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Project
Win-Win:
This is a program that focuses on employment training.
It consists of five sessions that run throughout the year, designed to help children
ages 12-21 with
special needs to explore different career paths and
learn basic skills to enter the work force upon
graduation from high school.
Classes
are designed to meet the needs of children with
a broad array of ability levels. Project
Win-Win has been generously funded through
the help of grants from the Kessler and
Starbucks Foundations.
Learning Through Life:
Children with special needs require
experientially-based learning. They need to
touch and feel something for it to come alive
and have meaning. Pathways has developed the
successful Learning Through Life program
for children ages 8-14 that integrates academics
and life skills. Children are learning math
through cooking and differentiating money by
using coins as chips for Bingo. They are getting
motivated to read and write while making grocery
lists, shopping online for a vacation, or making
Talking Books on computers. In this program,
learning academics is a creative process
integrated into daily life experiences that help
teach our children to achieve greater
independence in their lives. Once the children
have developed skills they need, they may be
able to move into "Project Win-Win."
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Project
Win-Win Employment Program: Fall
Information to come |
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Description:
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Ages 12
- 21. (Limit 8 children)
Instructors:
Kimen
Ryan, Certified Teacher of the
Handicapped, Melinda Jennis, Physical
Therapist, and Professionals in DJ and Food
Service
Pathways has expanded this class to include
additional opportunities to learn about many
different businesses while at the same time
increasing technology, reading, math, and
social skills. Learn about banking, office
work, program design, and marketing in order
to take on responsibilities working for
Pathways. You will learn about videotaping and
photography and how to use MacBook computers
to edit and design presentations and websites
for Pathways. Continue to gain expertise as a
DJ, playing karaoke, and other areas of
entertainment, and continue to make worksite
visits to the Chelsea to gain exposure to
other work experiences involving customer
service.
Click here for a registration flyer |
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Date: |
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
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Time: |
4:30pm-6:00pm |
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Location:
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All Tuesdays:
Montville Twp Public Library, Pio Costa, 90 Horseneck Rd.
All Thursdays:
The Chelsea
at Montville, 165 Changebridge Rd. |
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Cost:
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$100 for 12 classes. Please
note that kids may be scheduled to come in
extra times to assist with Pathways events and
office work throughout the summer to gain
actual work experience. |
Our goals,
dreams, and accomplishments:
PROJECT WIN-WIN "PET CARE AND GROOMING" class in
Winter 2008 brought about great success as the kids
learned about businesses and careers in pet care.
On the business side, the kids used computers and
several software programs to develop company
logos, flyers, databases, budgets, invoices and
contracts. On the medical side, they researched
animal diseases and created veterinary health
intake forms. Mock pet stores and grooming salons
were an ideal setting for learning tools of the
trade, customer assistance, and handling money
transactions. Various professionals
from NJ were invited to present to the class,
including K9
Kennels of Fanwood,
TLC Services Mobile Pet
Grooming of Newton,
Audubon Society of Ringwood, and Jean Bearle
and her daughters, Morgan and Abbey, from
Canine Companions for Independence, a
nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of
people with disabilities by providing highly
trained assistance dogs and ongoing support. The
Bearles brought two dogs and demonstrated how they
are trained to help those with disabilities and
provide companionship. The class took a field trip
to PETCO in
East Hanover to meet the staff and mingle with
birds, lizards, fish, and furry friends. The kids
also got hands-on experience as volunteers at the
Montville Animal Shelter cleaning cages, feeding,
and playing with the animals. Finally, the kids
gave powerpoint presentations to their parents and
the class about the careers they had chosen.
 THE FALL
2008 SESSION
of "Project Win-Win" focused on the
Business and Fine Art
of Landscape Design. Eric Bowne, owner
of Collage Landscaping in Clifton, NJ, and
his staff,
donated their time teaching us how
to select plants, shrubs, stone, brick and
other materials that coordinate with various soils, climates,
buildings, and natural environments. We
designed a project, took a field
trip to Condurso's Garden Center in
Montville, kept track of
our project budget, and made our design a
reality by digging and planting. Pathways extends our sincere
appreciation to Collage Landscaping and Dan Como
& Sons of Towaco, NJ, for donating the mulch.
We then moved into masonry
where we designed and built a brick border around
our landscaping project.
 IN SUMMER
of 2008, "Project Win-Win" began with a session
on
Becoming a Disc Jockey with professional
DJ, Eli Kababa. We learned to set up and run the equipment, mix music,
and actually worked two gigs – a 1950’s dance
for The Chelsea at Montville and a fund raiser
in Summit, NJ.
These
programs are run under the authority of the Montville
Township Recreation
Dept.
For registration and questions, contact
them at 973.331.3305. The registration form can
also be downloaded at
http://www.montvillenj.org.
Click
on Municipal Services, then Parks and Recreation,
then Forms and Flyers.
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