purchasing and Insuring an Automobile
  • Maintaining an Automobile
  • Driving Safely
  • Planning a Trip

We are provding Unit 1, "Purchasing and Insuring an Automobile," as a free sample to download.

Purchasing and Insuring an Automobile, Teacher's Guide (PDF file, 7 MB)

Purchasing and Insuring an Automobile, Student Workbook (PDF file, 4 MB)

 

Personal Relationship Skills

Life Skills: Personal Relationship Skills replaces the previous edition, Successful Human Relations. The focus of the new edition is to assist you in building the relationship skills that contribute to rewarding interactions with other people in the workplace and beyond. A list of all objectives can be found on the Profile of Training Mastery. Additional resources, including PowerPont presentations, can be downloaded from our website.

Units include:

  • Building Personal Relationships
  • Defining Married and Single Lifestyles
  • Developing Leadership Skills
  • Using Etiquette and Good Manners Every Day

 

Communication Skills

Life Skills: Communication Skills aligns to Family and Consumer Sciences and Scans 2000: Foundation Skills. A list of all objectives can be found on the Profile of Training Mastery. Additional resources, including PowerPoint presentations, can be downloaded from our website.

Units include:

  • Communicating for Success
  • Improving Communication in Everyday Life
  • Using Words Correctly
  • Speaking to a Group

 

Citizenship Skills

Life Skills: Citizenship Skills aligns to Family and Consumer Sciences National Standards (1998) and Center for Civic Education 9-12 Content Standards (1994). A list of all objectives can be found on the Profile of Training Mastery. Additional resources, including PowerPoint presentations, can be downloaded from our website.

Units include:

  • Understanding Citizenship and Government
  • Understanding Your Community
  • Living With Neighbors
  • Volunteering in Your Community

 

Career Success Skills

Life Skills: Career Success Skills provides instruction essential for finding a job, getting a job, and keeping a job. A list of all objectives can be found on the Profile of Training Mastery.

Units include:

  • Planning for a Career
  • Applying for a Job
  • Succeeding on the Job

Three videotapes are available to supplement the text:

  • Business Etiquette (HE7224)
  • Fundamental Restaurant Etiquette (HE 7103)
  • Workplace Ethics (HE7100)

Additional resources, including PowerPoint presentations, can be downloaded from our website.

 

Time Management Skills


Life Skills: Time Management Skills helps learners develop their skills for managing time successfully at home, at work, and at school. A list of all objectives can be found on the Profile of Training Mastery. Additional resources, including PowerPoint presentations, can be downloaded from our website.

Units include:

  • Mastering Techniques for Learning
  • Managing Time
  • Balancing Family and Career

 

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Updated 07.21.08