School vs. Work Expectations

1. If you are consistently late to work, or not turning in work assignments on time, your employer will likely:

• 1. Loud cap you infront of everyone

• 1. Make you quit

• 1. Terminate you

• 1. None of the above

1. At school there is lots of room for ________, whereas at work there is no where near as much room for _________.

• 1. Play; fun

• 1. Disrespect; disrespect

• 1. Breaking rules; rule breaking

• 1. Error; error

1. True or False: The expectations schools place on students is much different than the expectations employers place on employees.

• True

• False

The level of sustained, high quality ________ required by employees at work is much greater than the level of effort required by students.

• 1. Effort

• 1. Work

• 1. Communication

• 1. Self-discipline

1. If you owned a pet store, what task(s) would you need to complete after the store closes each day? Choose all that apply.

• 1. Clean the store

• 1. Develop and implement advertising and marketing plans

• 1. Complete financial task

• 1. None of the above

1. Occasional/repeat absences are tolerated at school, whereas at work, repeated absences are grounds for:

• 1. Change of shift schedule

• 1. Termination

• 1. Request for sick leave

• 1. None of the above

1. True or False: As an employee/employer you may or may not be offered vacation time.

• True

• False

1. At work, every single day ______ whereas at school it’s okay to “drift” some days.

• 1. Matters

• 1. Is a waste of time

• 1. Doesn’t matter

• 1. None of the above

1. Unsafe behaviors are addressed supportively and compassionately at school, but they are not ________ at work and are grounds for termination.

• 1. Approved of

• 1. Tolerated 

• 1. A big deal

• 1. None of the above

1. True or False: Round #1 of the self-assessment we completed from more of a student/personal perspective, where as for Round #2 we will complete it with an employee/work mentality.

• True

• False