Vocational

The vocational program prepares students for future employment. Students are involved in on-and-off-site training. For example, Key Center School has a vocational workshop where students perform materials-handling activities along with packaging, sorting, and assembling activities. Newsletters from the community, including various school newsletters, are printed, collated, folded, and stapleld in the workshop. Students are also receiving training in the community to teach those work readiness skills such as following directions, staying on task,asking for help when necessary, and completing assigned tasks. Some of the community work sites are:

• Comfort Inn
• Fairfax County Public Schools - Instructional Materials Center
• Heatherwood Retirement Community
• Key Middle School Cafeteria
• Pohick Library
• In-School work crews

 The ultimate goal for the students at Key Center School is inclusion, which refers to belief that individuals with disabilities be involved in the mainstream of society through educational and/or community experiences. Inclusion, as a goal, provides benefits to individuals with disabilities through integration, which also benefits society through positive interactions and knowledge.

For detailed information about Vocational services with Fairfax County, visit the FCPS Career and Transition Services site.

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