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CDOS & Career Readiness Grade 8 6-8 Worksheet

Workplace Readiness: Time Management, Responsibility, and Professionalism

Duration: 40 minutes · NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards (1996, updated)

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Built from publicly available New York State standards. Standard codes cited from official NYSED sources.

CDOS 3a
Universal Foundation Skills (Intermediate level): Students will demonstrate the personal qualities and self-management skills — including responsibility, time management, and professionalism — needed for success in the workplace.
Source: NYS Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS), Standard 3a, Intermediate — nysed.gov
Confidence: High Confidence Automated validation + founder oversight
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  • Worksheet for Grade 8 CDOS & Career Readiness
  • NYS framework label: NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Learning Standards (1996, updated)
  • Primary standard: CDOS 3a

Workplace Readiness: Time Management, Responsibility, and Professionalism

Grade 8 · CDOS & Career Readiness · NYS CDOS Standard 3a · Worksheet (40 min)

Teacher Note: This worksheet builds the self-management foundation skills CDOS identifies as essential for workplace success.

NYS-Aligned Standard

CDOS Standard 3a (Intermediate) — Self-management skills: responsibility, time management, and professionalism. NYS Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies

Student Directions

Name: ________________________ Date: ____________

Employers say “soft skills” like managing time and being responsible matter as much as technical skills. Let’s build them.

PART 1 — Professional or Not?

Write P (professional) or U (unprofessional) for each workplace behavior: _____ Arriving 5 minutes early for a shift _____ Texting friends during a meeting _____ Telling a supervisor when you’ll be late _____ Blaming a coworker to avoid trouble _____ Asking a clarifying question when unsure _____ Leaving a task unfinished without telling anyone

PART 2 — Prioritizing Tasks

You have these tasks and 1 hour. Number them 1 (do first) to 4 (do last) and write one sentence explaining your choice for #1: _____ A project due tomorrow morning _____ Checking social media _____ A chore due by end of week _____ Studying for a test in three days

My reason for #1: ___________________________________________________

PART 3 — Responsibility Scenario

Read: You promised to finish your part of a group project by Friday, but you forgot and it’s now due Monday. What is the responsible thing to do? List two actions:

PART 4 — My Time-Management Plan

Pick one real upcoming task. Break it into 3 steps with a time for each:

StepWhen I’ll do it
1.
2.
3.

SDI & Differentiation Block

Supports for MLLs/ELLs

Transitioning/Expanding (NYSESLAT Levels 3–4):

  • Vocabulary: professional, responsibility, prioritize, deadline, self-management
  • Provide sentence frames for Part 3 (“First, I would ___. Then, I would ___.”)

Expanding/Commanding (NYSESLAT Levels 5–6):

  • Extension: explain how each behavior in Part 1 affects a team or employer
  • Encourage precise workplace vocabulary

Supports for Students with IEPs

SDI Adaptation Dimensions: content, methodology, delivery

  • Content: Reduce Part 1 to 4 items; provide a 2-step planner for Part 4
  • Methodology: Connect to a real classroom deadline; model prioritizing aloud
  • Delivery: Read aloud; allow verbal responses; provide a visual time-blocking template; extended time

Note: Time-management and self-regulation supports can connect to IEP goals where these are documented areas of need.

Suggested Placement: ICT, Resource Room

Answer Key

Part 1: P, U, P, U, P, U Part 2: Suggested priority: 1 = project due tomorrow; 2 = study for test in three days; 3 = chore due end of week; 4 = social media. (Accept reasoned variations; #1 should be the project.) Parts 3 and 4 are open response — evaluate for responsibility and a realistic plan.

Alignment Record

FieldValue
Standard CodeCDOS 3a
FrameworkNYS CDOS Learning Standards
Sourcenysed.gov — NYS CDOS Learning Standards
ConfidenceHigh Confidence
Validation NotesCDOS Standard 3a (Universal Foundation Skills) includes personal qualities and self-management — responsibility, time management, professionalism — at the intermediate level appropriate for grade 8.
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Resource ID: SC-065 · StandardCraft NYS Resource Library v1.0
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