VocationalThe vocational program prepares students ages 14 (or in 8th grade) to 22 for future employment. Students are involved in on-and-off site training. The on-site training occurs in the vocational workshop and throughout the school building. In the workshop setting students engage in materials-handling activities along with sorting, assembling, and packaging tasks. Students also operate two school-based businesses. One of the businesses is a printing business where newsletters from the community and schools are printed, collated, folded, labeled, and stapled. The other business is a dog bone business called Bone Appetit where students bake and package homemade dog bones. Proceeds from Bone Appetit are donated to various charities that benefit animals. Students also complete a variety of in-school jobs such as delivering mail, folding pool towels, collecting cans, plastic bottles, and paper for recycling, and stocking the vending machines. Students also receive training in the community to reinforce work readiness skills such as following directions, staying on task, asking for help when necessary, and completing assigned tasks. Our community work sites include:
For detailed information about Vocational services with Fairfax County, visit the FCPS Career and Transition Services site. Activities of Daily Living For students under the age of 14 (or 8th grade) Key Center has created a unique program to help students practice various activities of daily living such as laundry sorting, shopping, cooking, etc. Students can come to the vocational workshop and participate in structured simulations to help reinforce skills used in every day life.
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