The Diversified Occupations (Career Prep/Headstart to Employment) program is designed for students who will benefit from hands-on learning. This program will prepare students with a wide range of abilities and talents for entry-level work in the community.

 

Additionally, many students are prepared to enter other programs at Oxford Hills Technical School. Emphasis is placed on mastering specific skills necessary for success in either of these options.

 

Students rotate among four segments of the program: woodworking shop (carpentry skills), bicycle repair shop (mechanical and marketing skills ), greenhouse (horticultural skills) and Cafe (food preparation, service and sales skills). Before a student is placed in the program, he/she will have completed the OHTS application and if appropriate the IEP Mtg/case conference and parent/guardian can encourage and help with applying. If you are interested in a visit/tour of the program, please contact OHTS and/or Instructor David Knightly at d.knightly@msad17.org​

 

 

Diversified Occupations Life Skills

 

Students can apply for this program through the OHTS application process, the IEP team process and/or through teacher recommendation. In this program, students will learn a basic understanding of job-preparation skills through rotating training in the Lunch Cafe, wood shop, bicycle repair shop and greenhouse. Students will work towards supported entry level employment skills.

 

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Diversified Occupations Career Exploration

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In this program, students will learn a basic understanding of job-preparation skills through rotating training in the snack bar, wood shop, bicycle repair shop, basic sewing, and greenhouse. Students will work towards supported entry level employment skills.

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Diversified Occupations I and II

 

Students become eligible for this program generally through having completed one year in either DO Life Skills or DO Career Explorations,  through teacher recommendation, and being accepted through an application process. This two period class introduces independent job-preparation skills and workplace ethics. Students have a pre-technical experience to explore a few trades including food service and hospitality in the snack bar, woodworking in the wood shop, mechanics and hand tool usage in the bicycle repair shop, and basic horticulture in the greenhouse on a monthly rotation basis.

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Diversified Occupations I and II

 

Students become eligible for this program by having been in Diversified Occupations for at least one year, through teacher recommendation, and are accepted through the OHTS application process. In this two period class, students continue to develop job specific skills and self-assessment strategies to discover their strengths and weaknesses while setting future employment goals. Students continue to rotate through the snack bar, wood shop, bicycle repair shop, and greenhouse areas. When appropriate, students will have the opportunity to apply the skills learned in the program to a real-life job-site experience within the community.