Office Filing Work Task Box: a hands-on vocational work task box for secondary SEND, post-16, and job skills programmes. Students print, cut, and work through three levels on their own while you take accuracy data.
Why I made this: Filing comes up on almost every office placement, and it is usually the first job a supervisor hands a new worker. Students who can say the alphabet still get stuck on Baker and Banerjee, or on whether 3107 comes before 3170. This box slows those moments down. The Drawer Check cards came from real job sites, where finding a folder someone else put in the wrong place is part of the work, and telling the supervisor about it is too.
What's included:
• Level A: 12 folder cards to file by first letter into 4 drawers
• Level B: 24 folder cards to put in full ABC order by last name
• Level C: 24 cards (10 invoices, 10 dated forms, and 4 Drawer Check cards with a misfiled folder to find)
• 4 drawer labels for Level A and 2 drawer labels for Level C
• 1 Filing Rules page with an alphabet strip
• 1 Drawer Check recording sheet
• 3 practice pages, one for each level
• Answer key for every card and practice page
• Data sheet and a 10-session accuracy graph
• A plan for trying it for real at school, with a 5-item supervisor check
• Blank cards for each card type
How I use it: At Level A, students file folders into four drawer labels by the first letter of the last name. At Level B, they put 24 folders in full ABC order using the Filing Rules page. At Level C, they file invoices by number and forms by date, then find the misfiled folder on 4 Drawer Check cards. Students check their own work with the card codes (cover with tape if they peek), and you record accuracy and prompt level on the data sheet.
Part of the Work Task Boxes series: one layout across every job, three levels, self-check codes, blank cards for your own site, and a data sheet with a 10-session graph.
Pairs well with (search for The Transition Cliff on Tes): Office and Clerical Job Skills Task Cards; Life Skills Task Analysis Data Sheets; Am I Job Ready? Student Self-Check (free).
Who it is for: secondary SEND, post-16 and supported internship groups, job coaches and work experience staff. Written for US grades 9 to 12 (UK Years 10 to 13) and young adults up to 21 (ages 14-19+).
What you download: one printable PDF, 25 pages, US Letter (print to fit A4 if needed). Answer key included. Some American workplace terms are used.
Real workplaces vary. Use the blank cards to match your site. Always follow the training and rules at the actual workplace.
From the author of The Transition Map (Jeremy D. Gooch).
Written by Jeremy D. Gooch, a teacher with 20+ years in education. All names, businesses, and places are made up.
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