Dark Comedy / Flexible Casting; 2m, 1f or 6m, 3f / Simple Sets Tall Grass is a dark comedy comprised of three one-act plays. Each play requires two males and a female and the same three actors can play the roles for each play. THE BUSINESS PROPOSAL begins with a botched marriage proposal by a nice young man to his type-A girlfriend, who instead informs him that she has just accepted a position to become his boss. Over the next six-months the two try to sort out what they really want out of their professional and personal lives. The solution comes as a surprise, both to themselves and to the audience. The play also features a comic waiter and some voice-overs which can be done by the same actor. THE GERBIL is the story of a burglar caught breaking into the home of a dysfunctional couple, whose love for their daughter is the glue keeping their marriage together. The brutal ending reveals the harm their marriage has taken on the daughter, although she never appears on stage. In TALL GRASS we find an octogenarian couple fighting to maintain their independence. The arrival of a mysterious social worker tests the true extent of their resolve.
For more than 20 years "Ontario Scholarships" has helped high school students to obtain entrance scholarships and other awards at Ontario universities. "Ontario Scholarships" lists thousands of scholarships and awards with the award amounts, criteria for obtaining the award, the application process, deadlines, and contact information. The book also provides tips on applying for scholarships. The book provides an overview of public and private awards as well as providing information on specific scholarships that are available at each university in Ontario. The book also presents an up-to-date, easy-to-understand overview of OSAP (the Ontario Student Assistance Program).
After High School is a best-selling self-directed guide for high school students to help them plan their future. The book contains a self-scoring Interest Survey, a self-scoring assessment of abilities, and a self-scoring assessment of values. After High School helps students to identify their strengths and then shows them how to best match these to occupational categories and also specific careers. The book also contains an up-to-date occupational list of more than 450 careers. In addition, information is provided to help students set their future goals and better understand some of the factors that contribute to success in achieving their goals. After High School is widely used in high school career or future planning workshops and classes. It is also the perfect resource for home-schooled students because it is easy to use and easy to understand. After High School is like a shortened practical version of What Color is my Parachute or What Color s Your Parachute for Teens, two of the all time best-selling career planning books. It is similar to Justin Muchnick's book A Teen's Guide to College & Career Planning except that After High School actually provides a proven Interest Inventory that students can complete in about 30 minutes. The Interest Inventory is self-scoring so that students can immediately see how their interests best match various careers in the 450 careers that are provided in the book. This popular book is also similar to Nicholas Lore's book The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, except that the content of After High School is specifically written for teenagers who are currently in high school. After High School is written by Brian Harris who is an award-winning teacher and counselor. Brian has worked as the head of guidance departments in several high schools as well as being a professor on the faculty of education at a prominent university. After competing After High School, students have made some of the following comments: - this has taken so much stress off me; I now have a good plan for my future - this was fun and so easy-to-use - I have a much better idea now of how to plan my future after high school - this helped me and my parents to set a more realistic path for my future - I never knew there were so many jobs that matched by interests - this helped me to understand how my interests, abilities and values all work together to help me select a future career that I will satisfying - I loved completed the interest test. It showed me exactly how to match my interests to the best careers for me - I completed the whole book in one evening. I learned so much about myself.
THE STUDENT SUCCESS HANDBOOK provides 125 ready-to-use activities to help students in grades 9 - 11 to be more successful in school. The book also contains related handouts that can be photocopied, saving teachers hours of preparation time. Chapter titlesinclude: "Establishing Trust", "Be Your Success Attitude", "Organize For Success", "Conflict Resolution (including anger management)", "Improving Your Study Skills", and "Setting and Achieving Your Goals." In addition, the book contains the black-line masters for a 68 page student workbook to accompany the activities in the book. Brian Harris, the author of this book, is a former award-winning teacher who has taught in all grades in both elementary, middle and high schools. He has also been a guidance department leader in several schools. Brian has written more than 20 books in the area of student success and career/educational planning which have sold more than 500,000 copies. In addition to writing books, Brian is a noted conference speaker and teaches part-time in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University.
Choosing Your Career is a best-selling self-directed guide in the tradition of What Color Is Your Parachute or Do What You Are. The book contains an easy-to-use step-by-step process for identifying your interests, abilities and values. After doing this you will be shown how to use this information to choose the career that is best for you. The book contains an up-to-date occupational list of more than 450 careers (that are currently in the most demand). Although the content of Choosing Your Career is based on current career theories and the author's more than 20 years of experience in career counselling, it is a practical book that will guide you page by page through a simple process to help you choose the career that is best for you. It will be like having your own career counsellor sitting beside you to help you understand how to choose the career that is best for you.Choosing Your Career is similar to Nicholas Lore's book The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, except that a free self-scoring Interest Inventory is provided inside Choosing Your Career. After completing the easy-to-use Interest Inventory that will take you about 30 minutes, you will immediately be able to see how your interests best match any of the 450 careers that are provided in the book. Choosing Your Career: A Self-Directed Guide To Help You Identify Your Interests, Abilities And Values To Help You Choose The Career That Is Best For You is written by Brian Harris who is an award-winning teacher and counselor. Brian has worked as a counselor in colleges, universities and community career centers and has taught career counselling courses at two prominent universities.
Do you know the main factors employers look for when they hire? Get Hired, based on research conducted by the author who is a noted career expert, provides six insider secrets that employers look for when they hire. Understanding these insider secrets will give you an advantage in writing more effective cover letters and resumes as well as being more successful in job interviews.Get Hired is a best-selling self-directed career guide that would be a great companion book to What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles. One of the main benefits of Get Hired is that the author, a career counsellor for more than 20 years, has interviewed more than 500 companies to identify the major factors employers look for when they hire and these insider secrets are shared with you in Get Hired. This book can help you to write more effective cover letters and resumes by showing you the key personal traits and skills that employers are looking for. While other books often show you how to format a cover letter or resume, Get Hired will provide you with the key words and content that will increase the likelihood that your cover letter and resume will stand out. Get Hired can add to books such as The Resume Writing Guide by Lisa McGrimmon or Knock Dead Resumes by Martin Yate by helping you to better understand six employer secrets that can improve all aspects of your job search.It's been said that the first step in successful marketing is to understand the needs of your customer and then the next step is to demonstrate how your product meets these needs. Applying this to being successful in your job search, the author shows you the main needs of most employers (based on his research with employers) and then shows you how to address these needs in all aspects of your job search.In addition to helping you to write more effective cover letters and resumes, the insider secrets in Get Hired can help you to focus all your job search efforts, such as networking and even job interviews, on what is most important. Get Hired would be an excellent addition to books such as How to Answer Questions: 101 Tough Interview Questions by Peggy McKee or Knock Dead Job Interview by Martin Yate.Get Hired is written by Brian Harris who is an award-winning teacher and counselor. Brian has worked as a counselor in colleges, universities and community career centers and has taught career counseling courses at two prominent universities.
If you are a teacher this book can help you to be more effective (and enjoy better behavior from your students). Numerous research studies show that classroom management is a key factor in helping students to learn. Classroom management is also the number one area where new teachers (and even many experienced teachers) identify a need for further professional development. "Classroom Managment", based on extensive research and many years of practical experience, is an attempt to address this need. Improved classroom management can not only help to increase learning, but also to make teaching more enjoyable and satisfying. "Classroom Management" is a practical book that can provide teachers with hundreds of proven strategies, tips and techniques that they can use to improve their skills in the area of classroom managment. In addition, 125 ready-to-use classroom activities (along with the black-line masters for related handouts) are included to engage your students in establishing a more positive classroom environment which is more conducive to learning. There are two major sections within this book as follows: A - What Should I Be Doing During The First Few Weeks of School; B - How To Deal Effectively With Inappropriate Behavior. Chapter titles include:1 - A Simple Beginning That Can Create Lasting Effects2 - Classroom Rules That Really Make A Difference3 - Classroom Routines That Will Make Teaching Easier For You4 - The Benefits Of Establishing A Positive Classroom Environment5 - The Benefits of Developing Empathetic Listening Skills6 - Constructive Assertiveness7 - How To Successfully Resolve Conflicts8 - How To Teach Your Students Anger Management9 - Specific Discipline Strategies10 - Traits of High Effective Teachers "Classroom Management" can also help teachers to form a consistent, proven model to use in handling inappropriate classroom behavior. This book can help all teachers to better understand the strategies and techniques that highly effective teachers use on a daily basis to improve student behavior and increase student success.
This book is intended to help students in grades 9 - 12 to get a job, whether full-time or part-time. This book is based on the author's extensive experience in helping students and adults successfully get employed. Chapter titles include: Identifying Your Personal Skills; Developing A Positive Attitude; Developing Effective People Skills; What Is Your Work Ethic; AdvantagesOf Being Flexible; Identifying Your Job Specific Skills; Tips For Marketing Yourself; Writing Effective Cover Letters; Writing A Strong Resume and Successful Job Interviews.
MY FUTURE is written for high school teachers, counselors and career advisors. The book provides 150 ready-to-use career/educational planning activities along with black-line masters for related handouts for the students. MY FUTURE is intended to assist students in making more appropriate decisions after high school whether they are planning on college, university, the trades, or direct entry into the workplace. Chapter titles include: Occupational Icebreakers; Identifying Your Interests; Identifying Your Abilities; Identifying Your Values; Choosing An Occupation; Successful Transitions After High School; and Setting + Achieving Your Goals.
